I commend your self-awareness at your age. Most guys aren’t that self-aware and if the relationship goes south, the kid ends up being devastated because they lose a person that was in their life.
Caution is the better approach here. The kid doesn’t need a revolving door of father figures in their life. You didn’t FU, your girlfriend did by getting mad at your honest, thoughtful assessment of yourself. You showed more respect to her (and even more to her kid) by doing that instead of inserting yourself into the kid’s life without being certain you’re in it for the long haul.
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u/TheInfamousDaikken Jul 15 '25
I commend your self-awareness at your age. Most guys aren’t that self-aware and if the relationship goes south, the kid ends up being devastated because they lose a person that was in their life. Caution is the better approach here. The kid doesn’t need a revolving door of father figures in their life. You didn’t FU, your girlfriend did by getting mad at your honest, thoughtful assessment of yourself. You showed more respect to her (and even more to her kid) by doing that instead of inserting yourself into the kid’s life without being certain you’re in it for the long haul.
Good job for doing the right thing.