Letters to the Editor
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I don't get it
Everyone seems to think that Dad2B and Mom2B are moochers and doing this deliberately. I bet they're just clueless. The baby is a month away (but in reality could come any day) and they are just now thinking about life with baby? Have they bought a crib, changing table, clothes? Have they thought about the fact that the baby will need a mom at home or expensive daycare? It's just now occurring to them that their apartment situation is inadequate.
They're in a panic. They probably mean well, but Mom2B probably can't imagine moving now. And her doctor has almost certainly told her not to lift anything heavy. And let's face it, Mom2B and Dad2B's sofa surfing options are limited.
A due date is really a guess and the baby will be considered full term if it comes 2 weeks early. Once the baby arrives, Mom2B certainly and Dad2B probably will not have the energy to think about apartment hunting. I don't think LW is going to get them out without a court order and bailiff.
LW didn't think about the reality of having a baby around either. That's how he got into this mess. No forethought. Lucky for him, he has no responsibility for this baby. He gets away with the lesson: babies are lots of work.
He's getting screwed, sure. But at least, the lesson he's learning is painless compared to Dad2B who, my guess is, failed to think about contraception one night with Mom2B, because this is not a planned pregnancy.