How do I tell my parents that I’m pregnant?
26F recently found out I’m pregnant, 6w0d currently. I’m living at home with my parents until July when I’m getting my own place. Parents are largely disapproving of my partner(29M) and I’s relationship, including some reasons he can’t change. He took very little responsibility/ was extremely immature in his late teens/early twenties and as a result he has two kids from two different relationships.
Throughout navigating my relationship I’ve released just how emotionally manipulative my mother truly is, in her actions and comments. She says she’s never talking to me again, and then comes back. She’ll never be apart of my life, but of course she will because she’s my mother and she loves me, so she says.
To add to this, my family feel as though I’ve abandoned them in being with my partner as I used to fully be a people pleaser and did things at the drop of a hat before meeting my partner. As a result of this, my mother specifically sees the only solution to this situation being me leaving my partner. I’ve told her firmly that another solution will need to be found because that’s not happening.
I know stress isn’t good for the baby, but I have myself so worked up thinking about how to approach this. How do I tell them? How do I go about it? What do I say? When should I say it? I have nowhere to stay until July if things do go south. My partner currently lives 2.5 hours away from me, and I’m working in the area I’m living right now but have interviewed to be closer to my partner.