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You find out your husband has a child...?
Ok purely hypothetical what if question just for fun....
So you have been married for 4-5 years to a great guy. The two of you really have no interest in having kids, at least not right now. You'll re-evaluate in another 4-5 years.
One day there is a knock at your door and a lady shows up with an 8-year old kid and says it belongs to your husband. (We will assume she magically showed up with the DNA papers to prove it) She wants your now husband to take custody of the kid and intends to leave with no trace as soon as he accepts.
It turns out that your husband in fact knew about the child but the mom had split sometime shortly after the baby had been born. He had been willing to be a dad but certainly not ready. When the mom split he simply didn't invest too much time looking for her or the kid... It also never occured to him to tell you about that tricky little part of his past....
How would you feel? What would you do? Would you take the kid in? Would you stick around? Would you split?
Truth be told I'm asking this as a part of pre-writing for a short story idea. I know the topic sounds kind of dark, but if that's what the publisher wants then that's what the publisher gets...to an extent.
5 Answers
- JackieLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I would feel shocked. I would feel apprehensive about taking in the kid, only because I wouldn't want to mom to have the 'permission' to split. I would not leave my husband because marriage is for life, and if my not taking the kid wouldn't get the mom to stay and care for her kid, then I would take that kid in for SURE, no questions asked. And I would make sure my husband knew he had a long ways to go to make it up to me and regain my trust.
- 7 years ago
Ha we'll my husband and I have three children, I thought I had his first come to find out he hS a child in Texas we are in New York. I found out today. I guess he wasn't positive that this was his child but she told him she was pregnant via mail when he got out of the navy and she was still enlisted. I had a dream the night before last about him having a son. I mentioned the letter. He had found her on fbook. And never told me. I convinced him to give me her name. I looked through the pics the child I'd about 13. And looks exactly like my husband. I feel lost. I feel as if I am less of a woman, in a way because I did not give him his first child. Our daughter is 12. I'm not sure what to do. Help!
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
he's been lying for over 5 years about this then i would leave. i really would, it has nothing to do with him having a kid but the fact that he didn't tell me. now if the woman showed up with his child and he had no idea then that would be different. we would raise the baby together and legally take custody of him/her.
- 1 decade ago
Ummm I don't understand why you are asking this question if this situation is not real
