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Two parents in the home is irrelevant if both are unhappy. It's like a poison and neither of you can give your child the love and affection your child needs if you're marred in a depression. So the real question is if you and your boyfriend broke up, would he still be around? Because it's not having two parents under the same roof or even sleeping in the same bed that supports a child. It's having both parents present as parents.
It's very brave of you to want to sacrifice your emotional happiness for your child and it's an unenviable decision you have to make. But speaking as a child of divorce, what hurt me the most wasn't that my parents split. It's that my dad moved away and I only saw him on holidays. There will be times, especially as your child gets older, where choosing between your own happiness and your child's will seem impossible. But this isn't one of those times. If you can each support your child on a single income as opposed to a two-income home, then you should either find a way to your own happiness.
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