DEAR DEIDRE: MY boyfriend’s family wants me to get rid of our baby because he already has a daughter with somebody else. I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years. He is 27 and I am 24. I’ve just found out I’m pregnant. My boyfriend was pleased initially but when he came home from telling […]
DEAR DEIDRE: MY boyfriend’s family wants me to get rid of our baby because he already has a daughter with somebody else.
I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years. He is 27 and I am 24. I’ve just found out I’m pregnant.
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My boyfriend was pleased initially but when he came home from telling his family, he said they think it will be too expensive for him to support two children and I should have an abortion.
I really want to have his baby and I’m devastated.
DEIDRE SAYS: It is your decision whether to keep this baby – not your boyfriend’s let alone his family’s.
Take a few days to think this through.
Are you so sure you want this baby that you are prepared to be a single parent if need be?
Your boyfriend would have to pay maintenance even if you were no longer together.
Talk to him again and explain just how much this baby means to you.
