Today, I found out that I'm a dad. My ex from 8 years ago contacted me through facebook. I'm happy I have a kid, but apparently she only contacted me because she wants me to start paying child support, now her boyfriend who provided for them left. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my ex started to talk to me again after 3 years. I've been in an amazing relationship for the last 2 years. She let me know she is taking me to court for child support. I didn't even know I had a kid. FML
Today, my ex-wife's kids, who I dumped alongside her and completely cut ties with when I found out they weren't mine, found me on social media. FML
Today, I found out that my ex is expecting another kid. Not only is this a man who tried to hook up with me last month, he's also the one who, when I asked him to pay child support for our two, told me that he could just "make some more". Guess he was right. FML
Today, to my horror, I discovered I will owe child support for the kids my ex and I adopted together since she couldn't have any. I've met someone else and I'm planning on having real kids with her, but these payments will destroy everything. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-husband just had a baby with his new partner. We only split up a week ago. FML
Today, I found out my ex-wife (who I have kids with) is now pregnant with another guy's twin babies. We have only been divorced a couple of months. FML
Today, I found out I have a daughter. How did I find out? She added me on Facebook. FML
Today, I learned who my dad's new fiancée is. Upon meeting her she exclaimed, "My, I haven't seen you in a while!" She's my ex-boyfriend's mom. FML
Today, my father who left my family over 10 years ago and never contacted us or paid child support, poked me on Facebook. FML
Today, after a few years of not feeling ready since my daughter born, I went to my ex's apartment to tell her I am ready to be a dad. Turns out she moved out, two years ago, and left me forwarding address for me. I tried calling her phone. The number was disconnected. FML
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unfortunate_13 5
ask for a dna-test. she seems crazy enough to make up the story to get some extra money.
Mirorbo 27
Women like that are not making other single moms look good with the 'money hungry' stereotype that's growing these days....
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Comments (149)
Zebidee 9
If it really is your kid, then man up and start paying. Be thankful that you haven't had to pay for the previous eight years. Of course, don't do a damn thing until the paternity test results come in.
spartan_girl 0
I agree- if it is OP's kid, OP should be paying child support, and maybe even trying to spend time with the kid (assuming they live close together). But after 8 years, I would get a paternity test. Even if the timing works out right so that the mother could have been pregnant when they broke up, OP has no obligation to the kid if it isn't his.
boatkicker 5
The point of the FML isn't that OP has to pay child support. He's happy he has a child but the mother ONLY wants child support. She doesn't want OP in her life or the childs life, which is also why she didn't tell him about the kid in the first place. OP, if you're paying child support you can demand visitation unless you are somehow deemed unfit. I'd get on that.
Zebidee 9
#90 and #95 - I completely agree. That's definitely how it should work. I've seen a lot of guys who pay child support but don't get visitation though. Obviously if this is really OP's kid, he should seize the opportunity to be part of his son's life. The world is harsh enough already. The paternity test is definitely step one though.
tear_publius 0
perfect example of why every time a guy meets a girl, in the back of his mind he hears a resounding FML!!!
TheNewGuy03 29
+5 |the kid|
TheNewGuy03 29
ya know, i thought about it. you didn't find out that you are a dad. you found out that some crazy wolf bitch thinks you are a dad. op, always think positively! :D |the kid|
becaribera 0
r u sure it's even ur child?
Erock5718 0
if youre just finding out 8 years later and she wants child support now theres a good chance you wont have to pay. if her other boyfriend has been supporting them for a long period of time the court will probably make him continue to pay even though its not his kid. its in the best interest of the child. i read about guys getting screwed that way, paying for a kid that wasnt theres bc their girl cheated on them or whatever.
Skroal_stomper 5
66 no matter what happens if it is his kid he will have to pay. Been there.
afallingstar 22
I would definitely ask for a paternity test, and hope the kid wasn't yours because it seems like she's just after your money why else would she wait 8 years to tell you...FYL indeed
bouncer_detail 0
You need to counter-sue(?) for extreme emotional distress. Not only did she take years away from you and your child but now she just dropped a bomb on you like that is messed up. I do think you should help but you lost some important years because of her.
ea5tbayf1nest 8
holy shit this sounds like something that happened to me about 2 years back. my douchebag ex fiance did this to me.
marvin_fml 0
Your "douchebag ex fiance" had your child, and didn't even have the decency to tell you? Then intentionally prevented you from being a parent and forming a bond with your child? Then had the audacity to ask you for child support years later? I'm confused, because in your profile pic, you appear to have a ******.
Hazy5ky 0
don't pay