I’ve really messed up

Hi so I’ve messed up big time and I don’t know what to do basically it’s such a long story I’m going to try break it down, 2 weeks ago me and my partner found out I was pregnant my baby is only 5 months and was born at 24 weeks with a lot of problems and I was told I was lucky and the chance of both me and the baby surviving if I carried again was low so obviously I was confused didn’t know what to do partner wnated to keep the baby but said he understood if I didn’t I just didn’t know he went to his parents and asked them (that was a whole other kettle of fish) I told my friends in group chat but didn’t tell my partner this, I’m not sure why I didn’t I think because I had been telling him I didn’t want people to know but told them in the spare of the moment because I was so nervous anyway fast forward a few days and we decided we are keeping the baby and will deal with what comes we agreed to keep it quiet for now but I fucked up and I told my friends because they where asking and asking because obviously they knew about the possible abortion! He told his parents we where keeping baby and we become happy about it but the other day I left my phone in the bathroom and he was in there on the toilet i was looking for it and he shouted are you looking for your phone it’s in here he then opened the door and he had both mine and his phones open he was playing a game we both play on our phones I thought nothing off it apart from yesterday he asked if they knew I was pregnant I don’t know why but I said no, this morning he said have you told them yet and I said no again! I don’t know why I didn’t just say yes I just automatically answered he then followed with a I’m not bothered you know but I still didn’t say anything he’s just asked me again and I just sorted shook my head! Why did I lie again!!!! I’m so mad at myself I now know I’ve got myself in shit for just not been honest! I never lie I’ve never lied to him in my life! He’s told me lies before even recently and I got so upset so why have I done this! I feel so stupid I should of just admit it! Anyway the reason I think I’m in more in trouble is I think he went through my phone and that’s why he keeps asking because he knows I told them without speaking to him and he knows I’m lying but he won’t admit it because we both have a BIG rule about going on each others phones without permission we both feel it’s a lack of trust and if we ask that’s fine but not without asking so I think he’s done that but can’t admit he’s done it so can’t confront me about lying and I don’t know how to get out of the lie without telling more lies or completely breaking his trust!

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You are the one carrying the baby.
Period.
Take a deep breath and exhale slowly, now again….

Just fucking tell him. Unless that’s not the full story or whatever, this is a HUGE DEAL bringing a life into the world. Literally nothing is more important than your ability to be level headed and not stress at this point in time, and you’re going to have to come clean at some point. I mean what’s the alternative? You just wait out the deceit and act like nothing happened and months from now he brings it up? And you combat him by asking why he went through your phone?

Just handle the business girl, there’s gonna be so much bigger business coming your way soon. It doesn’t matter at the end of the day whether you told your girlfriends or not, he can be mad that you lied to his face and you should face whatever consequence of that, just like he would have to, but he can’t be mad that you told them when you did.

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thank you I know I have to come clean I just don’t know how to approach the conversation

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Do it at dinner tonight, say “so I have to come clean about something, I did actually tell my friends about this and lied when you asked me, I thought you’d be XYZ…. I hope you can understand” and then listen to his response. Every moment you wait, the guilt will feel bigger.

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Sorry this is long, I hope some of you get to the end and give advice!!!

So I’m a very thrifty person, things are tight at the moment, the cost of living crisis and my house is heated by oil so things are extortionate. We aren’t on the bread line but we aren’t flush, hubby might be made redundant so there is some financial pressure.

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Hubby and I have different money cultures with our families (he’s Indian, I’m British). I’m my family we don’t mix money, we would help each other out if someone was in trouble and will get each other gifts on special occasions. With hubby’s family money is much more fluid, they will give each other things worth thousands of £ just because.

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So what do I do ladies? Give it all and suck it up? Give part of it and sell parts on Vinted/FB, or ask hubbys brother for money for it and be uncomfortable? Or do you see another solution?

No one is being entitled or rude here, just a culture difference I need to navigate.

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