Religious Mom help!
I’m 21 and my boyfriend is 23. We don’t really have any intention to get married at the moment. It just seems like a waste of money. His dad is unmarried but has been with the same girl for 15 years, which is longer than either of my parents have been married soooo. Anyways back to my questions. We just recently decided to start TTC. We both really want to have a family with each other, and have discussed it a lot, and decided to give it a go. My mom and stepdad are super religious, they believe in waiting til marriage to have sex. Obviously they know I’m having sex though since I live with my boyfriend in our own apartment. My older step brother has a baby out of marriage, so I’ve kind of seen how they are judging. I’m just really worried that when I find out I’m pregnant, I’ll be super excited to tell them, but they’ll be sad to find out. My parents are probably the worst case we have to worry about but we are also worried about his parents because they might not think we are ready for one (my boyfriend doesn’t have the best job, so that’s why they will think that. I have a really good job and make twice as much money as him. So we are definitely financially ready.) Anyone else gone through something similar that can offer me some advice? Ultimately if they don’t like what I’m doing they don’t have to be in my life, but I love them and still want them to be apart of this.
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