UPDATE. I (28M) found out my girlfriend (26F) of 3 years is pregnant and I'm not sure if I want to be a dad
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I got a lot of advice from the first post so here's an update as I think it's what most of you wanted. Thanks again to everyone who commented and I've taken a lot of your advice onboard and have a better understanding of what options are available.<br><br>Quick recap of the first post incase you haven't read it. I've been with my girlfriend for 3 years and I just found out she's 7 weeks pregnant. It was a massive shock as we did everything not to get pregnant and we both didn't want to be parents. I was barely able to sleep for a week and I felt like my whole world had been turned upside down. She's made it very clear she wants to be a mother so I've been trying to come to terms knowing I'll be a father in 8 months.<br><br>We've talked a lot over the past week and we've begun to discuss the positive things of having a child so maybe in time I might actually want to be a dad. It's made things a lot better for me and although I'm still scared, my girlfriend has been amazing through all this as well so I'm grateful for that.<br><br>I also went to go speak to my girlfriend's mother and father a couple days ago. While they seemed very shocked they also seemed pleased with the news. It was very nice of them to invite me over for a meal and they were very supportive.<br><br>I spoke to my own parents and as you all guessed they weren't happy with the news. I told them I'd come to terms with the idea of being a father and they just sort of thought it was a phase of mine. I also told them I'd be moving out in a couple months to live with my girlfriend and they were very angry at that but they calmed down after a while. I don't think they'll ever be happy with the idea of me being a dad but hopefully they'll come around in time.<br><br>We've also talked about our living situation and our plan is to move in together as soon as possible. Our plan is to move into her parent's house for a while because they have a lot of room and it would save us money as well. Then when the baby is a couple months old look for a house to live in together. We'll also be saving up money for when the baby is born and we're not really spending money on anything else at the moment just incase.<br><br>I'm trying to get into the mindset of being a dad and so far things are looking up.<br><br>Thanks for all the advice.
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