Named changed for this one... this is a genuine plea for some advice as I don’t know what to say to my cousin. We grew up very close, treat each other like sisters.
She met this guy a few months ago, they dated a bit and they then split up and dated other people but she’s just found out she’s 8 weeks pregnant.
After talking to him he doesn’t want the baby but has said he’ll support her and wants to marry her (!!!) if she’s going to keep it (due to his religious views). She’s currently leaning towards keeping it.
I’m really worried she only wants to keep it to create a family (she’s a quite a bit older than the average mum, and I think she’s got it in her mind that this is her one chance at a family) but I’ve just got this horrible feeling that it’s all going to implode and she’ll end up a single mum - which is absolutely fine but when I talk to her she emphatically says she doesn’t want that, and wouldn’t be keeping the baby if he hasn’t offered to marry her.
This just seems like a recipe to a complete life implosion to me but I don’t know how to tell her that without her hating me! Or maybe I’m wrong and it could work out?? I think she’s hoping it’ll be like some romantic comedy film but I’m not sure life actually works like that!