Childfree

By Anonymous - 17/08/2015 08:33 - United States

Today, after hearing the doctor saying my girlfriend can never be pregnant, I got a bit too excited. I'm currently on the 5th hour of the silent treatment. FML
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Welshite 39

Get a vasectomy if you don't want children. Sympathize with your girlfriend because learning of infertility can be devastating for some.

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GavinoFreedom 20

Well I would say that you deserved it but you already know that.

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deathgrips 17

How could it not occur to you that she would be devastated to hear that ...judging by her reaction it doesn't seem like she said beforehand that she would rather be infertile. You sound very selfish

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HerMischief 21

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bandaidstations 28

↑ I bet this guy has the best luck with relationships.

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Feklfekl2222 32

How would you have felt if you had been told you couldn't have kids and your girlfriend was overjoyed? Even if you don't want children now or ever there's still going to be a sense of failure or even worthlessness attached to something like that, and if you do want kids that's even more devastating

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SquirrelNutty 5

he sounds like a complete selfish bastard who deserved to be dumped.

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PaigeLeeAnn11 23

You may not want kids, but maybe she does. Be a little sympathetic.

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ProximityToDeath 20

That's horrible! Not all girls want babies but you have no way of knowing if your girlfriend wanted any. Even if she didn't she could change her mind. But unless she adopts, she can never have kids or at least one of her own. That is heartbreaking and you shouldn't have gotten excited about that. Shame on you.

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bapbap_fml 15

I wouldn't say that he had no way of knowing. If they had talked about it he would easily know. I assume it's probably pretty early in the relationship though and maybe it hasn't come up yet. Before I was married that was something I'd be bringing up pretty early on, no point wasting time if one of you wants kids and one of you doesn't.

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marcranger 28

I know you've gotten down voted to hell, 63, but I get you. I know I'd be unable to stop myself from popping a bottle of champagne if I found out I couldn't have kids. Likewise, OP is probably relieved beyond measure that he won't have to worry about being a father, but since his girlfriend isn't quite on the same wavelength, he would've done well to keep that under wraps.

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ProximityToDeath 20

You shouldn't take pleasure at someone else's pain. That is just sick.

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Mauskau 35

Even if you don't want to have kids, finding out your body wouldn't let you have them even if you tried would make anyone feel like a failure in life. Breeding is part of human nature (hence why there are so many of us) and knowing nature is against you isn't going to be easy.

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marcranger 28

217, you actually don't speak for all of humanity. The fact that there is some chance that I might be able to breed makes me feel like nature and biology have failed me. My desire not to have kids goes beyond a casual lack of interest.

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iseebearbears 27

I feel like this doesn't have enough YDIs. You are a horrible person and should be ashamed of yourself.

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JCX2 23

This totally deserves more YDIs. It's more a FHL for being infertile and fir having such an insensitive partner.

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Ichiya 29

Its nice how 2-3 sentences gives you the whole situation and allows you to make snap judgements on the op. How do we know that the precieved excitement wasn't just the girlfriend's imagination fueled by grief? If he really did throw a party then yeah its a ydi if not then really its just a tragic situation.

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Lalala579121 27

Well 191, he says he gets too excited right in the FML. Reading is fun, isn't it?

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greeneyedx 23

We know it wasn't the girlfriends grief warping her view because this FML is from the GUYS POV.

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alkoy 4

what is wrong with people? he clearly deserved that...

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toomanyidiots 14

Speaking as someone who doesn't even want to ever have kids, I would be really hurt if my SO got excited over my inability to have children. I can only imagine how much worse it would be if someone did want kids in the future. That's just cruel. YDI.

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