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Help Needed
My name is Ryan I am 22 years old and my girlfriend is pregnant. I'll be a senior in college this fall and the baby is due at the very end of August. The pregnancy was not planned and I made it very clear from the beginning that being a father was not something I was ready for yet. In January we sat down and had a discussion where we agreed that adoption would be best. While I was away at school my girlfriend changed her mind. While I know I have no legal recourse to make her do what we had previously agreed upon I can't help but feel that this is the ultimate betrayal. While I still love her I'm struggling with all of these feelings I have. I feel trapped, she is 20 and never graduated from High School she has never had a job and lives at home with her parents. I have always had dreams of being able to provide a better life for my children than my parents were able to provide for me and both of my parents are college educated and hold good jobs. I feel like those dreams are dead now. I just feel so alone in all of this. I recently told my parents about the pregnancy and I can tell how disappointed they are and I feel like they hate me. I'm just looking for any support or advice anyone can offer me.
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