That initial bracket of time when you start dating someone can determine pretty quickly whether you should continue seeing that person.However, some of us (me) tend to ignore important signs that one should walk away and look for someone new.You would want to have everything researched and lined with in a year’s time just to be safe.Think about what is your priority – to have a loving relationship with a man or to have a child?

And it’s one that many soon-to-be collegiettes in relationships have to start asking themselves as high school days quickly start dwindling. That’s when you and your SO may find yourselves heading off to colleges in different directions. After spending part or all of high school together, you may feel like no one could ever understand you more than the person who was always there for you.

“If your romantic feelings for your high school sweetheart have faded by graduation, you are in the over ninety-percentile of all teenagers on the verge of adulthood,” says Ricardo.

If you are starting to resent the fact that you are going to miss out on new college experiences or if you simply find yourself not feeling the same way towards your SO as before, the relationship may not be the best thing for you.

This choice of having a baby on your own will affect all aspects of your lifestyle, your social life and how you spend your free time.

At 40 you still have a little time (really not much time) before you have to make this decision to having a baby on your own.