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Kelsey
Savvy December 2021

Be honest... are we being the jerks?

Kelsey, on January 13, 2020 at 8:25 PM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 21

Hello all! So I need to give some background info because this is a little complicated situation. About 9 years ago FH dated a girl for a bit who was having trouble getting her green card. They broke up and moved on, no thought of it. Well, almost two years later she contacts him that he has a 15...
Hello all! So I need to give some background info because this is a little complicated situation. About 9 years ago FH dated a girl for a bit who was having trouble getting her green card. They broke up and moved on, no thought of it.


Well, almost two years later she contacts him that he has a 15 month son with her and she’s broke and needs money. He denied it, the paternity test proved otherwise, they set up a child support agreement. By then, she was engaged to someone else and insisted that she didn’t want my FH to raise the kid, she wanted her fiancé. My future husband at the time both wasn’t ready for a kid and was so angry at her because he felt she used him as a for his citizenship, and money that he didn’t care and backed off. He now sees his son about twice a year and is fine with that.
This is where it gets complicated. My FH baby momma is now going through a divorce and, with it, suddenly really really cares about my FH being there for their son. We moved and as soon as the divorce started, she began insisting we move back, that she wants to share custody, that he needs to be there. My FH is staying his ground and saying he wants to keep the arrangement SHE made and was okay with for the past 7 years.
Anyway, she found out about our wedding and was LIVID that neither one of us had any intention on inviting or including their son. When she contacted FH he changed his mind and agreed that he could come. She then insisted that their son could only be there if she was there, since she doesn’t fully trust FH because he doesn’t have that deep of a relationship with the son, despite FHs sister being fully open to watching their son the whole wedding day. So the question is, given the long and intense history, are we wrong for deciding we would rather him not be there if it meant her too? Or is the morally right thing to suck it up and deal with it?

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    I find this whole thing so sad. Especially that your FH doesn't want much to do with his own son? I get the circumstances, but that's so sad to me. I have a stepson and we wish we had him 100% of the time (and we get along with the mom!).


    To answer the question, I wouldn't invite him just to avoid drama, but like others have said, I can't imagine my stepson not being such a big part of our day (not only was he our ring bearer--he's 6--but he stood with us during the entire ceremony and it was just as much about him as it was about us).


    I don't know, I'd be looking at my FH pretty strongly if he said he didn't want to step up to the plate and have some sort of solid relationship with his son, but that's just me.

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