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[Mommy2Be18]

So I tell my friends and my cousin I am pregnant and they are all mad at me saying I  am moving to fast. Yeti got a job and going to college and my cousin is 27 and has been babysitting since shewas 14 and that's the only job she ever had she didn't even try to go to college and she partys every weekend and does drugs. So why am I in the wrong for trying to start a family with my husband??? Yea I am 18 but I have accomplished a lot more then just about all my family yet I am wrong for having a family??? Sorry guys I just needed to vent I feel like I am losing everyone :(

[shasy03]

You are not alone! Trust me!  You will get to the point in life where you say forget them...I have done it atleast once and it just happned recently.  It'll take time for you to get wise enough to say forget what they say.  It took my mom 26 years and me almost 25.  Just try to stay positive and you and DH just relax and enjoy the 9 months coming.  Remember you have each other...don't care what people think so much.  It's a hard lesson to learn but we all have to learn it.

[zazou]

It's your life and you are in a committed relationship where you and your husband are deciding for yourselves, no one has the right to interfere in such matters which are rather personal. You seem rather responsible and I'm guessing they are just jealous.

I'm a firm believer when it comes to conceiving that it's nobody else business but you and your partner. Who cares about what the others think? As long as you're happy and really want this, then don't let anyone else get to you. It's hard, I have family issues too. You can choose your friends but not your family......that's what my friends tell me all the time :-)

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Dont' let it get to them. Perhaps some of them are jealous of how responsible you have turned out.  Perhaps others just feel that you should have lived a little more before starting a family. Regardless most, if not all, of them will come around in time.  If this is something you and your husband truly wanted, don't let them put a damper on your excitement and happiness.  You guys know what you want, waht is best for you and what you can handle and THAT is all that matters.   Besides, you have all of us here on MH :)

[Mommy2Be18]

Thank u both. I just feel so alone right now

[Amanda999]

I know how you feel some of my family treated me the same way yes i was only 15 but i'm more mature for my age. They never thought i could take care of my son but i proved them wrong, i've got my own place with my partner (been with him 3 1/2 years) and my son is 20 months, im 18 this month and my son is healthy. They also don't like it that i say my opinions more now before i met my partner i was shy but im not as shy any more. They won't be the same when you've proved you know what your doing and that you can do it (they'll be more jealous than anything, mind you maybe they're jealous now).

[shasy03]

You know I'm 24 and my family treats me the same way.   I am two semesters away from my BA in Psychology and my family is never happy the times I have told them I'm pregnant.  I feel like they were kinda relieved when the previous pregnancies ended in miscarriage.  They will come along...you and your husband decide for youselves when you are ready for a family.  Don't let them get to you...they (as in your cousin) just may be jealous of your family.