My Husband Wants to Be a Birth Partner for His Best Friend — But He’s Married, Not on Call for Single Moms

“If you really cared about Mike, you’d let him have this. Just one child. I’m not even asking for money, just his name. If it means that much, I’ll later tell people the baby’s dad passed away.”

For Jenna, this wasn’t compassion. It was guilt-tripping at its worst—using her pain against her to push her into accepting something no spouse should ever have to tolerate.

The Ultimatum

Jenna made her position crystal clear. If her husband signed that birth certificate, their marriage was over. He could move in with Leah and play house permanently.

But Mike didn’t see it that way. He accused Jenna of giving him an ultimatum and forcing him to choose between being “there for a helpless baby” and staying in a marriage with a woman who “resents motherhood.”

That was the cruelest cut of all. Jenna does not resent motherhood. She resents being erased, reduced to a placeholder while her husband volunteers to father another woman’s child.

The Legal and Emotional Consequences

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