He Broke Up With His Girlfriend Because She Expected Him To Play Dad To Her Three Kids From A Previous Relationship

This young man is 19-years-old and was in a relationship with a 29-year-old woman who had three children from her previous relationship.

While that fact might have scared off other men, though, he was happy to try and make it work with her and her kids.

"When we first got together, I was open to being involved in their lives to some extent," he recalled.

However, as he and his girlfriend's relationship went on, she expected him to take on a fatherly role in the children's lives, and he simply was not ready for that.

For instance, his girlfriend expected him to discipline her kids when they misbehaved. She also wanted him to help support them financially and act like an overall father figure while she focused on furthering her career.

This made him feel seriously overwhelmed and like he was way "out of his depth," too.

"I'm still trying to figure out my own life, and suddenly being thrust into a parental role was way too much for me to handle," he explained.

So, he tried to voice his concerns to his girlfriend, but she just brushed him off. Then, she even claimed that he needed to "step up" and be more responsible.

As time went on, though, he just kept feeling more uneasy and uncomfortable, and eventually, he couldn't ignore it anymore.

Gajus - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual children

"I realized that I couldn't be the father figure she wanted me to be, and it was unfair to everyone involved to continue pretending otherwise," he admitted.

That's why he ultimately broke up with his girlfriend. But, ever since he called it quits, her friends haven't stopped harassing him.

Apparently, his girlfriend got her friends to keep bugging him online, and they're accusing him of being a jerk for abandoning his girlfriend and her kids.

Plus, his girlfriend has even been personally texting him every single night and threatening to hurt herself if he doesn't take her back.

So now, he can't help but wonder if breaking up with his girlfriend because he wasn't ready to take on so much responsibility was really the wrong thing to do.

Do you think he's too young to be taking on a fatherly role for someone else's kids? What would you have done in his shoes?

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