“I’m Betraying My Integrity”: Man Refuses To Take A Paternity Test For His Wife’s Friend’s Baby
Almost half of all first marriages end in divorce. There are many reasons couples head for Splitsville. But among the most common are infidelity and/or broken trust. 60% of couples polled in one survey cited cheating as the reason for their marriage crumbling. Sometimes the affair can be proven. But other times, a spouse will walk out based on suspicion.
One man claims he was caught completely off-guard when his wife of five years accused him of stepping out on her. She’s convinced he fathered a child outside of the marriage. She’s given him an ultimatum that’s left him feeling very uncomfortable. The man is now wondering whether he should give into his wife’s request. Or whether they’ve reached the end of the road.
The man said they’d never had problems before, and he thought they were happily married
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Everything suddenly changed when the wife’s friend had a baby
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A lab would need samples from the man and the baby in order to do a paternity test
The most common type of paternity uses a cheek swab to collect a DNA sample from the potential father. Cleveland Clinic explains DNA like this: “the genetic material inside your body’s cells. It acts like an instruction manual to help make you who you are. You inherit DNA from both of your biological parents — half from each parent.”
A healthcare provider will use a cotton swab to get cheek (buccal) cells from the inside of your mouth. But there are also home paternity test kits available nowadays. “When we test a biological father, both the child and their father will share identical sections of DNA at each marker. If the man tested is not the child’s biological father, there will be differences in the DNA,” reads one laboratory site that specializes in DNA testing.
DNA paternity tests are quite accurate. The results show a probability of paternity. 0 means no genetic match between the man and the child. In other words, he isn’t the father. While a result of 99.9 indicates it’s highly likely the man is the genetic parent.
“Hand her the test results and divorce papers”: Many took the man’s side, with some advising him to leave his wife
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She already has one foot out of the marriage. Take the dna test and present the results with divorce papers.
It's the same thing I would tell a wife if her husband demanded a paternity test... trust broken.
Load More Replies...Even with DNA proof the child isn't yours, that doesn't prove you didn't cheat. You can't prove a negative, and now that it's clear your wife thinks you would/have cheated, it's only going to escalate. She will see signs of cheating in other situations. The trust is gone, and you should end things. The relationship is heading that way and dragging it out will only be more painful.
Argh, I need an update but it’s age locked and I don’t have the app. Can someone else check?
His account and the post are deleted but people in the comments think it’s fake
Load More Replies...That would definitely add more drama to the paternity issue
Load More Replies...The thing I find really wild is this idea of open phone policy to check on each other, ring cameras to check on visitors, tracking apps to check location. None of that is what trust looks like. I trust my partner unconditionally, and don't need any of this paranoia-inducing, spy-normalising technology to do so. (I have him on a map tracker in case he gets into trouble while walking in the hills). But also, if he asked me for a paternity test it would be game over.
I didn't get the sense that the cameras and the Google location were specifically for tracking each other. Lots of people have Ring cameras just to watch the front door, and Google tracks everywhere your phone goes unless you specifically turn your location off. They probably weren't using the tech to spy on each other, until OP had a reason to go looking for proof that his wife might be cheating.
Load More Replies...It sounds a bit like the wife is having some sort of mental breakdown and paranoia attack to accuse with nothing else going on
There is so much left out here. Why does the wife think he cheated and what did her friend say.
The why is the most important thing here. Is she projecting or become paranoid? Or has Jas or someone else hinted he is the father? Did she receive a poison pen letter from someone? A little more digging is needed before moving to divorce.
This one is weird.. they both seem childish and have some serious trust concerns. If this is real and he's really saying "by taking the test Im admitting to cheating" hes as irrational and stubborn as she is. All that talk aboit lying in bed awake lol.. these two probably fictional characters are too alike. Writing needs better balance
How's it childish to refuse a paternity test if you know you haven't cheated? So every time wifey decides he's cheated he must take a paternity test?
Load More Replies...And I thought the actual post was deranged and then I saw this comment.... 😮😮🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Kooky Ad I'd also be paranoid wife somehow stole your sperm and inseminated her friend."
I'd say in this case you have already lost your marriage. And as for cheating? Sometimes with all the clever IT solutions, they cheat on you in front of your trusting naive nose. And then they also take away all you have too even if they have never contributed to any of it. So, my advise is, document everything for the family court and divorce her. you'd not want to live with someone who could not trust you even when you're so open with her. My current wife is the one who have opened my eyes on what is being a gentlemen vs what is being used and tossed. Trust, communication, love these are all two way streets apparently.
Like many others said, I'd agree to take the test but when it comes back negative she's signing the divorce papers. I agree that I wouldn't take the test but him arguing so much about his "integrity" is weird and makes this seem fake. Personally, my "integrity" would be one of the last things I'd care about, with the trust my wife and I had being first and foremore. I'd feel betrayed more than I;'d feel like my iNteGRiTy was at stake.
Maybe she’s just done with him and looking for a way out… my policy on this is that he can have a test but only if he also has a divorce. The trust is gone, time to pack it in.
she is most likely having the affair with Jas...this is some convoluted way to get you to leave the relationship is my sad guess. End the relationship, as hard as it will be for however long you need to heal, being with someone that doesn't take your feelings or actions into account isn't a safe loving relationship. Good luck
I think the wife listened to some dumb social media influencer who does these tik tok trends. The other reason could be Jas told her that OP was the father.
From an always try and restore the marriage frame of mind. I would advise taking the test to reassure the wife and then presenting the results with a suggestion of couples therapy to understand why she thought he would cheat and to resolve the apparent insecurities.
Wife has a burner phone. Almost guaranteed. She keeps it at work or the gym. Somewhere he can't/doesn't go. She's cheating. Or he has a history of cheating and she's legit afraid he did it again. Otherwise...wife is a psycho who is trying to tank this marriage. Which still means there's a reason she's doing that.
She’s looking for a way out of the marriage. Or she’s cheating on him.
WHAT??? The one commenter who said he'd be concerned Op's wife somehow stole his sperm and gave it to her friend. How would that even work?
I hate that everyone is saying "take the test and give her divorce papers" How long has OP's wife known Jas? If she's known Jas years longer than she's known OP, then Jas has some SERIOUS pull with what she can tell OP's wife and have her trust that Jas is telling the truth. I think Op is asking the wrong questions. I think he needs to ask his wife is Jas is saying he and she had intimacy If he serves divorce papers, it's because Jas wanted this relationship to fail for some reason.
Get the divorce, then do the test and have the results entered in the divorce filing. Or, get the test, then include the results in the reasons for divorce.
She already has one foot out of the marriage. Take the dna test and present the results with divorce papers.
It's the same thing I would tell a wife if her husband demanded a paternity test... trust broken.
Load More Replies...Even with DNA proof the child isn't yours, that doesn't prove you didn't cheat. You can't prove a negative, and now that it's clear your wife thinks you would/have cheated, it's only going to escalate. She will see signs of cheating in other situations. The trust is gone, and you should end things. The relationship is heading that way and dragging it out will only be more painful.
Argh, I need an update but it’s age locked and I don’t have the app. Can someone else check?
His account and the post are deleted but people in the comments think it’s fake
Load More Replies...That would definitely add more drama to the paternity issue
Load More Replies...The thing I find really wild is this idea of open phone policy to check on each other, ring cameras to check on visitors, tracking apps to check location. None of that is what trust looks like. I trust my partner unconditionally, and don't need any of this paranoia-inducing, spy-normalising technology to do so. (I have him on a map tracker in case he gets into trouble while walking in the hills). But also, if he asked me for a paternity test it would be game over.
I didn't get the sense that the cameras and the Google location were specifically for tracking each other. Lots of people have Ring cameras just to watch the front door, and Google tracks everywhere your phone goes unless you specifically turn your location off. They probably weren't using the tech to spy on each other, until OP had a reason to go looking for proof that his wife might be cheating.
Load More Replies...It sounds a bit like the wife is having some sort of mental breakdown and paranoia attack to accuse with nothing else going on
There is so much left out here. Why does the wife think he cheated and what did her friend say.
The why is the most important thing here. Is she projecting or become paranoid? Or has Jas or someone else hinted he is the father? Did she receive a poison pen letter from someone? A little more digging is needed before moving to divorce.
This one is weird.. they both seem childish and have some serious trust concerns. If this is real and he's really saying "by taking the test Im admitting to cheating" hes as irrational and stubborn as she is. All that talk aboit lying in bed awake lol.. these two probably fictional characters are too alike. Writing needs better balance
How's it childish to refuse a paternity test if you know you haven't cheated? So every time wifey decides he's cheated he must take a paternity test?
Load More Replies...And I thought the actual post was deranged and then I saw this comment.... 😮😮🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣 "Kooky Ad I'd also be paranoid wife somehow stole your sperm and inseminated her friend."
I'd say in this case you have already lost your marriage. And as for cheating? Sometimes with all the clever IT solutions, they cheat on you in front of your trusting naive nose. And then they also take away all you have too even if they have never contributed to any of it. So, my advise is, document everything for the family court and divorce her. you'd not want to live with someone who could not trust you even when you're so open with her. My current wife is the one who have opened my eyes on what is being a gentlemen vs what is being used and tossed. Trust, communication, love these are all two way streets apparently.
Like many others said, I'd agree to take the test but when it comes back negative she's signing the divorce papers. I agree that I wouldn't take the test but him arguing so much about his "integrity" is weird and makes this seem fake. Personally, my "integrity" would be one of the last things I'd care about, with the trust my wife and I had being first and foremore. I'd feel betrayed more than I;'d feel like my iNteGRiTy was at stake.
Maybe she’s just done with him and looking for a way out… my policy on this is that he can have a test but only if he also has a divorce. The trust is gone, time to pack it in.
she is most likely having the affair with Jas...this is some convoluted way to get you to leave the relationship is my sad guess. End the relationship, as hard as it will be for however long you need to heal, being with someone that doesn't take your feelings or actions into account isn't a safe loving relationship. Good luck
I think the wife listened to some dumb social media influencer who does these tik tok trends. The other reason could be Jas told her that OP was the father.
From an always try and restore the marriage frame of mind. I would advise taking the test to reassure the wife and then presenting the results with a suggestion of couples therapy to understand why she thought he would cheat and to resolve the apparent insecurities.
Wife has a burner phone. Almost guaranteed. She keeps it at work or the gym. Somewhere he can't/doesn't go. She's cheating. Or he has a history of cheating and she's legit afraid he did it again. Otherwise...wife is a psycho who is trying to tank this marriage. Which still means there's a reason she's doing that.
She’s looking for a way out of the marriage. Or she’s cheating on him.
WHAT??? The one commenter who said he'd be concerned Op's wife somehow stole his sperm and gave it to her friend. How would that even work?
I hate that everyone is saying "take the test and give her divorce papers" How long has OP's wife known Jas? If she's known Jas years longer than she's known OP, then Jas has some SERIOUS pull with what she can tell OP's wife and have her trust that Jas is telling the truth. I think Op is asking the wrong questions. I think he needs to ask his wife is Jas is saying he and she had intimacy If he serves divorce papers, it's because Jas wanted this relationship to fail for some reason.
Get the divorce, then do the test and have the results entered in the divorce filing. Or, get the test, then include the results in the reasons for divorce.


























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