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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to have doubts and be bloody petrified..?

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salizchap · 29/09/2010 23:34

I´m stressing because my long distance boyfriend has been asking me to move myself and my DS 200 miles from all our friends and family to live with him for months. He can´t move here because we are in the sticks and he is studying for a career in aircraft maintainance. Sad

I miss him lots as I can't afford to visit him often, and he can't afford to come to see me. Sad Sad

Problem #1, we (DS and I) are in social housing and looking for an exchange is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Can not afford private rents and am terrified of losing my place on social housing as have been homeless with DS in past.

Problem #2, I am scared to leave my stable (though low paid) fulltime permanent job as a secondary TA and be thrust into the instability and frustration of job hunting in the current economic climate.

Problem #3, although my DS really likes Boyfriend, he doesn't want to leave everything he knows. I feel guilty about dragging him away, and guilty about leaving my DPs, who love their only GS and help a lot.

Problem #4, money (root of all evil imo)! I am poor. Boyfriend is even poorer. Scared about financial implications as boyfriend has NO idea about the cost of having kids. He has also accused me of being a spendthrift because I pay for DS to go to Tae Kwon Do, Rugby, swimming and football (however, I usually spend less than £300 a year on clothes for myself).

Problem #5, Boyfriend is on a student visa, which means a)he is unable to work more than 20h/w, so we have the double whammy of not much money coming in, while he is having to pay international fees on studies, b)he might be kicked out of the UK at the end of his studies.

Problem #5, scared about the whole step family thing, can see possible friction in future re; my relaxed european parenting vs his culture's way of bringing up kids, plus I am disorganised, untidy and a mediocre cook, while he is tidy and neat and likes cooking. I feel the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and I don't live up to this. Sad

Problem #6, I am getting broody, he is getting even broodier, and we are both as a result taking risks that we really probably aren't in a good position to deal with right now. Blush I don't want to go on to the pill, because I want to begin TTC conceive ASAP after we ARE in a position to, and don't want to mess up my fertility for 6 months or more after stopping. He won't use condoms. It's no use asking, and I hate them too anyway. At least as we hardly ever see each other the risks are lower and nothing has happened so far.

AIBU?

OP posts:
onceamai · 03/10/2010 00:19

Congratulations - right decision. Well Done. Don't change your mind - he doesn't sound worth it. When the right one comes along you won't have any doubts. Good Luck.

TheLadyEvenstar · 03/10/2010 01:14

Hmm @happiest

salizchap · 03/10/2010 09:56

I know it´s going off the point, but in reply to happiest, private rents are ridiculously high, and really everyone who is working should be able to afford a decent place to live. It isn´t fair to deny people the right to a family life because wages don´t align with the overinflated housing market.

I agree that it isn´t a good idea to have a baby in an unstable environment (ie dodgy relationship). I agree that it would not be a good thing to end up having to stop working to care for a baby without a reliable partner to share the load, because I could end up having to rely on benefits, which no one should do deliberately. However, social housing isn´t unstable, and as I am already in social housing, having a baby is not likely to change anything. What would change things would be decent jobs with decent wages, and low cost housing in the private sector.

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pluperfect · 03/10/2010 16:07

And don't forget low-cost and plentiful childcare!

veritythebrave · 03/10/2010 19:27

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ChippingIn · 03/10/2010 22:42

Salizchap How are you holding up! I'm incredibly proud of you! I hope you are still feeling good about your decision?!

salizchap · 03/10/2010 22:54

I am feeling surprisingly good actually. I hope that I don't have a delayed reaction. I also haven´t told my DS yet as I am unsure of his reaction. I know he will be happy that we aren´t moving, but he liked ex boyf, so he will be upset. I feel guilty about that.

Ex hasn´t tried contacting me again, and that is a surprise. I had a scary thought this afternoon; that he might take it in his head to visit me in person! Certainly hope he doesn't and don't really think he will as he very rarely made much effort in the past. I suppose it depends how desperate he is.

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newwave · 03/10/2010 23:05

Very, very well done :) your kid deserves better

ChippingIn · 03/10/2010 23:57

Your DS might be a bit upset at first - but kids are so resilient - he'll be fine :)

Please say you wont take him back, even if he turns up on your doorstep crying?

(I'm putting my money on him spending his time looking for another victim myself - so I don't think it's too much of a risk (him turning up!).

BagofHolly · 04/10/2010 00:20

Well done you! What a courageous act of self love, and a gift for your son! An excellent decision well executed. Hope he stays away. And if you're looking for love, a happy, normal and stable relationship, by doing this you've just got one step closer to that! X

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