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Yes, I do this and plan to continue doing so, including at the shower.

This is correct, thank you! "Domestic partner" as a phrase is not what I meant, but that our relationship is quite domestic. Hence, wanting to be around the child to some extent, as opposed to our relationship being more about hooking up or something else.

Planning a baby shower is... decidedly... not... parenting? Where I'm from, these events are typically thrown for the parent(s) by close friends or relatives. I understand and respect my meta's decision. I am very much trying not to make it about me IRL, but I also am having feelings that I am...

Thanks very much. To provide some more context, there is only one baby on the way, being carried by my partner's partner. Not sure where confusion about two happened. My bad! Also, I live with another partner, so I would not be around for a lot of the day-to-day stuff. My meta has a plethora...

Thank you, yes, this is the ideal scenario! I feel like in a few years, this is where we'll be and everything will be great. Getting to that point, though... is feeling super hard right now.

Yes, we did. There were no surprises involved. I knew they were going to do this at some point, and they knew I didn't want to be a parent. Knowing it in advance doesn't make the actual transition all that much easier though. I'm not taking on a parenting role and everyone knows that. The...

My partner, who I've been with for almost two years, is having a baby. Their other partner is carrying. I do not want to be a parent at all and never have, and I am/we are really struggling with this transition. I have a very close, romantic, and domestic relationship with my partner, and so...