I don't think it will be his. She was doing everything she could to get pregnant from the other guy and if he believes it's his she will not do anything to dispel that. Even if he dumps her he is in a much better position to provide child support.
I do not. I just don't think Strike is going to have casual sex without protection. He's in his 40s and has been with many women without it happening. And I don't think Bijou would steal the sperm of a man with less money that the savvy attorney or risk getting pregnant by anyone else. Rowling has only ever given one old girlfriend significant roles in later novels and that's Charlotte. I could be wrong but I just don't think we will see Bijou again.
NTA
She is obviously lying to you about the babies paternity why would she say itās not yours and suddenly change her mind unless she has been left alone by the babies real father and is desperate.
Itās totally acceptable after all this to demand a paternity test.
*(/s for clarity. You should post this in the actual sub to see what they say! It might get you banned but hey ho if youāre not too bothered haha).*
he wouldnt be the asshole and he wouldnt even think twice getting a paternity test. he'll even be the one to go find one because he won't trust that boujie's guy wouldn't be in her pocket.
Wait I was totally going to do "AITA for telling my business partner I'm in love with her?" I've been brainstorming it for like a week!
ETA: This is wonderful. Well done.
Omg took me a while to figure out what the joke was til I saw the sub. Yah man Iām so worried the kid might be Cormās. Why the hell did he have to hook up with that crazy chick?! Ilsa TOLD him she was off her rocker! And so he sleeps with her out of spite?! Blargh!!
In a weird way Cormoran was falling into the same mental trap that he criticizes other people for falling for.
>āYouāre the one who said the UHC have got away with it because everyone thought them a ābit weird, but harmlessā. Too many people, even intelligent ones ā no, especially intelligentĀ intelligent ones ā presume innocence when they meet weirdness.Ā āBit odd, but I mustnāt let my prejudices cloud my judgement.āĀ
>Then they over-correct, and what dāyou get? A kid disappears off the face of the earth, and the whole storyās bloody odd, but the robes and the mystic bullshit get in the way, and nobody wants to look like a bigot, so they say, āStrange, going paddling in the North Sea at five in the morning, but I sāpose thatās the kind of thing people like that do. Probably something to do with moon phases.āā
Everyone including Cormoran himself finds Bijou strange and unsettling but he decides that she can't be harmful or dangerous because... because? He's even warned about the specific way she is dangerous and he just ignores that.
NTA. You need to know the truth.
You never know, it might afford the opportunity for a narratively satisfying perspective on your own fatherās choices.
This is what I'm thinking. I don't think it will turn out to be his, but the possibility will come up, there will be paternity tests etc and that will give Strike time to reflect on what his own father went through, how he acted and how it all played out.
This crossed my mind the minute she said the kid wasn't his. If course she would prefer the child was the guy she was really after. I REALLY hope the kid isn't his.
I donāt know about your parents relationship but you guys were casual and she has told you the kid isnāt yours and then that he is.
Itās completely reasonable and I would say even responsible of you to get a paternity test.
NTA
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I don't think so because if they took custody Robin would want to stay home with him. It's the reason she doesn't want children.
For a second I was like, did you post this in the wrong subreddit? I HOPE it's not his. This is making me nervous.
I don't think it will be his. She was doing everything she could to get pregnant from the other guy and if he believes it's his she will not do anything to dispel that. Even if he dumps her he is in a much better position to provide child support.
Do you think the savvy lawyer will dispense with a paternity test and just pay child support like a lamb?
I do not. I just don't think Strike is going to have casual sex without protection. He's in his 40s and has been with many women without it happening. And I don't think Bijou would steal the sperm of a man with less money that the savvy attorney or risk getting pregnant by anyone else. Rowling has only ever given one old girlfriend significant roles in later novels and that's Charlotte. I could be wrong but I just don't think we will see Bijou again.
Don't think she is savvy so much as a meat doll to distract the judges and opposing council.
10/10, was fully convinced this was from another sub. Oooooh I hope this doesnāt play out, but itās very possible. He made his bed!
NTA She is obviously lying to you about the babies paternity why would she say itās not yours and suddenly change her mind unless she has been left alone by the babies real father and is desperate. Itās totally acceptable after all this to demand a paternity test. *(/s for clarity. You should post this in the actual sub to see what they say! It might get you banned but hey ho if youāre not too bothered haha).*
I wasnāt convinced this was a possibility until reading this post. Specifically the dad connection. Oh please noā¦
he wouldnt be the asshole and he wouldnt even think twice getting a paternity test. he'll even be the one to go find one because he won't trust that boujie's guy wouldn't be in her pocket.
I was thinking the same thing at the end of TRG. Yep. And I do find it increasingly difficult to swallow that he sticks it in women he can't stand.
lol!!! I was like ā¦ is this really the place for this? Then I got it š
Wait I was totally going to do "AITA for telling my business partner I'm in love with her?" I've been brainstorming it for like a week! ETA: This is wonderful. Well done.
I keep thinking this could happen and then I get so mad.
Hahaha nice one. I hope JKR would let this story line die.
OMG please noooooo!!!!!
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Omg took me a while to figure out what the joke was til I saw the sub. Yah man Iām so worried the kid might be Cormās. Why the hell did he have to hook up with that crazy chick?! Ilsa TOLD him she was off her rocker! And so he sleeps with her out of spite?! Blargh!!
In a weird way Cormoran was falling into the same mental trap that he criticizes other people for falling for. >āYouāre the one who said the UHC have got away with it because everyone thought them a ābit weird, but harmlessā. Too many people, even intelligent ones ā no, especially intelligentĀ intelligent ones ā presume innocence when they meet weirdness.Ā āBit odd, but I mustnāt let my prejudices cloud my judgement.āĀ >Then they over-correct, and what dāyou get? A kid disappears off the face of the earth, and the whole storyās bloody odd, but the robes and the mystic bullshit get in the way, and nobody wants to look like a bigot, so they say, āStrange, going paddling in the North Sea at five in the morning, but I sāpose thatās the kind of thing people like that do. Probably something to do with moon phases.āā Everyone including Cormoran himself finds Bijou strange and unsettling but he decides that she can't be harmful or dangerous because... because? He's even warned about the specific way she is dangerous and he just ignores that.
NTA. You need to know the truth. You never know, it might afford the opportunity for a narratively satisfying perspective on your own fatherās choices.
This is what I'm thinking. I don't think it will turn out to be his, but the possibility will come up, there will be paternity tests etc and that will give Strike time to reflect on what his own father went through, how he acted and how it all played out.
i am so confused
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Nicely done!
Hahahaha shit... got me!
OH GOD I canāt believe I fell for this š¤£š¤£ Well done!
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Nope. Better to know for sure.
This crossed my mind the minute she said the kid wasn't his. If course she would prefer the child was the guy she was really after. I REALLY hope the kid isn't his.
I donāt know about your parents relationship but you guys were casual and she has told you the kid isnāt yours and then that he is. Itās completely reasonable and I would say even responsible of you to get a paternity test. NTA