I’m becoming a grandpa at 43. Mildly infuriating, 'cause there are way worse things in life.

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    5 hours ago

    Because you’ve got about as good of odds to have a good and lasting relationship at that age as you do of winning a large lottery sum.

    It’s a stupid gamble.

    He can just bail and pay child support when it gets difficult, she’ll be saddled with raising the kid - or just as likely OP will end up with the kid most of the time while she fucks off and does whatever. Party, school, or work. Even if they stay together she’s just a (maybe) high school graduate beholden to the guy and the family money. She’s property. That’s what the odds vastly favor.

    Anything else is wishful thinking, what might happen. Hey, I hope I’m wrong, but these two are already idiots if this is as far as their thought processes went. “Just live off the family money and bang out a kid…” is stupid.