Link to the post and update respectively: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/4ntnal/my_mom_38_f_left_me_17_m_and_my_dad_when_i_was_6/

https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/4oeup9/update_my_mom_38_f_left_me_17_m_and_my_dad_when_i/

A mother abandons her child at age six with an abusive father. 11 years later, she contacts him out of the blue, seemingly inexplicably wanting him back.

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But it's not inexplicably, and not out of the blue.

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"So, I will be moving in with my mom. [...] We caught up more, and she told me about the city she lives in and her partner, who sounds nice and I look forward to meeting her."

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I will now post the OP's comment, which was in itself a response to someone that probably reached a similar conclusion to me, although didn't show it directly.

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" She messed up, big time. She abandoned and betrayed me. She was weak. She was also very hurt and confused. Do not put too much on the partner. They have only been together for a few months, but they have gotten serious quickly. That in itself was a part of what triggered this all for her. She realized that she could not rebuild or have a whole family without me. She has not forced this on me and has made sure to give me a strong voice in all of this. "

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I will take the opportunity here to remind you that lesbians do not have the ability to procreate, for obvious reasons. Even if they did go to a sperm bank and took sperm from a donor, one of them would feel left out for not contributing to the genetic makeup of the child. It's also a very costly procedure, from what I know - hundreds or even a few thousand dollars.

So, the pair want a child but can't make or adopt one. So, what does that leave us with?

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Exactly. The OP.

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Maybe I'm just being overly Inquisitive. Maybe I'm just too paranoid. Maybe I'm just too bitter and I'm making conclusions. After all, I don't know these people personally.

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Maybe she did feel bad. Maybe she wanted to contact him, but couldn't. Who knows?

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All I know is something VERY fishy is going on.