My friend L's ex got her pregnant in her senior yr of college. He didn't want her to keep the baby, but she didn't want an abortion, and almost chose adoption, but her parents said they'd help her, so she kept it.
She graduated, moved home, and had her baby. Now he is 2. L is miserable living with her parents, who aren't as supportive as they had promised, and are often mean to her. She works part-time in a store at the mall, and barely earns enough to pay her bills (this is w/o having to pay rent, etc).
Myself and others keep telling her to get child support from the father (50+ miles away), but she is afraid he will get partial custody of their child, and she doesn't want her son bouncing between 2 parents. I think his previous actions prove that he was never interested in having the baby, and would probably be given minimal visitation rights.
L talked to lawyers who discouraged her from getting child support. I see it as the only way she could get out of her current situation
2006-09-01
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