What do you tell people?

I find that as I am pregnant, people assume there’s a father (there’s a biological one, but he’s not involved at all - it was complicated). After much deliberation at the beginning, when I went public with my pregnancy I decided to set some boundaries and tell people ‘the fathers not involved, and that’s all I’m going to share’. So he remains anonymous. I decided to do this so that I can decide the narrative I tell my daughter when the time comes, what’s appropriate/when she’s ready (it will be truthful but what’s rights for her) - and not let her be negatively influenced over the years by what I might feel and say to others now. What have other people decided? And how did it go? I lost some friends because they were offended I didn’t want to share, but my daughter is more important to me. I also sometimes wish I could openly talk about my feelings around it, but I think that will pass in time and the more I come to terms with how I didn’t imagine it being this way - but that doesn’t mean it’s not for the best :-)
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To be honest it’s nobody’s business but yours and if people leave you because of this it says so much about them! ♥️♥️

I think you're wise to protect your daughter from any negativity. We're in touch with my Son's paternal family, so I can't set the narrative, but I do remind them that I don't want anything negative said about his biological father in front of him. You may find it helps you to let a close friend in and confide in them, giving you a way of talking about what's happened. Alternatively, I'd recommend seeing a counsellor - this really helped me. 🫶🏼

I'm a solo mum by choice, my about to turn 12 and 19m old are both donor conceived (same donor) and when people asked who the dad was I'd just reply there wasn't one, they don't need nor are they entitled to anything more than that

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