Saturday, August 6, 2011

How did you cope with being a single parent?

Beyond the physical, and financial adjustments---how did you deal with the mental and emotional side? Especially, if you never dreamed you would be a single parent (as I'm guessing no single parent does) I am 26 y/o and 15 weeks pregnant with my first child. I have already berated myself enough as to why I would allow myself to get into this type of situation, but it is surely too late for regrets. Without sounding too full of myself, I think the hardest part for me to accept---is that I just didn't think this would happen to a women like me. I mean, I'm not some eager teenager who was trying to get pregnant to prove my womanhood...I just made a mistake with a guy who I thought I could trust. Now that he has made it clear, that he wants nothing to do with me or the child---I feel trapped and bamboozled. I always dreamed I would be married to a man who loved me and wanted me to have his children, not some guy who hates me because I got pregnant. I just feel really angry. I have my bachelors, have been working full-time for 5 years post-college and am a very attractive woman----now I feel I am just a statistic. How did you cope with giving up the fairy-tale? And did you feel insulted that a man could abandon you while pregnant with his child?

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