This Teen Started Sobbing When Her Sister Announced Her Second Pregnancy And She’s Revealing To The Internet She’s Afraid She’s Going To Be Stuck Caring For This Child Too
A 17-year-old girl has a 23-year-old sister named Beth, and the relationship between has become strained since Beth had her first child 2 years ago.
Beth had a boy, whom she named Leo, and right after she gave birth to him she went through a terrible depression.
Beth’s postpartum depression got so bad that her boyfriend and the father of Leo made her move out of their home, and he made her take Leo with her.
After Beth and Leo got kicked out, they moved in with Beth and this teen’s parents.
“I can’t go into details, but her depression was severe,” she said about Beth. “It made life a living hell for me…to come home from school and deal with my extremely depressed sister and a newborn baby.”
Her parents were too consumed with their careers and Beth could not even look at her son, so she was the one who was made to take care of Leo.
She said that she had no experience with newborns at all, but everything fell on her because Beth did absolutely nothing for Leo.
“I would describe that year as the worst of my life. I feel like my sister’s post-partum depression was rubbing off on me because I felt sad every day,” she explained.
The entire year that she was stuck taking care of baby Leo, Beth attended therapy, and she wound up improving.
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Beth slowly became more helpful in taking care of Leo, and then Beth’s boyfriend wanted her and Leo to move in with him again.
Beth moved back, she stepped up as a mom and started doing a good job, and this teen breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Her life went back to normal, and the burden of caring for Leo was removed from her. Her home life went from very sad to happy again.
Things were alright, until last weekend. Beth came to have dinner with them, and she brought Leo and Leo’s father, who is now her fiancé.
“After we’d finished dinner we were having dessert and out of the blue Beth and her boyfriend made an announcement she was pregnant with a second child,” she continued.
She tried hard to keep it together, but she burst into tears. Although her family was surprised by her outburst of emotion, they completely knew why she was crying.
Beth’s fiancé said words under his breath then left, while Beth freaked out on her for the waterworks.
She told Beth she was afraid she would be left taking care of her second baby like she had been left taking care of Leo by herself.
Beth was angry, her parents had to de-escalate things, and then Beth went home. Since that night, her parents have told her she was being dramatic and turned good news into bad.
Her parents have also mentioned she should have behaved in a way that showed Beth she was happy for her.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“Did no one ever realize how much this impacted you? You have the right to your feelings and concerns. PPD is usually worse with number 2.”
“Refuse to do it again. Tell them you will not be responsible for any child care no matter what. If they try to leave the child with you anyway, call the police and report an abandoned child.”
“You were not even a fully grown adult out in a very tough situation with much responsibility put immediately onto your shoulders…”
“If anything your parents would hopefully understand your perspective of what you’ve been through or least this time could put some effort into helping your sister out, unlike the first time.”
“Tell your parents your feelings are valid and if this happens again you refuse to be parentified. Parentification is a form of abuse and they should be ashamed of themselves for putting you in that situation in the first place.”
“If it does happen again, talk to someone at your school like a teacher or a guidance counselor and see if another relative will take you in if the worst happens.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say about all this here.
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