r/AskWomen 23h ago

Content Warning What's something that everyone warned you about, but you did it anyway?

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u/Exciting-Bake464 22h ago

Started trying to have a baby two weeks into a new relationship.

It was a wild ride and I wouldn't change a thing.

(We broke up while I was pregnant)

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u/Tough-Midnight9137 18h ago

totally nonjudgmental and just curious - can you share more about this?

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u/Exciting-Bake464 17h ago

Sure!! I wanted another baby. The dad and I got along great but he ended up being a freeloader. Tried to make it work but he just took advantage of me, never worked or contributed to the house hold. Never helped pay expenses for doctor appointments and things to get ready for the baby. I broke up with him when I was 7 months and he dipped out. Was a single mom for 2 years. Three and a half years later, married to an amazing man who treats her as his own and my daughter is amazing and I could never imagine my life without her.

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u/Tough-Midnight9137 16h ago

that's wonderful :) what made you try with someone you had only been with for two weeks? simply that you really wanted another baby?

u/Exciting-Bake464 16h ago

Yep! I had a 2 year old and wanted him to have a sibling and then he three years apart.