Matt

Despite all of my friends and family advice, they all said, hey, you know, just get yourself off the birth certificate, man.

Just go on your merry way.

And I could have, but that's not... I couldn't.

You know, I'm the only person he knows as his father, and I'm not going to permanently disrupt his life just because of a temporary...

disruption in mind.

So anyway, he's my son.

I'm going to raise him.

I learned later on that she was a felon.

She's got these drug addictions.

Her friends are mostly felons.

She's just not somebody I would have gotten with had I known all these things prior to, but

She's in my home and I don't trust her.

She disrespects me all the time.

And just the things she does, whether or not we're together, she could still be a good mom, but she's choosing not to be.

She's doing the bare minimums and not completely neglecting him, but she could be better.

I would hope for better, but she is who she is.

I just need to know, like, I feel like keeping it around is the best thing for him because, you know, if she goes, she's going to live in some probably not a great place, do things that are not safe for him.

Then he's going to be around some of it because his time is going to be split.

Probably get full custody, but then I'd be taking his mother out of his life.

And I don't want to do that either.