Help! My Husband’s Surprise Teenage Daughter Needs a Home, but I Really Don’t Want to Be a Mom.
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Help! My Husband’s Surprise Teenage Daughter Needs a Home, but I Really Don’t Want to Be a Mom.

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Every Thursday on Twitter @jdesmondharris, Dear Prudence asks readers for their thoughts on a question that has her stumped. Here’s this week’s dilemma and answer: Dear Prudence, My husband and I never wanted children—we preferred to travel and spoil our dogs. We have given the great aunt money for Ella’s care but she has bluntly told us that my husband needs to come and get her. He should be saying “I hope we can stay together, but she’s moving in one way or the other because I refuse to abandon her.” A few people pointed this out: Her husband is making a choice between her and Ella, and now she must choose between staying or going. —@lindaholmes If I’ve convinced you, there is one important conversation that you need to have with your husband before Ella arrives: Being a woman does not make you the default parent.

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