What can I even say?
I’m currently 8 months pregnant. Boyfriend moved in with me and my father and Brother about 5 months ago. These past couple of weeks have been extremely hard for me as pains have been increasing and discomfort as well. I’m a high risk pregnancy so doctors have mentioned me stopping work but I respond with “I’m not able to afford to stop”.
I told my sister and she’s furious with my boyfriend. He’s a barber and he has weeks where he either gets a great amount of work or none. The past couple of weeks he’s maybe earned $500 after booth rent. It’s not a great business but it’s his career so I’ve supported it. But my sister thinks he could have stepped up and gotten a warehouse job (he’s certified). She’s upset that I’m having to work to help make ends meet because she thinks he’s not trying hard enough. If I’m going to be honest, he spends 8 hours at work just watching movies waiting for clients sometimes while I’m working with children at an after school program making a consistent hourly salary. It is upsetting when you compare. I also DoorDash on my days off and work a remote part time online job. I’ve had to pay for all the doctors and specialists appointments (except one which he constantly brought up).
The more I think of it the more upset I get.
I don’t want to stress and I honestly do want to quit already. But my boyfriend says “we can’t afford that” and honestly gets upset when I mention quitting. I feel stuck on what to say and do
I told my sister and she’s furious with my boyfriend. He’s a barber and he has weeks where he either gets a great amount of work or none. The past couple of weeks he’s maybe earned $500 after booth rent. It’s not a great business but it’s his career so I’ve supported it. But my sister thinks he could have stepped up and gotten a warehouse job (he’s certified). She’s upset that I’m having to work to help make ends meet because she thinks he’s not trying hard enough. If I’m going to be honest, he spends 8 hours at work just watching movies waiting for clients sometimes while I’m working with children at an after school program making a consistent hourly salary. It is upsetting when you compare. I also DoorDash on my days off and work a remote part time online job. I’ve had to pay for all the doctors and specialists appointments (except one which he constantly brought up).
The more I think of it the more upset I get.
I don’t want to stress and I honestly do want to quit already. But my boyfriend says “we can’t afford that” and honestly gets upset when I mention quitting. I feel stuck on what to say and do
