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I am NOT OOP, OOP is u/ThrowRAVerano

Originally posted to r/relationship_advice

I believe my (30F) boyfriend (37M) might dump me after a comment I made last Saturday about how I got pregnant

Thanks to u/soayherder for suggesting this BoRU

Trigger Warnings: alcoholism

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Original Post: July 15, 2026

Last Saturday me and people from work had a dinner and a party afterwards to say goodbye to a coworker that is moving to a different branch on the other side of the country. After the restaurant many of us brought our bf's, gf's husbands and wives as agreed and kept on partying.

With time I got a bit drunk and at one point I was outside with a few coworkers that smoke. We were talking about bad decisions while being drunk and at one point I said something like "I got one of my daughters made on a nightclub bathroom and the other one on the beach one night". In our language it just sounds very ugly and irresponsible. My daughters are from two different men and they both fled after they knew I was pregnant.

He didn't hear it because he was inside with the guys, but one of my coworkers told him, a woman. And I believe she did it because she wants him and this way she knew she would hurt our relationship.

He is a widower and has a 5 yo daughter and he is the opposite of what I used to be. Calm, reliable, trustworthy, cheerful and a great father to his child. I can't believe I may lose him for something like this, we've been dating 6 months, and I am in love with him, but alcohol took the best of me, and I behaved like my old self that night and talked like I used to talk, and made an ass of myself.

He went on a work travel on Monday and arrived today and told me he wants us to talk this afternoon, and I fear he might dump me. How can I convince him I'm no longer that person and that I've changed?

Editor's note: OOP made lots of responses, I am listing some for more context. Noting that some of OOP's responses were downvoted

Relevant Comments

Commenter 1: Did he not know about how your pregnancies came to be before this event?

OOP: No. I was a bit deliberately ambiguous.

He knows they are from two different men but not that I was drunk and had unprotected drunk sex both times

Commenter 2: I don't get the problem really. He knows about your kids though, right? Cause if it's just about the way how you said it and he would seriously leave you over this, he wouldn't be worth staying with anyway.

OOP: I have changed through time, and I no longer behave like that, but this is the first time he sees me partying and getting drunk and I think he didn’t like it

Commenter 3: Men can go out drinking with people from work and pretty much do and say whatever they want. Women do not have that luxury.

OOP: In fact, it was a women who knows me and knows how much in love I am and how excited I am about having found out someone like him that went and told him and other two guys. I know it’s my fault and that I shouldn't be talking like that and getting drunk, of course, but isn’t that extremely low? Why do that when you know it’s going to hurt us both

Commenter 4: Why are you, a mother of two, getting drunk and partying with friends?

OOP: Because it was a work event. He was with me, but he didn’t get drunk. Had a couple drinks and that was it. THAT is what I aspire to be, I didn’t get drunk for almost a year, and since I was with him I dropped my guard and acted stupid. No excuses though, but I am terrified of the consequences of my own stupidity

OOP explains more about her background and if she knows her children's fathers

OOP: I am not Christian, not even baptized. I am completely irreligious, my parents are atheists.

I do know their names (I mean the fathers of my children) but they both moved to different countries out of the European Union, and are out of my reach legally. Ironically, they both are religious, at least performatively.

Not in South America but in Europe, so moving to Mexico is not an option, my country takes pretty good care of women lately, it's just me making horrible decisions.

I don't really want to give any more details publicly. Thanks anyway

Commenter 5: Did he know you had a wild past?

but alcohol took the best of me, and I behaved like my old self that night and talked like I used to talk, and made an ass of myself.

Do you think maybe you should reconsider your relationship with alcohol? Are your wild days really only in the past? These may be things he worries about, they would be dealbreakers for a lot of people, especially people with children.

OOP: Absolutely. For about a year I've been having only maybe two beers a month when I go out with him and that's it, I haven’t been really going out and drinking heavily. That specific night I dropped my guard because I was with him and he also had two drinks (first time I see him drink anything other than a pint) and I fucked up.

Commenter 6: The issue is not how you behaved in the past. I'm assuming he has an idea since you have two children with two different men and neither is around. The issue is about how you behave now, which is not good. Understand that his situation is different because he has a 5 year old daughter that he's solely responsible for who has no mother. He is not making decisions just for himself, and has to consider what kind of influence the woman he chooses will have on his 5 yo female child. You can't blame him for that, and you must respect that. The stakes are high for him and he's not going to take any chances with his daughter. That little girl has been through so much, losing her mother at such a young age. The fact may be that you really aren't in a position or state of mind to be a good stable influence and a role model for her. You may have to accept that and be more concerned about yourself and the affect your behavior may have on your own children. What if they ever find out you said those things? It's concerning that you don't sound like you are worried about that and you are more concerned about how it affects your relationship with a guy. It also doesn't sound like you are concerned about your relationship with alcohol. Blaming what you said on the fact you were drunk isn't going to help, because the issue is that you were drunk, not just the things you said.

So what do you do now? You soul search now and decide what kind of woman and mother you want to be moving forward, and you take the steps you need to take to get there. You should go sit in an AA meeting and listen to what they have to say. Respect that you may not be in a position to be in a relationship with this man and his child right now and work on making changes for yourself and your children. If you do that, the future will take care of itself and if this relationship is meant to be it will be. If not, you will be in a better position to attract someone else that has the qualities you are looking for in a man. If you tell him that you have thought about the things I've just mentioned, and tell him you have a plan to work on those things by not drinking, attending AA and getting some type of therapy, you may have a chance to save this and save yourself.

OOP: Thank you. Reading this comment hurt much more than the rest because it the truth in a much more deeper level.

I understand what you said. I appreciate it, and I'll think about it

Thanks again

Commenter 7: OP, alcohol is not for you.

Even if alcohol is served at a work event, it’s not license to get so drunk and inappropriate.

I think you should reflect on your relationship with alcohol (given the theme you mentioned in your post).

That might come up in your conversation with your partner, who is a father to a vulnerable young daughter.

Put yourself in his shoes. Would he want someone with an alcohol problem around his 5 year old girl?

But don’t do it for him, do it for yourself and your own daughters.

Update: July 16, 2026 (next day)

I believe my (30F) boyfriend (37M) might dump me after a comment I made last Saturday about how I got pregnant? UPDATE

First of all, thanks for all the replies, especially the ones giving advice and being supportive. And also the critical ones, which I clearly deserve but helped me understand his point of view

Well, we talked after he got here from his work trip. Talked for a few hours and about a lot of stuff. And as I expected he wanted to break up with me. He says he saw a side of me he didn't knew the other night and he didn't like it at all. He felt pretty embarrassed when my coworker mentioned what I just said to him and the other guys and they all laughed and covered their faces. Apparently she didn't know he is my bf, but I don't believe her, that's a lie. She knew what she was doing, but he isn't upset with her anyway.

I accepted his view and told him that for a few hours, and since I was with him, I let my guard completely down and behaved like that, but that's not...

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I accepted his view and told him that for a few hours, and since I was with him, I let my guard completely down and behaved like that, but that's not who I want to be, and not who I will be in the future. That I have been already working on myself and my habits, especially since I met him and that I take him as an example and inspiration. That I've decided that from now on, no matter the circumstances, it's zero alcohol for me and that I'm going to focus on myself and my children and the person I need to be.

He said that this is a great decision and that he knows I will eventually get there and wishes me the best, but still, he feels like we are not the right companion for each other and that he wants to focus on his daughter for a time, and that maybe he won't be dating anyone in the near future because being a good father is the most important thing for him.

He said that since I didn't really bring up completely the way I got my kids he already imagined something similar to what I told the other night. That we all make bad choices and that he had a difficult and wild youth with a few legal problems and violence even, after his first girlfriend died in a car accident when he was 15 (he never before mentioned this) and he got mentally lost, but managed to get back on track eventually and marry. So he was ready to not be judgmental because he knows what it is to struggle and really liked me and finds me very attractive and funny, but right now his daughter is his universe, and he will solely focus on her again.

I think the image he has of me completely changed after seeing me like that, and after being embarrassed publicly by my stupid words and actions. I think he doesn't see me the same, and I could see it even in his eyes while we talked yesterday. I feel like such a failure. And I feel so ashamed of myself.

So it's over. Sorry I didn't come back earlier but I was heartbroken and sad, because he is leaving me and he is right doing so, I would leave in his position too. I feel like without him by my side it's going to be more difficult, but I will get up and progress.

Thank you everyone.

Editor's note: again, many of OOP's responses were downvoted

Relevant Comments

OOP on if there was any beef between her and this co-worker?

OOP: She just doesn't seem to like me. She's ultra-competitive, and since one time, maybe a year ago, one manager said I have a beautiful hair, she kind of makes comments about how I look or how I dress... Anything I do or say is wrong to her, always.

Commenter 1: Actions do have consequences. You may regret them now, but you have to live with what you chose to do and many feel that what’s past is prologue. So while you work on yourself maybe in the future tell any potential partners what happened in a way that paints in a more favorable light. To find out in public the your girlfriend got pregnant in a club bathroom is pretty hard to swallow

OOP: Sure, yeah. It will part of the work I'm gonna put out. The way your phrase things matter

Commenter 2: were you ever planning on telling him? because tbh it is his right to know, especially if you were actually planning on building a future with him. even if she wasn’t the one to tell him, it would come out eventually and if it wasn't from your mouth in an open and honest conversation, hearing it from anyone would have made him want to break up with you tbh. I feel really bad, but hopefully this is a wakeup call. and maybe you should lay off the alcohol.

OOP: I knew I had to tell him, but not in a so graphic and stupid way, and specially, not in a way that makes me look like an impulsive animal. But as you all say, what's done is done

Commenter 3: I wouldn’t say OP’s ex was being judgmental or displaying double standards. OP stated he already kind of suspected that she conceived her kids in a wild and/or irresponsible way, but he still stayed with her - because he wasn’t trying to shame her for it.

It was OP being drunk as fuck and PUBLICLY humiliating herself and him, and her doing so in front of her coworkers that was the nail in her coffin. She showed that she was still irresponsible to an extent. He didn’t/doesn’t trust her judgment. And while he may have had a wild and dangerous youth himself, he wasn’t embarrassing OP, privately or publicly, with his past lapses in judgment.

OOP: Hurts to read it, but it's basically what happened, yeah 😓.

Commenter 4: sorry to hear that this happened. what I would take away from this is the following : change your attitude towards alcohol and towards whom you speak to candidly.

you revealed something about yourself to people that should have never been told such a thing . never think coworkers are friends who can keep a secret. coworkers aren't friends ,

if you know you have a lose tongue when drinking don't drink in company you don't want to reveal such stuff to.

I don't get why he thinks it's such a deal breaker instead of understanding we all have a past we might not be proud of but that is shaping up as the adults we are.

OOP: I believe he fears I'm not someone good to have around his daughter. I'm the first person he dated since his wife passed away, maybe also he doesn't feel ready to take care of a gf with my issues plus his little girl and I totally understand. He is not my father, and yesterday, at times, our conversation looked more like a conversation a father would have with me

Commenter 5: I mean, he admitted he wasn‘t better than you, that‘s a courageous step to take, and that he made mistakes in the past as well. I don’t think he sees you in a bad light. He made pretty clear what he was thinking about you after the talk.

But I kind of understand his point of view. A relationship, especially a new one, needs a lot of time to invest in. That is time that he can’t invest in his daughter. Especially when he is a single parent. And somebody would suffer, either you or his daughter. So if it’s just about his daughter, it surely sad for you and the relationship, but understandable somehow.

OOP: Yeah. And stupidly enough, that part of himself that he showed to me yesterday made me like him even much more for some reason. And now I lost him and it sucks so bad

Commenter 6: As someone who messed up life in the first half, stopping alcohol is a great decision. You won't regret it.

OOP: I'm certain of that

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