My husband wants custody of his love child – I can file for divorce if he pursues this

A woman is considering divorce after her husband revealed his intention to pursue custody of his love child.

Taking to Reddit, she explained that she has been married to her husband for nine years.

However, in 2001, she discovered that he was being sued for child support.

“I have zero interest in this child”

“It turns out my husband had an affair shortly after we got married. “It almost ended our marriage, but we went to counseling together and I agreed to stay in the marriage,” she explained.

But she had some conditions for her husband if she would stay in a relationship with him.

First, he had to find a second job so that child support payments wouldn’t affect their family cash flow.

Second, at no time would she consider having a relationship with this child.

“If he wanted to pursue one with them, fine,” she added. “But I have absolutely zero interest in this kid.”

While he understood her position, he has been “getting to know his child over the past two years,” “once or twice a month” with a “social worker present.”

But he recently admitted to his wife that there was some “baby mama drama” going on and the baby’s mother is going to jail for eight months.

“My husband told me that he had to get custody while his relationship partner is locked up, otherwise the child would have to go to their grandparents, who basically live on the opposite coast from us,” she explained.

“Their child doesn’t want to change schools or be so far away from their friends, mom and dad (she’ll spend her time pretty local to us).

After hearing the news, she got up and left, and when she returned, she gave him a copy of the apartment guide for their area.

When he asked if she was serious, she said yes, but he argued that she was not fair “given the extenuating circumstances”.

“I told him that I don’t care about the circumstances,” she concluded.

“His child is not welcome in my home.”

So she wants to know – is she in the wrong here?

“Go on with your life”

“In no way do I think it’s your responsibility to raise this child. But it is his responsibility. And this poor boy didn’t ask for anything,” someone commented on the post.

“The whole situation would be happier and healthier if you all split up,” one user added.

And a third wrote: “I think you should divorce her and move on with your life,” replied a third.

“It’s not your job to babysit,” echoed a fourth.

“She should have done this the first time she found out about the cheating, it would have saved her from so much drama that came after,” pointed out another.