This is a bag of 'WTF?!'
Q. Help Me Tell Him!: I found out a few weeks ago that
I'm expecting a child. My husband has two children from a previous
marriage. About two years ago I got pregnant and my husband went into a
violent depression. He didn't speak to me for weeks except to tell me
how I had ruined his life. Then, when I miscarried he celebrated. I
started bleeding in the grocery store, and he fell to his knees and
"praised God" for this wonderful blessing. After months of therapy, we
decided to try to make the marriage work, under the agreement that we
would never have a child together. However, I now find myself pregnant
again. And, I want this baby as much as I wanted the last one. The
trouble is, I decided back then that I would never want a child with my
husband. There is a very good chance that my husband will divorce me and
leave a man-shaped hole in the front door as he grabs his two kids and
runs as far away as he can. I am not ready for the end of the marriage I
have put so many years and so much work into. But, I'm even more not
ready to hear my husband try to talk me into an abortion—which is not an
option. And, I think it would be traumatic for my stepchildren to watch
me carry a baby to term and then put it up for adoption. They are well
old enough to know what's happening. Plus, I could never part with my
child. I have to tell him. But how?