She Told Her Pregnant Teenaged Daughter That She Needs To Move Out As Soon As Possible Because She Doesn’t Want Anymore Children Living In Her Home
This woman’s daughter, Rose, 19, has always been incredibly intelligent. Rose was a great student and received a full ride to a reputable university in the area.
While attending college, Rose has continued living with her and continued her academic success. Rose began a relationship several months ago, and she can’t stand Rose’s boyfriend.
“He constantly lets her down but covers it up with a big smile and grand promises. Despite my warnings, they’re still dating, and now she’s pregnant,” she said.
Rose told her she wanted to keep the baby and that she and her boyfriend would get married and have a beautiful family.
The plan Rose and her boyfriend concocted was that he would move in with her and Rose and provide for Rose and the baby with his bartending job.
Rose would drop out of college, and her boyfriend isn’t in school. When she laughed at the absurdity of this plan, Rose got angry.
“Rose told me that since he can’t move in, I’ll need to step up and help with the baby more. She has always been a sensible child. I don’t know where this all has come from,” she explained.
In response, she told Rose that since she believes she’s adult enough to get married and have and care for a baby, she has to move out on her own and start a life with her boyfriend, who got her pregnant.
She gave birth to Rose when she was 19, but the situation was completely different than Rose’s because she was married, and her husband was in the military.
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Despite having a baby, she graduated college at 22, and parenting went smoothly until her husband tragically passed away while in service.
“I raised the one child I wanted. I do not want any more children living in my home. The fact that it worked out okay for me is clouding my daughter’s judgment, I think,” she shared.
While she assured Rose that she’d pitch in to help buy diapers sometimes and visit her and the baby, she wouldn’t be responsible for any childcare.
If Rose decided to place the baby for adoption, she would support her and help figure out a plan. However, she was almost certain Rose wouldn’t choose adoption.
Now, Rose refuses to speak to her. She remarried since her late husband’s passing, and her husband (Rose’s stepfather) hasn’t gotten involved.
But he did weigh in and said she should be willing to pitch in with childcare if Rose needed her to. She countered that he was free to babysit Rose’s child if he wanted, which shut down the conversation.
While Rose seems to think she’ll have a similar situation to hers when she raised Rose, she knows it won’t be the same.
Rose’s boyfriend wouldn’t be able to provide her or their baby with health insurance, and he isn’t ambitious.
She knows she’ll never want to provide childcare, but she’d be willing to attend birthday parties and purchase presents for her grandchild. The idea of Rose, the baby, and Rose’s boyfriend living with her is out of the question.
What advice would you give her?
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