My (20F) single mother (44f) is pregnant, I am so angry and upset and I have no idea how to voice this.
2KI (20f) am a full time college student and I on-line at home. My living at home is largely because my mother has 3 children that are younger than I am and she works a ton, and when she’s not working she’s sleeping, so I am essentially their primary caregiver. It is to the point where I watch and take care of my little siblings more than my mom does, and they listen to me more than they do her. I love them more than life itself, but being a caregiver to children I never had is exhausting. Especially since she pays me very very little for it, and I can’t get a job because they’d have nowhere to go if I did. I am stuck caring for them, but it is worth it because they need a mom figure.
My mom has been acting weird lately, so I figured she was pregnant. I found a paper in her bag that confirmed just that, and I have no idea what to do. I cannot take care of another child that I had no say in creating. I can’t do it. I’m exhausted and I just can’t. She’s only been with her boyfriend for a couple of months, and I have no doubt that he’ll leave and leave her a single mom again. Which will make me have to step up and be a parent. If I have to do it all over again, I want to get a job and leave. Even if I have to juggle a full time job and college, it seems like the better option. But my mother will likely refuse to get child care for my little siblings. And my oldest little siblings are too young to have to deal with this. And I can’t leave them here alone. I want to voice this to her but I don’t even know what I’m expecting and I’m terrified that it’ll completely shatter my already shaky relationship with my mom. What do I do? She hasn’t even announced it to us yet, but Ive been sobbing nonstop since I found out. Do I say something, and if so, how do I say it?
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