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Old 08-31-2005, 01:39 AM
bill2005 bill2005 is offline
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Default Ex just had a baby
hey guys

hope I am not laughed at for this post, as it is very serious to me and I am not quite sure how to "proceed forward"

situation

Ex-Girlfriend of mine, who is on very good "post-breakup" (five years ago) terms with me, typically sends Happy Birthday emails and X-mas cards every year. Contact other than that is sporadic. She is aware, 100%, that our romantic relationship is over. In addition, she and I now live in different parts of the country.

Approx 10 months ago, I am at a training event in a major city and by coincidence, she is in the same town due to a seminar for her work. Yes, we go to dinner and that night, sexual activity occurs between us. At ALL TIMES, protection was used. This activity was entertainment-based, and not a "lets get back together" event, both of us clearly articulated that. Again, birth-control was used and this was clearly not a baby-making event by either party.

"Post-incident" (above), we have maintained email contact on a sporadic basis, and she has been in good spirits and at no point indicated anything was amiss.

Today, I get an email from her telling me she had a baby last month. This is within time frame of our evening together. It was (almost carbon copy->) "Don't know if you heard the news, I had a baby last month."

Couple of questions:

I am still digesting all of this. First of all, if this is my kid, WHY would she NOT say ANYTHING until AFTER the birth? Assuming its my kid, this seems abnormal and not consistent with what I would think is motherly behavior.

Second question, assuming its someone elses kid....again, why would she not say anything at all regarding this?

what rights do I have in this? Do I answer her emails or engage in phone calls? What sneaky stuff can some alimony lawyer be trying to do? Record phone calls? Etc etc

sorry for the long post, I am a little upset by all this

thanks
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Old 08-31-2005, 09:37 AM
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Default Ex Had A Baby
You know her far better that we could, and thus should be able to better guess her motives.

If you believe you are the father, you can initiate paternity proceedings and get a DNA test.
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