Ok so, my GF has a 4yr. old son & I've been with her for roughly about a year & now we live together. I don't know the kid's father whatsoever, but my girl describes him as a deadbeat. (I'm not saying he is, but this is the way she describes him.) I've unexpectedly met him once three months ago. I introduced myself, said wassup, & kept it moving. I thought he would've had more to say to me, being that I would be around his son, and him knowing we all live together but... he didn't, so I didn't make it an issue on my part.
Fast forward to earlier today. I was on my way out the door to get a cut when my girl asked me to take her son with me to the barbershop so she can go to the gym and workout without having to keep an eye on him. He didn't need a haircut, but I figured he might as well get a shape up since he's gonna be there. So I agreed, it wasn't the first time I've taken him to the barbershop so it was a non-issue with me.
In the barbershop while waiting for my barber to get done with the guy in his chair, her son is playing a game on my phone and I'm conversing with an old friend I went to HS with. Next thing you know I hear, "DADDY!!!" come from the little guy. I look to the entrance and I see the kid's father with two other guys and a surprised/confused look, and he's like, "Hey, who you here with?" The kid points to me & says my name. I stand up and I'm like "what's going on, I met you a lil while ago. I'm..." He cuts me off like, "Nah, this b*tch is buggin!! Nah, this b*tch is buggin!! Got my son with some random muthaf*cka!! Got my son with some random muthaf*cka!!" Basically creating a scene and shyt...
So now he's like, "get up and let's go, you're coming with me!!" So now my attitude is basically, "if you wanna take him you gotta holla at his moms, if she give you the ok that's fine with me. But I can't let you take him right now. He left with me, I gotta bring him back." He's like, "this is MY muthaf*ckin son!!" Now I feel like a dikk... but still, I reiterate my point hoping he understands where I'm coming from. He doesn't. So after about 5-10 mins. of going back and forth in front of a live audience with him and one of his loud mouth homeboys, I said f*ck it & took his son out to the car and left...
A part of me felt f*cked up about the situation because even though I have a relationship with a female with a kid, I never try to play daddy. I usually steer clear of that type of shyt, so here I am in an awkward spot telling some dude who I don't even know he can't take his son. Crazy!! I told my girl what happened and she apologized & was relieved I didn't let him take the kid because she wouldn't know where he'd take him, when he'd bring him back, etc... They're already on bad terms so who know what would've happened. But anyway, here I am, with no cut, looking like wolfman thinking about it, wondering if I did the right thing despite my girl telling me I did so...
What would you have done in my shoes? What would you do in his? Would you leave the girl alone? What about afterwards, would you get on the phone with the guy to iron things out? What?