Jill HI’m thinking that you should just get the genetic testing and I hope that it turns out your not the father. Then your out of the child and mothers lives with no paying of money for years and years and they are better off too.
I was a single mother, I chose not to go through the courts to have my daughers father pay support or even force him to see her. He came around a few times when she was a baby and I never pushed the issue. Once she was four he called and wanted a relationship with her, so sad that my then husband wouldn’t give up his role as father and he adopted my daughter. This man too only worried about the amount of money he would have to give to me (in his words) for this child. Money isn’t an issue when it comes to children, and since that was all it meant to him I knew he wasn’t going to try to really love her. I hope one day this little guy has a real father who comes his way and even if you are his bio dad this man will take the place in his life as a daddy.
By the way my husband also had an ex wife who took him for all the child support she could get while she sat at home and chose not to work (until the day the child turned 18). I’ve been on both sides of the fence you see, and it’s not easy either way but the kids need to come first and money isn’t not the most important thing.
And a word to the wise, if you want to keep your money for yourself, practice safe sex.