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Pregnant & Cheated Help- IM NEW

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beth189 · 02/07/2018 08:51

So im currently 9 weeks pregnant, been with my partner a year and yes everything started off great like it usually does! I have a 6 year old from a previous relationship so it was important that he was good with my son which he was!
He is a nice guy but when he is horrible, he can be really cruel, telling me how im fat, constantly pushing me to join a gym, telling me im not a strong woman! I put all this aside and tried to see the good side of him but, words stick and a part of me always thought that he must really think that if he says it over and over.
Anyway these are not excuses but more of a lead up to why things happened, I felt low, so small and no self confidence so when I met someone who made me feel like that (started off as friendship) i guess I got caught up and I made not a mistake but a stupid, messed up choice! It was only once but, the condom split and here I am now pregnant and unsure who the father is.
My partner (ex now) found out and I paid over a grand for the non invasive prenatal paternity and will find out this week if its my ex partners or not. He has said he hopes its not his child as then he can get on with his life, even though he wanted a child to begin with, then he has told me if it is his we will sit down and discuss a termination which I am not going to do! Before he was telling me that if it is his then he would be there!
So as I said he is now my ex, which I do not blame him for at all but, he said he still loves me and if this baby is his then he wants me to prove to him for 2 years that I am still worthy of another chance because I honestly did just make a stupid decision in the moment and didnt really think it through, but I did regret it straight away!
For 2 years he wants me to have as little contact with him as possible and stay away from any other men which I can do no problem because I do love him and want to make it right.
Yesterday though, he told me that he met some other girl the other night (his brothers work colleague) and shes gorgeous, and tiny, so tiny she could sit on his lap all the way back on his coach journey(basically im not tiny) and i now have some competition so if I ever want him back I need to up my game! But this has just made me feel like i have to compete with some other woman and I dont want to do that! Hes still going to be flirting away,and who knows where else things will lead, whilst im trying to prove myself to him, I know i cheated and its my fault we are in this situation but, I just wanted some advice, no criticism please, I am already feeling crap enough.

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confusedscared2018 · 02/07/2018 18:33

Is he having a laugh? He wants you to stay celibate and not have much to do with him for 2 years then you think he will come back to you? He will be off with the next woman comes along and he's just trying to control you. He sounds awful. I'd be hoping it wasn't his baby if I was you

beth189 · 02/07/2018 18:44

Thanks for the advice, I have been a single mum and my son is growing into such a beautiful person, I know I can do it as a single mum, like I said i have done it before, and I have started to actually get excited at the prospect of having another child.

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Footballmumofthefuture · 02/07/2018 19:17

What @Merryoldgoat said with bells on.

EveningHare · 02/07/2018 19:21

i personally wouldnt want to be tied to this guy for ever, he's played games with you -
what kind of controlling arsehole would say For 2 years he wants me to have as little contact with him as possible and stay away from any other men - this is not what normal looks like!

and he can be really cruel, telling me how im fat, constantly pushing me to join a gym, telling me im not a strong woman!

You're 9 weeks, you have some time to make a decision, either way just think that do you want to live like this for ever? Get some counselling

twiglet · 02/07/2018 19:36

I'm sorry but this 100% sounds like abuse. Abuse isn't just physical it can be emotional abuse as well.
He is controlling in everything that you have described, sitting down to discuss an abortion when it's not what you want followed by 2 years of 'proving yourself'.
Yes what you did was wrong but I think you are best staying away from him. Relationships only recover if there is forgiveness and a genuine effort to rebuild trust slowly. But that's not what is even being suggested here just point scoring and emotional control.
Stay well away.

beth189 · 02/07/2018 22:23

I think I should add that before we got together and we started seeing each other, I was seeing somebody else too, and I lied to him about it, I dont want to be holding back the facts to protect myself, but, when he found out about that it didnt go down well lets just say that

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SandyY2K · 02/07/2018 23:19

He sounds pathetic. Not condoning your cheating...but he's an immature fool.

Let him go to the other woman. You need to focus on yourself and your son. Figure out why you continue to cheat as well. This is the second time in a row...so not out of character really.

Regardless...he's not a nice man. I'd tell him I'm not proving anything for 2 years ... he can be with who he wants and you'll do the same.

Haberpop · 03/07/2018 13:16

He is a violent thug. He is not a good role model or a good parent for your son or for this unborn baby and he most definitely should not be in sole charge of any child, if you stay with him you will not be able to protect the children from witnessing abuse. Walk away, in fact run, don't look back. Stay single for a while, do some work to try to figure out why you are drawn to feckless men, contact Women's Aid, report his abuse to the police.

Myheartbelongsto · 03/07/2018 13:45

It's the baby I feel sorry for.

Why didn't you get the morning after pill! Get yourself tested.

Also, you probably need to do some work on yourself as you seem to be going from one man to another without any breaks in between.

bmak · 03/07/2018 14:44

it was all reported to the police just so everyone knows and i dont need anybody to feel sorry for this baby, its my baby and thats all i care about, and with regards to going from one man to another that is not correct at all as i had been single for many years after my sons dad

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