A woman who has been adamant about not wanting children in her life finds herself in a difficult situation with her ex-partner. Despite their breakup over the kids issue, they’ve remained good friends. However, her ex now insists on bringing her child to every meeting, making the woman uncomfortable. Things take a turn for the worse when her ex suggests turning her office into a kid’s bedroom to ‘train’ her to get used to children. Read on to find out how this situation unfolds.
No Kids, Please
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The Look
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The Breakup
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Remaining Friends
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The Kid Problem
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Uncomfortable Encounters
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Broken Promises
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The Husband’s Role ♂️
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Decreased Meetups
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The Confrontation
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The Suggestion
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The Rejection ❌
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Friends’ Opinions ️
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Clarification
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Office Turned Kid’s Room? ️
A woman who’s always been clear about not wanting kids finds herself in a tough spot with her ex-partner. Despite their breakup, they’ve remained friends, but her ex keeps bringing her child to their meetings, making her uncomfortable. The situation escalates when her ex suggests turning her office into a kid’s bedroom to ‘train’ her to get used to children. The woman refuses, leading to a heated argument. Friends say she’s in the wrong, but what do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Ex’s strange request to ‘train’ OP for kids raises suspicions

Ex wants to spend nights at your place with her kid?

Ex wants to turn office into kid’s room against OP’s will

NTA. Friend should train her husband to parent his own kid!

Ex’s strange request raises suspicions of ulterior motives

Breaking news: Men are expected to parent their own children!

NTA for not wanting to turn your office into a kid’s room

Ex wants to turn office into kid’s room to ‘train’ her friend . Commenter thinks it’s absurd.

Ex’s friend wants to turn office into kid’s room

Friend wants to turn office into kid’s room and ‘train’ OP NTA

Commenter suspects ex’s ulterior motive for involving child in reunion.

Respect boundaries. Ex wants to turn office into kid’s room. NTA

Don’t feel guilty for wanting friend time without the kid

Ex tries to turn office into kid’s room. Commenter says nope.

Breaking the taboo: NTA for not wanting to be around children

Having child-free time is important for self-care

Married or not, boundaries are important. Honest conversation needed.

Enthusiastic consent should be the bare minimum for becoming a parent

Cutting ties with ex who wants to manipulate you with child.

Commenter’s ex’s behavior is odd, but friends are supportive ❤️

NTA. Validating OP’s choice not to have kids, and supporting their decision.

Ex’s entitled request for kid’s room gets shut down.

Ex’s behavior raises red flags, possible unresolved feelings. NTA.

Run for your life! ♂️ This woman is manipulating you.

Ex wants to turn office into kid’s room. Friends blame OP.

Turning an office into a kid’s room to ‘train’ someone? NTA.

Ex’s manipulative plan to conditionally train OP to accept child. NTA.

Ex tries to force kid on childfree person. NTA stands firm.

NTA. Friend wants to turn office into kid’s room without consent

Ex-wife’s behavior raises red flags in supposed friendship

Friend not respecting wishes, time to reevaluate friendship

Ex’s wild suggestion to turn office into kid’s room. NTA.

Ex’s questionable behavior with married friend raises red flags

Friend wants to turn office into kid’s room. Is she trustworthy?

Splitting up was the only sane thing to do

Drama alert! Comment suggests ex is still involved with friend’s wife.
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Toxic friendship alert: Should they part ways?

Setting boundaries with friend’s kid, ex wants to turn office into room
