Trapped into marriage and wanting to get out

A male age 41-50, anonymous writes:

Hi im a 31yr old man who is going through the hardest time of my life at the moment,these are my problems. 9yrs ago i finished my apprentiship and had enough cash to head overseas. At this stage i meet a girl that i was very clear to about my plans and explained straight away that i could not commit to her but i was quiet happy to be friends. About 3mths later we were drunk one night and one thing lead to another. the next morning i re-explained my situation and she told me that she just wanted to be friends with benifits till i left to go overseas and i stupidly agreed.She had told me she was on the pill but i still used condoms anyway but one night we broke the last condom and she said im on the pill anyway so i finished. A month later she told me she was pregnent and straigt away told her that i didn't want to have a child to someone i didn't love and had no commitment to. We agreed to go to the doctors to get information about terminations. On the way home from the doctors she told me she was having it no matter what i wanted and it was upto me wether i wanted to be apart of its life or not. By the time i dropped her off and got to my parents house she had rang and told my parents what was happening. My parents gave me a 2hr grilling about doing the right thing by the child. After a week of thinking i cancelled my visa's and decided to do what i thought was the right thing. I moved in with her and tried to have a relationship but by the end of the pregnency i new that i could never love her. I continued to support her tho and then when my son was born. Because i was honest and told her that i was only there for connor but i would still be there to support her as the father and friend she made the next 2yrs of my life a living hell. I broke up with her when i found her in bed with my mate. I started off spending 3 nights everyweek with connor but over the last 7yrs of her torment and using my son against me its down to every second weekend. I find it hard because i resent her for not giving me a choice and forcing me to be a father,then taking me for everything i owned. I just want to move on with my life and start again. I've got to the point were i want to move interstate,sign my visitation rights over to my parents and have very little to do with him maybe just birthdays and christmas. Is it wrong for me to feel this way?

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