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The guy who wrote this story divorced his wife after finding out she was pregnant with someone else's baby. He managed to get full custody of their kids, and he decided he wants nothing to do with the latest child that is not his. Years later, mom is left alone with her youngest child, and she demands that her ex-husband help her raise the kid, even though he is not the biological father.
The dad doesn't have or want any responsibility for the child, but I still feel for the poor kid who has done nothing wrong. Which is what makes this situation so complicated in my eyes.
What do you think? Scroll down to read the full story, and let me know in the comments below.
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"AITA for doing nothing for the child my ex-wife had from her affair even now that I have primary custody of our kids?"
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'I don't have a legal responsibility for this child': Dad refuses to raise youngest child after discovering he is not the biological father, mom claims the child deserves the same care as their other kids
When one hears about certain scenarios, whether they are work, relationship, or family-related, they often try to imagine what they would do if they experienced said scenario themselves.
Just yesterday, I met up with a friend who told me about a conflict she was having with her husband about him getting jealous of her friendship with a guy, and the first thing I did was try to imagine what I would do if I were in her shoes. Then I was able to give her some sound advice that I genuinely stood behind. It's something we all do, whether we are aware of it or not.
However, some scenarios are so unimaginable, it becomes impossible to put ourselves in them, and even more impossible to try and figure out what we would do. These moments pose such an existential dilemma, and you begin to doubt yourself when you can't figure out what you would have done in that situation.
The story below poses that dilemma for me, because I don't know what I would have done if I were in this father's shoes.
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