Thursday, 1 May 2008

What Say You?

A man's situation: You have a child. The child is a year old, recently you've been having thoughts that the child may not be yours. You and the child's mother or not together, and haven't been since she became pregnant. You're paying child support....and have been an active part of this child's life. You're now going to take the necessary steps to find out if the child is indeed yours.......If the results come back that you are NOT the father do you.........

a) Still be a part of the child's life. You've helped to raise, love and support the child for the past year....

OR

b)Severe all ties....never seeing the child again......

What say you?
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7 comments:

Jazzy said...

Wow.

For years, my stepfather raised me and my sister as his own. He even had our birth certificate's changed to list him as our father. I was definitely a Daddy's girl. After he and my mother divorced...and he went a little crazy...I was more than a little happy that he was NOT my real father. I severed all ties.

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't be mad at the man if he severed all ties. It's not his child.

Monie said...

Dunno what I would do or expect him to do. It really just depends on the situation...

CHA CHA said...

My husband is in the same predicament except the child is 9 and at this point he is the only father she has never known.

He hates paying child support and he is determined to not deal with visitation...its a real confusing situation. I could get real deep with this one.

Miss Snarky Pants said...

Only a real stand up dude would remain in the child's life/continue to love and support them.

The reality however is that those types of men are far and few in between.

What's sad is that SOME men who are certain they have fathered a child(ren) are not doing right by em' either so could one really blame a man for severing ties if it were confirmed they weren't the biological father....

That's a pretty sticky situation right there...

Hope you have a grrrreat weekend Milz!!!! :-)

Rashan Jamal said...

i know what my head says I would do... Sever ties...

But the reality is my heart wouldn't let me sever ties with the kid. May not be no child support going on, but I would have to be like an Uncle or something, if the trifling baby mama would let me.

kit von b. said...

i agree with monie. depends on the situation...

-KB