Sorry for the long post..but I'm in a toxic relationship and don't know what to do
I started dating my boyfriend a year ago and we fell in love very fast and very hard. We spent everyday together, we were best friends. We used to go out quite a bit and have some drinks, then I found out I was pregnant not too long after. So I obviously quit drinking right away but he would still have his nightly drinks. He has a 9 year old son who he had a lot when we first started dating until she found out about me. Now he sees him one day a week for a couple of hours. He has not had a job since we started dating. He had told me excuses as to why and it sounded okay at the time. (He's in his upper 30's by the way.) I blew a lot of my money when we first started dating. Getting hotels because he doesn't have his own place and going out nightly. So I got a new job and was trying to save as much as I could for the baby while still trying to support him. I buy the food, I got him a new phone, I get him gas. I try to help do everything I can. I think I was okay with all this because he showed me so much love. But something changed and we stopped getting along. Fast forward to two weeks ago I'm having terrible contractions for two days so I'm going back to the hospital and he makes me feel like an idiot for going to the hospital. Telling me they'll just send me home, why would I even call my doctor. So my mom takes me to the hospital and I am in active labor and have my first baby 5 hours later. He was here but he couldn't leave to "go get his stuff" fast enough. His drinking over the past 9 months has gotten worse and worse. He's drinking when he wakes up now. So he left the hospital and didnt come back for hours. When he came back he just complained about everything. He made me feel uncomfortable. And the next night was even worse. He was screaming at me calling me every name in the book. And I just had our precious baby boy. I've been staying with my mom until I can figure something else out and she has welcomed him to come and stay whenever he wants. Her husband has been trying to help him find jobs. But he's had a year and still nothing. But he doesn't hesitate to spend my money. I went through his Facebook messages last night and went back to his old girlfriend from two years ago. She had gotten pregnant and it was his baby. I guess he questioned her about it being his 8 months in and she was very upset and said she couldn't believe he would even say that so far along and that it's clearly his. Well their messages show me that he is in the EXACT same place as he was two years ago. No job, no house, no money and still drinking. The last thing she said to him was to not contact her or her family and to stay away. And he didn't question it. So I'm sure that was his child. I don't know what to do because I fall a little more out of love with him each day. I don't trust him alone woth our baby. He drinks way too much and he threatened me while we were still at the hospital that he would take the baby from me. What can I do in this situation? I don't have a house and I don't have another job yet. I am so in love with my baby and I thank god everyday for him but I got into a relationship with the wrong person. Any prayers or words of wisdom would be so appreciated.
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