As a parent, you'll probably have a lot of uncomfortable conversations with your grown children. Still, I don't think anyone would be prepared to tell their son that his new girlfriend's baby might also be his brother.
One dad had that conversation, but decided to share his confession with Reddit first. I have to say, this sounds like it'll make for one awkward family dinner.
The user, who goes by u/recentlygaveaway, posted his story to the TrueOffMyChest subreddit, titling it, "Today I’ll (45M) have to tell my son (28m) his new girlfriend’s (35f) child might be mine."
"I’d never do that to my own son. He’s only been seeing her for about 4 months from what he’s told me but she and I dated 2 years ago. But it ended because I was going to be traveling out of work for months, we just lost contact."
"My son told me the father isn’t involved but hasn’t given him any other details other than it’s just her raising the kid. I was the one to connected the dots as soon as I realized it was her. You can’t imagine how unbelievably awkward the first time meeting was."
"This can’t be kept a secret though if this is my child I need to know. And as much as it pains me to put my son in this messed up position he needs to know too.
"He’s coming over later on so we could talk. I’m beyond nervous I really don’t even know where to start explaining something like this to him."
Some were wondering if this story was made up, while others wondered why the girlfriend didn't immediately break up with the son. Mostly, though, people wanted to know what happened next.
One commenter wrote, "All you can do is tell him the truth. It would be horrible to keep this from him. Tell him the truth, get DNA testing on the baby and go from there. Your son would never forgive you if you kept it a secret. He may be upset at first"
"The conversation was not easy at all. My son was very confused and upset as would anyone honestly. I expected him to yell at me but the shock was too much for him to get a strong reaction but he was still very serious."
"As of right now he just needs some space. And I said in another comment that after our talk last night he messaged me about going over to her place so he can hear this from her too. Far as I know they have had their own talk. But not so sure about where they stand now."
"It’s not gonna be something he‘ll easily get over. As far as paternity well we still don’t know anything about that."
"It can’t wait any longer otherwise its just gonna drive me crazy."
With any luck, this poor father will learn whether or not he has another kid soon enough.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
