We have been together for almost 7 years . We have one child who’s 4 and another on the way. Ever since I got pregnant with my first he’s changed dramatically. At first it was little things . Now we live together and everything I say or do bothers him. If the house isn’t clean or how he likes it he starts fighting with me, before he never cussed at me and respected me and now he says things like “fuck” “shit” “ur childish” “are you stupid” . He’s never been supportive of my goals and dreams in life and thinks they’re ridiculous. I cry and have tears rolling down my face and he acts like nothing ever happened and doesn’t acknowledge the fact that I’m crying.

Now he’s starting to put his hands on me like grabbing my hands real tight . The other day he grabbed my wrist so hard he left me a bruise. He’s changed dramatically and now I’m scared that he will hit me next.

He’s a very miserable person . Like I said everything I say or do bothers him and even after work he finds anything to fight with me about . Today for example I opened the door to the restroom because he was going to shower and he yelled at me for opening the door.

I feel like he hates me more that I’m pregnant and has also suggested an abortion which breaks me heart because clearly he doesn’t want this . I love my daughter and my unborn baby I would never do that.

I want to leave him by financially I need him. I live in Los Angeles and everything is expensive and I cannot afford a place by my self with 2 children .

He makes me feel so unloved it hurts. I always imagined being with someone who truly loved me and enjoys my presence and just being with me. He never does anything sweet. For his birthdays anything I give him he hates or tells me to return and every year of his birthday I cry because it’s like my presents arnt good enough for him when it’s supposed to be from the heart. He expects expensive luxury things I can’t afford it’s unrealistic .

I want to leave but seem to not have the strength and it’s eating me alive . My family doesn’t know any more of our problems because I stopped telling them. They don’t know he has grabbed me and push me while pregnant . I want a way out but don’t know how

I know I have my problems and I know I’m not perfect but he provokes me to be mean as well because all I want to do is defend my self