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vasectomy relationship and years of lie

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sleepnet · 14/05/2023 00:53

what would you think/do?

years ago I met a man who told me he had vasectomy but will reverse it for me to have a child. on the basis of that I continued the relationship. he also knew I received an inheritance (comfy sum). after few years I nudged for the baby but he was more focused on getting married. I was standing by my point lets explore pregnancy options first, we can get married later. it was always a no. I left it and came back to the topic again after another year (at that point 3 years) - he started going on about how we can not have a child yet because we need bigger house. He had a big house, I had an apartment.
4 years in I realised there is always a reason why it can not happen. obstacle after obstacle. after 5 years he told me that actually it is me that needs to see a doctor because I might be infertile as I haven't got children and he has. I explained that I had all the tests done and I am fertile. he insisted I have them done again. I did them and he did not even want to see the results.
he accused me that I did not want to build anything together with him only wanted a child. to me the greatest value is family and I communicated it across very first date. I think he was actually after my money and lied to me about the reversal. financially he was hoping for me to join with him and perhaps get a bigger house for the future benefit of his children. he has a strange habit of and unhealthy interest in my finances. it has been 8 years and now I feel he is the man that denied me motherhood. mislead me. I want to leave and need some verbal motivation. is my logic correct?

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Neopolitan · 14/05/2023 10:19

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What? Are you serious? How am I trolling?

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 14/05/2023 10:24

OP you should've left ages ago. Why are you still questioning if you should leave or not. Your instincts are telling you what you need t hear. Dont know how old you are but if you want something you should go after it. LEave this man.

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 14/05/2023 10:24

Neopolitan · 14/05/2023 10:19

What? Are you serious? How am I trolling?

I didn't think you were trolling either.

Aquamarine1029 · 14/05/2023 10:32

Sadly, you're the one who put yourself into this predicament. The writing on the wall has been there for many, many years, you just chose to ignore it.

Dump him immediately and move on with your life.

Wakemeup17 · 14/05/2023 10:35

Neopolitan · 14/05/2023 08:48

You should have got married first before going on about a baby, do you know how rare it is for a man to offer marriage first? What were you thinking in turning it down?! It does sound to me like you're obsessed with the idea of having a baby more than anything else. You're putting the cart before the horse. I would be worried if I were him that you only wanted the baby, would piss off after and then go him for maintenance.

However - do you know for sure if he ever even had the vasectomy reversed? Where you there/seen report etc? Sometimes the reversals don't work so it's most likely that it's his issue. I would order him to have the tests done on him.

But OP had received a big inheritance, why would she risk that if he didn't give her what she wanted?

AlligatorPsychopath · 14/05/2023 10:42

AnneLovesGilbert · 14/05/2023 08:53

Tbh I think if you knew you wanted kids the moment to have left was when he told you he’d surgically removed his fertility. That’s a clear sign a man is done with making more babies. Even if he’d a reversal it might not have worked. Would you have left him if that was the case?

It sounds like a bit of a mess but you need to take some responsibility. If you know motherhood is important you don’t date men who’ve had vasectomies.

This.

A vasectomy is permanent. Reversals are quite liable to fail. They are very clear when you get one that it must be regarded as permanent and you absolutely should not go into it thinking "I'll just get it reversed if we split up/I change my mind". If children was your first priority, you really needed to not choose a man who was ever "done" enough to have had the snip. That said, I'm sorry he strung you along for so long.

firsttimemum1230 · 14/05/2023 10:47

don't marry him and don’t have his children. Leave.

Neopolitan · 14/05/2023 10:48

Wakemeup17 · 14/05/2023 10:35

But OP had received a big inheritance, why would she risk that if he didn't give her what she wanted?

Yeah I did miss the significance of the inheritance at first reading. But OP said she received an inheritance, just that it was comfy, not that she was rich. And he had a "big" house where as she only has an apartment, so I didn't really see it as him going after her money. I guess it depends on how big the inheritance is compared to the cost of his "big house".

2bazookas · 14/05/2023 11:24

Wake up. You hooked up with a man who was so determined to have no more children, he got sterilised. That tells you he did not want more children.
He's already got all the children he wants. He does not want to be a father again and as time passes he's become even more sure he doesnt want another child He has repeatedly made that clear by stalling every time you try to persuade him. He could not have made it more clear there is never going to be a baby with you.

You always knew he had a vasectomy, right from the start. you always knew vasectomy reversal is not guaranteed and success is less likely with each passing year since the op. You knew a woman's fertility declines with age and yet you allowed this to limp along for 8 years.

He hasn't "denied you motherhood" , you are in this situation as a result of your own poor judgement.

RuthTopp · 14/05/2023 11:29

I've seen it with 2 friends. Both men promised a reversal , years down the line stringing them along , then the women woke up .
If you want to be a mum , leave him.

pinkyredrose · 14/05/2023 11:40

Every day with him is a day wasted. Get rid.

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