She supposes that she ought to be at least glad that he's asked. That he's not running out with the alcohol right away. Not everyone handles things like this well, and a child certainly hadn't been part of their arrangements. For her sake, and for his as well probably, she tries to keep things unemotional as she responds.
"I am doing what I want to do," she says, exhaling. "I've spoken with my family, I've been making arrangements, and I'm telling you what's happening. Anything beyond that..." She trails off, clearly hesitating now.
The last thing she wants to do is make him feel trapped. The last thing she wants is to make him feel obligated at all to have any part of this, and yet she doesn't want him to feel unwelcome by trying to remain carefully neutral. She forges on ahead.
"I know what I'm going to do. And I asked you here mainly to let you know what's going on and to...to let you know that if you want any part of it, you would be more than welcome. In whatever capacity you're willing. Or none at all if you prefer." And in the interests of complete honesty, she adds, perhaps a little unwillingly, "If you don't want any part of the child's life that would be acceptable of course. It's your choice. And if you wanted we could still be together. Until the birth or after. I wouldn't force you to be a father to it. But I don't think that things will be entirely the same from this point so that's something you would have to consider carefully as well."
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"I am doing what I want to do," she says, exhaling. "I've spoken with my family, I've been making arrangements, and I'm telling you what's happening. Anything beyond that..." She trails off, clearly hesitating now.
The last thing she wants to do is make him feel trapped. The last thing she wants is to make him feel obligated at all to have any part of this, and yet she doesn't want him to feel unwelcome by trying to remain carefully neutral. She forges on ahead.
"I know what I'm going to do. And I asked you here mainly to let you know what's going on and to...to let you know that if you want any part of it, you would be more than welcome. In whatever capacity you're willing. Or none at all if you prefer." And in the interests of complete honesty, she adds, perhaps a little unwillingly, "If you don't want any part of the child's life that would be acceptable of course. It's your choice. And if you wanted we could still be together. Until the birth or after. I wouldn't force you to be a father to it. But I don't think that things will be entirely the same from this point so that's something you would have to consider carefully as well."