The last thing a mom-to-be needs is stress.
Yet, that's exactly what one pregnant woman received when her boyfriend abandoned her a week after she revealed she's expecting.
Now, he's come back into her life. But instead of being there to help raise the child, he's insisting that the baby takes his name.
Mamma mia.
Sadly, that's the situation facing one expecting mother who took to the AITA Reddit community to share her drama-filled story.
She began by writing that the father of her child, Andy, walked out on her a week after she told him she was pregnant.
This puts her in a tough position, as she's already working full-time and taking care of her sick grandmother on top of that.
He should just want to.
So she was surprised when Andy sent her a long email, talking about baby names and saying that he wants their child to have his grandfather's name.
When he insisted that the father should have a say, she put him in his place once again.
She told him that he should decide whether he wants to be involved in their child's life before demanding a part in the name. Yass, sis!
She continued: "To invest time and money and effort, consideration and love and - to 'man up' and be a parent, pretty much."
"I just told him that my child would have my last name either way, period."
If he wanted that to change, he would have to legally agree to responsibility.
"My friends are all on my side, even my family is but I can see the comments under his posts and some people are saying I'm being completely inconsiderate and already trying to alienate him from his kid," she wrote.
"A child can't be alienated from a guy who is taking no actual responsibility or interest in that child beyond the shallow matter of his last name," one wrote. Another called him a "deadbeat loser."
"After baby is born drag his ass to court to get a custody agreement and child support legally on paper," one user commented.
"He doesn't get a CHOICE in whether or not he has financial responsibility. THE LAW requires him to pay child support," another added.
"Whether he wants visitation is up to him, OP may not actually want him involved in child's life."
"Get a lawyer please and start saving everything you can. Screenshot of instagram, record conversations if legal where you live, and anything else you can."
Such good advice!
"Imagine you name your kid after 'dad' only for dad to disappear. That's just stupid," they wrote.
That would certainly lead to awkwardness once the child is grown up.
You can read the full story here. Tell us: do you agree with everyone? Was the woman right to refuse the father's name request?
