Coop's a Pappy
All this time, I never knew. You shouldn't be going 'round, procreatin' all willy-nilly like you do. From today's edition of Dear Prudence on Slate:
I am 20 years old and am seeing a 23-year-old man; we'll call him Patrick. I met him through work, and we see each other periodically at work. (We don't work in the same office.) My problem is that he has a 7-year-old son who doesn't live with him. He is truly a reformed rebel (he is actually very responsible now), and this child was just one of his many youthful indiscretions. I have never had a "real" relationship before, and Patrick is pressuring me to be exclusive with him. How do I slow this down? I like him, and we get along really well, but I am definitely not ready to be in a serious relationship with anyone now, let alone a guy with a child.