At the start of my pregnant, it felt good to have a strong support system. I’m expecting my first child at what could be considered a young age and my parents weren’t pleased at all. At a time when I had never felt more alone, they turned their backs on me. My boyfriend has been supportive right from the start, he and his family took me in and his Mother seemed absolutely delighted and although I work and I insisted, she refused to take rent from us.
Honestly, the bliss didn’t last long. Six months into my pregnancy me and my boyfriend were involved in a small car accident. He was fine, I was fine and baby was absolutely fine. She demanded I quit my job, convinced my boyfriend that it was the right thing to do and then I had the two of them tag teaming me. I eventually gave in, my boyfriend makes enough money to support us but that wasn’t the point. I didn’t want to be stuck at home. She’s gotten really overbearing, she tells me I’m sick when I’m not sick, she’s constantly asking me if I’m okay and telling me that I’m exhausted even when I’m not exhausted. One morning a few weeks back she made breakfast but I wasn’t hungry, was feeling quite sick. I politely declined, she threw a right hissy fit and told my boyfriend I was endangering her grandchild and refused to speak to me for four days then started chatting again like nothing had happened. Told my boyfriend we need to move out and I’d go back to work (my uncle owns the restaurant I worked at, so this is always an option). We told his mother our plans and I could tell she wasn’t happy, she kept banging on about how we are being selfish spending money on a place and having nothing left for the baby when baby comes, and suddenly she wanted rent for the last two months we had lived there, said it was just to help a little as she was running short (she wasn’t, her and her husband have a tonne of money). I can’t tell my boyfriend this, don’t want to be accused of stirring but I know she did it because we finally had enough money to pay first two months rent on a small place, and then she took a big chunk of it.
But the worst happened just three nights ago. She said a bottle had gone missing from the wine cabinet then proceeded to make comments all night that I looked drunk.
honestly I feel so helpless, trapped. I’m so close to leaving and going back to my parents, even if I have to beg them to take me back. That would come at a cost, I wouldn’t be able to be with my boyfriend anymore, but I really can’t stay here with his mother any longer. 2 months away from giving birth, boyfriend isn’t doing anything and says she’s just looking out for me, keeps saying that as soon as the baby is born we will leave but I have a feeling she’s going to twist stuff and convince him to stay.
any advice? Any similar situations? Please. I’d love to hear.