I think i'm going crazy!!!!!!

United States
April 20, 2007 8:23pm CST
I'm pregnant and ever since me and boyfriend found out we have done nothing but argue and it's getting to the point where i'm not sure if i want to be with him anymore. I dont want my child to grow up in a broken home but i dont know what else to do. Any advice would be great.
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• United States
21 Apr 07
You might want to consider couples counseling to help you work through this. You might be able to find a place that has a sliding fee scale or takes insurance, if you have it. As some of your other commenters have mentioned, having a baby is a huge stressor, and that really can lead to fights. I don't think you should stay together for the sake of the kid, but it's possible that you could work things out, especially with some help.
• United States
22 Apr 07
I have thought about some couples counseling but he is in the navy and he will be on deployment shortly.
@YoungInLove (1254)
• Canada
21 Apr 07
Im 16 btw to whoever posted above about a 16 year old giving advice. Anyways, I think you both should sit down and have a long talk if you havent already done so. Having a baby is a big deal and you both probably very stressed and may not even know how much you really are. Im not exactly sure how these fights start but your hormones are going crazy now, so maybe he says alot of stuff that you misinterpret? Or he is stressed about the financial aspet. Just sit down and have a long talk about whats going on, promising eachother to let you both speak your minds, no interruptions, no blowups.
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• Canada
21 Apr 07
thats easier said then done if he is a hot head then it will never happen but other wise yes you should... btw some 16year olds are smarter than most and you seem like one of them... it just peeved me off that other 16year old was telling her to do what ever he says
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@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
8 May 07
Well, seeing how you are still preggers, and the baby is not there yet, I would suggest getting some good marriage/couple counseling. Communication barriers are often the root of many problems in relatioships. FInd a good counselor, and go together, See if you can't get things sorted out beforehand, even if you decide to part ways, at least you will have tried, and anythign you learn can be applied to the relattionship you will need to keep in order for your baby to have both parents. Good luck and congrats on the baby!
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
5 May 07
Its a pregnacy thing. With all 3 of my kids when I was pregnant my husband and I fought a lot and I always thought I wanted to leave him. Wait and have the baby and let your hormones go back to normal and see how you feel then. Being pregnant is a lot to handle for both of you and it probably is what is causing the fighting. Give it a chance :)
• Canada
21 Apr 07
If you and your boyfriend fight all the time your best bet would be to break up with him... after all you wouldn't want to bring a child into this world in a relationship where there is a lot of fighting... you also need to ask yourself if you think he is capable of violence... and you'll end up resenting each other more if you force him to stay when it sounds like hes looking for a way out... follow your heart though... if you really believe things will get better than stay but if you look deep down and know they will only get worse... then go
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• United States
21 Apr 07
I would agree with him for the childs sake.
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• Canada
21 Apr 07
btw a 16 year old really has no right to comment on this and telling her to agree with him... what if he called her a whole bunch of names?
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
5 May 07
Maybe this is not what you want to hear, but a child would be happier in a "broken home" than he or she would be in a chaotic home where the people he loves the most just hurt eachother and yell.- You can not stay with someone for the sake of the child - in time u both will be miserable--
@jolanda33 (720)
• Netherlands
22 Apr 07
did you fight and argue all the time before you became pregnant? maybe he is afraid of what is coming and don't know how to get along with his feeling to become a dad! i think you have to talk about it that's for sure! tell him exactly how you feel and that you leave if he doesn't change! hope you can work it out! but better a happy single mom then a sadly one!
• United States
21 Apr 07
Staying in a bad relationship for the sake of the children does not do anyone any good. But before making any decisions it is time to sit down and have a heart to heart talk, the boyfriend may be suffering an identity crisis and / or an actual fear of becoming a parent. Fear can be responsible for a lot of things including insecurity and just plain inadaquacy to meet the upcoming events. Fatherhood is scary to some men, talk about it and see what happens.
• United States
30 Apr 07
Well, I would have to agree with some other comments here. It sounds to me that he is a little scared of what is to come. I have 4 kids and I think me and my wife argued more each time she was pregnant. It is very difficult to fathom what your life will be like with a new addition. But in the same breath, the hormones are flairing(for you), so you are probably more on edge which will make him more on edge. Try to sit down and discuss what is best for the two of you, the child, and the whole family. Good luck and take care...oh yeah, congrats on the pregnancy.