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41, single mom to a 16-year-old boy who just started driving and will be off to college before I know it! 🥹 Already experiencing the bittersweet empty-nest countdown. Looking to meet other moms in a similar stage of life and build genuine friendships! ❤️

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Boyfriend uncomfortable with pregnancy sex

Hey! Just wanted help navigating this. Ever since we found out I'm pregnant he has not wanted sex at all. It's been a few weeks and I finally asked him and he just says that he feels weird about pregnancy sex. He says especially once the baby gets big and will be moving around. I'm only 6 weeks along and currently it doesn't look like I'm pregnant but he still seems completely turned off. I want to be respectful but also I don't want to go 9 months without any intimacy. It feels like I'm being punished and then I feel like he might go find someone else to have sex with who's not pregnant, you know? Maybe that's an irrational fear but it's making me spiral a bit.

Who's man leaves the toilet seat up?

Im just bery curious on how many men actually do it. My husband doesn't think its a problem especially at night!

Unattractive things men do

What makes a man immediately unattractive or cause you to lose interest.

Relationship ending while 26 weeks pregnant

Posting anonymously because I'm absolutely heartbroken and really need some support right now.

I'm 26 weeks pregnant with my first baby, due in February, and I feel like my entire world has just fallen apart.

My partner has been increasingly distant and emotionally withdrawn for months. I've spent so much of my pregnancy feeling unloved, unwanted and alone, despite us still being together, spending weekends together and planning for our baby's arrival.

I finally confronted him about how unhappy I've been, and he's admitted that although he loves me, he deeply misses his previous family life with his ex and their child - their relationship ended 5 years ago. He says he regrets losing that life, has been struggling with his feelings for months and ultimately doesn't believe he can continue our relationship.

I'm completely and utterly devastated. I love this man so much and I genuinely thought we were going to build a beautiful life together with our little boy. Instead, I'm now facing the prospect of becoming a single mum before my baby is even born.

I honestly cannot stop crying. I feel physically sick with heartbreak, and the thought that our son may never experience having both his parents together as a family absolutely destroys me. I feel like I'm grieving the future I'd imagined for us while still trying to come to terms with losing the person I love.

My living situation with family is also incredibly difficult, and I'd been planning to move in with him before the birth, so I feel completely lost about my future too.

I don't even know what advice I'm looking for. I just feel so broken, frightened and desperately sad. Has anyone else experienced heartbreak like this while pregnant? How did you find the strength to get through it? Because right now I genuinely don't know how I'm supposed to.