#FakePregnancy #RelationshipAdvice #LegalHelpNeeded
Hey everyone,
I need some advice on a bizarre situation I’ve found myself in. My girlfriend is faking a pregnancy and I don’t know what to do. 🤷♂️ Here’s the deal:
– We live in New York and she’s claiming to be 23 weeks pregnant
– I found evidence of her purchasing a fake pregnant belly
– There are red flags looking back, but I have ultrasound images and test results that seem legit
– We’ve already had a baby shower and received gifts and money from family and friends
I’m worried about the legal implications and if I could potentially get in trouble for going along with this. Do any of you have advice on what steps I should take next? 🤔
Thanks for your help! 🙏
Possible solution:
– Have a serious and honest conversation with your girlfriend about the situation and seek legal advice to understand your rights and responsibilities in this situation.
> obviously she looks pregnant.
Have you not seen her naked? Have you not attended an OB appt with her?
Don’t worry about “the legal side”, get out of the relationship now, cut her off from all contact.
I am an attorney, not your attorney, and this genuinely is not legal advice.
This is a mental health episode. Not a crime. She has gone off the deep end. You need to help her find her way back in the most compassionate manner possible. Do not be punitive or hostile. This is mental illness. She needs medical help in the most serious way.
Talk to her best friend or someone you know will be supportive of her an not create drama. If you are not sure you know someone like that then do this alone. You (the two or you or you alone) need to have an intervention with her and let her know that the game is up. And that she needs some help.
Don’t worry about the rest of it. A baby shower or whatever mercy you were granted were all warranted at the time they occurred. It is not fraud.
So, is there any other signs of faking besides the one fake belly? Many real pregnant women now buy fake stomachs during their early stages, especially if planning a big event for mid to late stages. Maybe try to investigate more before you’ve made up your mind, especially with the context of also having seen the hospital test.
Do you have any idea why she’s doing this, what she might hope to gain?
Not your lawyer but giving you some hypothetical answers to your hypothetical questions.
1. It doesn’t seem illegal in the criminal sense. I’m not aware of any law prohibiting a woman from saying she’s pregnant if she’s not.
2. Proving emotional distress is not easy. You’d have to show that you suffered emotional distress. Like visiting a therapist or getting clinically diagnosed with anxiety/depression/etc.
3. Proving fraud is a stretch because you have to prove that she was trying to gain monetarily from deceiving you. If she proves that she actually had some other intention or she’s just mentally not well right now, you won’t win a fraud case.
4. We live in a society today where everyone thinks they can sue for everything. Until you start trying to find a lawyer then you find how hard it is to get them to take your case, or how much you have to pay them to handle a valid case.
Let go of the idea this is a legal situation. It’s not. Find a way to help your girlfriend or move on from her.
Have you seen her naked? You would be able to tell by the real belly I’m sure.
Have you not hugged her?
Maybe she bought one for you to wear to be in her shoes?
Do you live or sleep together? No way you can tell she is wearing a prosthetic belly?