Is having a baby means being really meant for each other?

Philippines
July 16, 2009 8:33pm CST
I have some friends way back in college who now have babies. They ended up with their boyfriends and keep on saying that they were really meant for each other because of the baby they have now. I don't think they're right. They're just trapped in a responsibility they couldn't do any but to face it. What do you think?
7 responses
@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
23 Jul 09
i agree... i have a lot of friends who engaged into experiencing early pregnancies and they tend to feel like having a more miserable life if they'll stick with their babies' father.
@ouafae78 (13)
• Morocco
18 Jul 09
no it dosen't mean they are meant for eachother,having a baby is possible almost for any couple,being meant for eachother is something they both feel not just because there is more responsibility in that relation.
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
17 Jul 09
i reckon there is a different feeling on if you are ment to be together, i'm fed up with my partner and also have one child with him. but i've never wanted anymore with him, don't ask why cause i can't explain it. it's very common for people to break up nowadays even with kids involved, even thou in some culture's it's not the thing to do. people who have a better connection also get along a lot better than those who are just there cause they don't want to anything about it.
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
i dont agree on that one too. sometimes, there are women that when they are in love they will think that getting themselves pregnant and having a baby with their guy, will make the guy not leave them anymore, so they say 'we are meant for each other'. there are a lot of couples with kids that have relationships that lasted for long years but got separated because they found out they were incompatible and are not really meant for each other. they just stayed for the sake of the kids and later on not really able to take it anymore being in the relationship that it ended up in separation.
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
No one knows who's meant for who. Neither other people cannot tell to other person who's meant for them. Of course, having a baby is not a guarantee that a couple is really meant to each other. Not even true love. Nothing is permanent in this world. But I would like to comment on a part that you said that they're just trapped in a responsibility. By saying that is like your parents too were trapped in a responsibility when you were born. It's the individual's choice if they would face the responsibility or not. If you are thinking that having a baby is just a responsibility... think again. It's a gift. Later on you will know what I am trying to say to you when you have your own kids too and hope he or she will come from someone who's really meant to you.
@tomjoad (551)
• Philippines
17 Jul 09
nope! definitely not. the baby is not proof that they were meant for each other. i think the real benchmark to couples being meant for one another is when they are able to wait and respect each other. if they had the baby out of wedlock, the concept is just an excuse to cover their guilt. for me, people who are meant for each other are those who marry first before they have a baby. since their bond is sacred and blessed by God, they are really meant for each other.
@ShibbyKid (279)
• United States
17 Jul 09
It does not mean you are meant for each other. That is something you both must find out for yourselves. You hear about parents leaving each other all the time who have children. They do not care that they have a new life to take care of, they just want out of each others hair. But if you stay with someone through a pregnancy and further more, i think yes, you are meant for each other. But it does not always in happy ever after.