Becoming a dad at 22
I am 21 and I just found out my girlfriend who is 19 is pregnant. By the time the baby is born we will be 22 and 20. I am currently experiencing a flurry of emotions from fear to excitement and I’m trying to do my best to prepare. I am currently 3 semesters away from finishing my bachelor’s In kinesiology but that may have to be put on hold. That is not something I’m too concerned about because I had no specific plans for my degree, I was mainly in college to play basketball. Regardless, since I’ve been in college my entire adult life, I have no money saved and I don’t have a job right now. I am looking for a job relentlessly especially now that I found out I’ll be having a baby. Luckily my girlfriend has been working full time for a few years now and has a pretty good amount in her savings. Once I find a decent job I think we’ll be in a good spot financially and we both love each other very much and have had a healthy relationship over the last 2.5 years. She is renting her own place which we planned to stay at just for the summer before I went back to school, but obviously that’s gonna need to change now.
I guess I’m making this post to share my situation and ask for advice from others who were young dads and those who weren’t fully prepared for fatherhood?