Imagine being a young college student, finding out your girlfriend is pregnant, and deciding you want nothing to do with the child. You sign away your rights and walk away. Fast forward a decade, and now you’re married, but you can’t have any more children. You suddenly want to reconnect with the child you abandoned. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Well, that’s the situation one man finds himself in, and he’s wondering if he’s really such an a**hole for wanting to see his son.
The College Pregnancy
Signing Away Rights
Fast Forward to Present Day ⏩
Reaching Out to the Ex
Ex’s Response
Threatening Legal Action ️
Brother’s Reality Check
Not Treating the Kid as a Person
Upset and Confused
Is He Really an A**hole?
A Decade Later, He Wants His Son Back
This man abandoned his son at 20, and now at 30, he wants to reconnect. His ex isn’t having it, and even his own brother is calling him out for not treating the child like a real person. He’s upset and confused, but is he really such an a**hole for wanting to see his son after all these years? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
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