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Single, Professional, Pregnant By One Night Stand

Hey Mom's-to-be! I am single, pregnant, and professional and planning to parent alone. I had a one night stand with a guy and am looking for women in similar situations. I've been seeking support and maybe the chance to talk to women who are going through the same thing. I'd love to discuss the new normal and what you're plans are!
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Re: Single, Professional, Pregnant By One Night Stand

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  • fourtsixand2fourtsixand2 member
    edited December 2015
    I echo the previous poster.  I hope this guy is aware you used him for a baby.  

    I'm not the moral police, so I apologize, but please take into consideration that one day your baby is going to want to know their father.  It would be nice to be able to share that information with them, even if you choose to parent alone. 

    I do wish you luck on your new family, but please understand that your one night stand might want to know what the situation is, as well as your child one day.  Who knows, he may even want to be a part.

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    @Bigboobsmcgee - Well, I mean, I did start the next sentence with "For my part, I'm assuming," used the words "maybe" and "perhaps" a lot, and ended with "I prefer not to jump to such unflattering conclusions" for a reason. I'm aware that I don't know any more than anybody else on this thread, barring the OP, and I acknowledged it in that big wall of text you didn't read. Lots possibilities acknowledged, most of them more flattering than "I hope this guy knows you just used him for a baby" or "It's kind of sketchy to purposefully leave him in the dark."

    I'm sorry, but yes it is sketchy to purposefully not tell someone that they have a child.

    The OP doesn’t have marry him, and I'd she doesn't know him she doesn't know, but it's still a good idea besides being a decent human being thing, to tell him even if only to cover her ass. 10 years from now, the dad finds out he has a 9 year old he was never told about is a big, juicy lawsuit waiting to happen.

    I'm not arguing that it would be sketchy not to tell the guy (unless she somehow landed in bed with Jared from Subway or something).  But OP has given us literally no reason to think that she hasn't or that she won't, aside from a vague statement that she's "planning to parent alone," which, you know, could mean anything, from she hasn't told him on purpose (she's sketchy), to she's told him and he's made it clear that he wants nothing to do with it (he's sketchy), to she can't find him to tell him (such is life), to she's planning to tell him, and hoping for the best and planning for the worst (probably the smart route). Almost every poster has locked on to that first scenario, which may not even be the most likely one.


    OP not confirming one way or the other whether or not she has told the father *is* reason to think that she hasn't or won't.

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  • jmathi0149jmathi0149 member
    edited December 2015
    oops. Double post.
  • fourtsixand2fourtsixand2 member
    edited December 2015
    I echo the previous poster.  I hope this guy is aware you used him for a baby.  

    I'm not the moral police, so I apologize, but please take into consideration that one day your baby is going to want to know their father.  It would be nice to be able to share that information with them, even if you choose to parent alone. 

    I do wish you luck on your new family, but please understand that your one night stand might want to know what the situation is, as well as your child one day.  Who knows, he may even want to be a part.

    The bolded is quite a leap. I agree the one night stand should know about the baby, but I think jumping to this conclusion is a bit unnecessary.
    Well, when she stated she "planned to parent alone", she had a one night stand, and that this was the "new normal", that was the only assumption I, personally, could make.  And that very well could've just been my personal assumption.  I don't judge her for her one night stand at all, but the details seemed a little fuzzy having not mentioned having any contact with the father or having informed him.  She almost seemed rather proud of the situation.
    I wished her luck, and still do, with her new family, I just certainly hope this guy was/is 'in the know' about the situation...whether it be before or after the fact.  
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  • I echo the previous poster.  I hope this guy is aware you used him for a baby.  

    I'm not the moral police, so I apologize, but please take into consideration that one day your baby is going to want to know their father.  It would be nice to be able to share that information with them, even if you choose to parent alone. 

    I do wish you luck on your new family, but please understand that your one night stand might want to know what the situation is, as well as your child one day.  Who knows, he may even want to be a part.

    The bolded is quite a leap. I agree the one night stand should know about the baby, but I think jumping to this conclusion is a bit unnecessary.
    Well, when she stated she "planned to parent alone", she had a one night stand, and that this was the "new normal", that was the only assumption I, personally, could make.  And that very well could've just been my personal assumption.  I don't judge her for her one night stand at all, but the details seemed a little fuzzy having not mentioned having any contact with the father or having informed him.  She almost seemed rather proud of the situation.
    I wished her luck, and still do, with her new family, I just certainly hope this guy was/is 'in the know' about the situation...whether it be before or after the fact.  
    Even if she has no plans to tell the father, that does not mean she used him for a baby. Just because she plans to parent alone doesn't mean this was always her plan and that she purposely got pregnant.
    Well obviously. I further clarified my statement, hence "that could've been my personal assumption" statement.
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  • Hey so, I have not been in in this situation but my best friend has. She actually had a couple of one night stands (one with a dead-beat loser ex of hers, another with a guy she barely knew) and found out she was pregnant a couple of months later. She did have a really tough time, with people asking who the dad was and things of that nature. She's a strong woman though, and has done a great job on her own so far (her daughter is now 5). She did tell the most likely father, and he denied that she was his without ever meeting her. She does have a hard time with the "why don't I have a dad" question, which comes up a lot lately. 
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