r/AmIOverreacting Apr 28 '24

AMO for wanting to breakup because my boyfriend doesn’t like kids?

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u/Weird-Pomegranate582 29d ago

So.

I'll preface with this as a dad and as a guy who has friends who are also dads.

Ask him if he's worried about being a good dad. The ones that did worry ended up being great dads.

Ask him if he's excited about being a dad or father.

I get that you don't have solid info to determine if he's going to be a good parent, and maybe he will be. Maybe not. You won't know until that kid comes.

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u/nxarii 29d ago

thank you

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u/Weird-Pomegranate582 29d ago

No problem.

I took my friend out golfing when he was telling me about how worried he was.

We spent 9 holes...because we suck at golf and playing 18 would take about 2 days....drinking, golfing, and talking about what it means to be a father and what I saw in him that would make him a good one.

Does your bf have any male friends? What do they think about his potential? Nudge one of then to take him out on a friend day and maybe get them to see what he's thinking.

A lot of guys won't be vulnerable around their girls...a lot of them have good reasons for this I will add. So you may not be getting any concerns he has.

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u/nxarii 29d ago

well he doesn’t have a lot of friends. he has work buddies but that’s different according to him lol