Unplanned pregnancy and boyfriend is not in board and freaking out
I found out a couple days ago I am pregnant (unplanned). My boyfriend and I are 22, both living on our own. I just bought a house and he had plans to move in with me in about 6 months. We have only been together 3 months. I broke it to him last night. We laid in bed for 2 hours talking about it. He was completely freaked out and practically begging me to have an abortion but also he knew that I was not comfortable with it so he was even more freaked out. He kept saying he isn’t ready to be a dad, he’s just a kid himself, he can’t raise a kid and he would be a terrible father. He also said that if I chose to keep it that he would feel guilty if he wasn’t involved in the kids life. Although he didn’t directly say “get an abortion”, the way he was freaking out and what he was saying was very much obvious that that is what he wants more then anything. Later in the night he started making jokes (in a sweet way) about us being parents and how he needed to prepare, making jokes about his family and his parents being grandparents. It was like he was starting to wrap his mind around the idea of being a dad but he is still freaked out and doesn’t want to have the kid.
Idk what to do!! I don’t think I can have an abortion!! I just can’t! But I’m scared I’m ruining his life. He is scared he’s gonna be a deadbeat father because he won’t be making enough money to help support us (I make more then him). I think the initial reaction he just had is normal and maybe soon he will start to get more comfortable? He held me all night and told me he loves me, so maybe there is hope??
I need ideas on how to make this easier on him, like a “budget plan” to prove we can do it. I think that he is fully capable of being a good dad if he actually set his mind to it. He thinks his life and fun is over if he has a kid which I don’t think is true, people still have fun when they have kids. I need ideas! Things to ease his mind aside from giving him time to process. This is so much for him (and I, but I hide it well and I’m far more mature than him). I would love advice please...
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