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Having kids while I go back to school - unfair to the woman?


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Quick facts:

 

-I'm 35yo guy who has a solid job with growing company.

-I plan on going to law school. This will be 3 years out of work.

-I would like to get married and have kids in the next few years, even if that means having a kid while I'm still in school.

-I will have money while in school and family to help take care of a child when I am absent. I would absolutely refuse to push any additional expense upon the woman due to my student status.

 

I have not yet made the decision to go back to school. In my last relationship, my ex-fiancee went ballistic when I came to her with the idea of trying to have children while I was in school. It later turned out she didn't want children *at all*, but the damage was done and I felt like a selfish loser for wanting to go back to school.

 

I am currently in a relationship with someone (30yrs old) who could make this logistically possible (she also has a good job, wants children sooner than later, and we both have doting parents who would fight over who got to spend time with the child) but yet I still feel selfish for even suggesting it. I have grown close enough to her that I am willing to shuffle around my priorities to accommodate her needs as she is very important to me. I am scared to death to even bring the topic up after seeing how my ex acted.

 

Be honest with me, ladies. Should I just sack the school idea until after I have kids and they're in school? Or do you think there are women out there who would be willing to go the distance with someone who wants to do what I want to do?

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