Sunday, August 10, 2008

Weekend Rewind--Top Signs Your Baby Daddy Ain't Gonna Marry You (in no particular order):

This is the short list as I am sure there are more. But when a baby daddy wants to marry, there are no guesses. It’s clear when you two can sit down and politick about it. If any of these signs are familiar perhaps its best to reflect on the matter. When I hear about some baby mamas who are furious or hurt by their nonmarrying baby daddies they want to raise hell. Don't do that. The best "revenge" is living well. Never take a child away from a parent as a way to get attention. If an adult is seen as able by the court to have unsupervised or even supervised visits, so be it. Stopping a man from seeing his child further isolates the baby mama and builds resentment in the child. And it's just plain 'ole evil. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

These are just some things I picked up along the way and can be found in my book, Marry Your Baby Daddy:

1. He doesn’t live with you and your child, or hasn’t within the last 90 days
2. He has a girlfriend
3. He has moved out of state (like really, far)
4. He just has sex with you and/or only calls you at 3am
5. He wants to pay court mandated child support so the govt can deal with you and he doesn’t (no access to him for extra money anymore)
6. He introduced you to his wife
7. The kids are talking about a new “auntie” they met
8. He’s taking you to court for sole custody
9. You still holding on to that “promise” ring—the ring that promises he’ll get engaged to you that promises he’ll marry you
10. He’s still at that “construction” job

What did I miss?






3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about If you have more than 1 child from your baby daddy and still no ring....

living it now

Anonymous said...

11. She doesn't ACT like she want to get married. marrying is less expensive than the headache, for real

Anonymous said...

Hi,
I commend you for what you are doing. Now the thing is how do we reach the baby mommas and baby daddies in the ghettos? How do we get something like this going on the West Coast.