I (24 F) am 16 weeks pregnant. And i am having a hard time how to open up to my dad about it.
To give you a backstory:
I met my boyfriend from a friend of a friend last year August. We talked for a few months and on November, we got together. He is 10 years older than me. Matured, kind, and everything I could ever pray for in a man. Then on February we found out that I am pregnant. Honestly, I am happy about it. I’ve always seen myself having kids by the age of 25. When I told my mom about it, she was sad at first because she had so much plans for me but she accepted it after a few days. The only problem now is how to break the news to my father. He is kind of a traditional man and he is a very angry person. He doesn’t know how to control his emotions whenever he feels overwhelmed and he is very narcissist. I always tried moving out just to be far from him and maintain our relationship but didn’t work out because he doesn’t allow me to. He is not the type of father who understands. He always insults us, compare us to others, and you know stuff that most narcissist people do. I am scared when I tell hom the news, he might do something to me or to my mom or he might get wild and break everything inside the house. 80% of me wants to just hide my pregnancy, find a reasonable excuse to move out and stay with my boyfriend to keep the peace in the house and to protect my mom from the possible abuses my dad might do but at the same time, i want to face him and tell him I am pregnant because I can’t hide my child from him forever and a part of me is still hoping that he might love my child (which i highly doubt).
I really don’t know what to do. I fear he might trap me here in the house when he finds out or honestly don’t know. I sometimes wish I don’t have a dad because of all the verbal and emotional abuse that my mom and I get from him.