She Wants To Take Her Ex To Court To Change Their Son’s Last Name Since He Cheated On Her After She Gave Birth And Is Now Engaged To His Affair Partner
This 28-year-old woman and her ex-boyfriend, who is 30, have a son together. But they are no longer in a relationship because, just a few months after she gave birth, he actually cheated on her.
That was two years ago, too, and now, her ex recently announced that he’s engaged to his affair partner. Her ex’s fiancée even knows that she was the other woman, too, and apparently doesn’t care.
So, perhaps surprisingly, she, her ex, and his new fiancée have managed to maintain a good relationship.
“We all get along really well and do a lot of activities all together,” she said.
However, ever since she was pregnant, she always wanted her son to have her last name. Yet, back when she and her ex were still together, he convinced her not to go through with that.
“I was guilt-tripped out of that because he swore he’d marry me and give me his last name. But I had a gut feeling that wouldn’t happen,” she recalled.
And even though she does get along with her ex and likes her ex’s fiancée nowadays, they are still obviously getting married. So, she is even more intent on giving her son her last name as well.
She realizes that, to some people, it might not matter, and being so dead-set on giving her son her last name might make her seem “petty.”
“But it just makes me feel weird that this person would have my son’s last name, and I personally don’t have a relationship with my own family, so the last name is and has always been important to me,” she vented.
Asier – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
That’s why she actually wants to take the father of her son to court and request that her son’s last name be hyphenated to include her last name as well. This would make her son’s last name Ramirez-Smith, with her surname first.
Still, she’s not sure if trying to change her son’s last name after her ex announced his engagement would be justified or not.
Can you understand why it means a lot to her that her son has her last name, too? Do you think she has a right to bring her ex to court over that or not? What would you do in her shoes?
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