Do You Think

[fruitsalad]

A new baby can destroy or mend a rocky relationship?

[Chinajan]

Certainly not mend.

[Mamyalynne]

That's a tough one to call - having a baby puts a whole new complexion on a relationship and if it's already a rocky one it could go either way.

[jno]

I wouldn't be having a baby in a rocky relationship. It's not a baby's job to sort out adults' problems.

[ummmm]

Destroy.

Sleep deprived people in a rocky relation doesn't bode well.

[anneasquith]

Elastoplast babies, rarely work , sadly .

[Milvus]

Of the three outcomes, that is certainly two of them

[david small]

Unfortunately, eventually destroy.

[Bazile]

If the relationship is already rocky I don't see how having a baby is going to mend it .

A baby isn't a psychiatrist

[barry1010]

A baby can put a strain on the most solid relationship, on the most balanced of people.
The baby won't help a rocky relationship in any way. That is the worst reason to have a baby

[eve1974]

9/10 times destroy.

However occasionally….. VERY occasionally… it can mend.

My parents - now married for 51 years - had split when they found out my mum was pregnant with eldest brother (their first kiddy). Got back together n 51 years, 3 kids later still happy n together x

[eve1974]

Disclaimer to above- the pregnancy with brother was genuine “whoops” - not planned

To “plan” a baby to mend a relationship is selfish and immature

[Canary42]

/// To “plan” a baby to mend a relationship is selfish and immature ///

Hear hear, a dreadful way to behave.

[fruitsalad]

I believe the woman in question has, stopped her contraception, on purpose, to get the fella to stay with her, or rather that is what she is hoping.

[david small]

That old ploy fruitsalad. It works quite often if the guy is a decent sort who takes responsibility for his actions. Albeit, he doesn’t realise twas a trap......

[ummmm]

Our niece has just had a baby and didn't tell the father she'd stopped taking contraception. They've only been together for just over a year.

I can't see it lasting.

[tonyav]

Question AuthorI believe the woman in question has, stopped her contraception, on purpose, to get the fella to stay with her, or rather that is what she is hoping.


I forsee many years of child maintenance payments for him.