Pregnant. False hopes. All becoming a reality now.

InNeedOfAdvice

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I need help. I know I’m the only one who can ultimately make a decision but I need other eyes to see. I am currently in a poly relationship. We went thru various procedures, her, her husband, and I. She is finally pregnant. Her family adores me, speaks highly of me, but thinks I’m just a sister to her. When we first started, 3 years ago, she made it seem like her family knew about me, and that everything would be ok, that we’d all be a big family. Her family doesn’t know we are together. Every time we hang out I’m her sister. Her mom is planning to move in once the baby comes, and what will I end up being? A sister, an auntie to the baby. I’m hurt and she says she can’t hurt her parents by telling them, she should’ve been honest with me since day one and not fill me up with false hopes. I’ve done so much financially and emotionally for them. What was hardest was being at the gender reveal, her and the husband cutting the cake, and me recording, that really hurt. That’s supposed to be our baby. She assures me everything will be ok, but what is she expecting? For me to always be the sister? To never get to go home to her and be myself around her mom? We have had a few arguments about it, and just recently I told her I’ll just end up looking for a person for myself to have and be able to go home to given that it won’t be possible once her mom is around yet she says that if that is what I want she’ll support me but I won’t be part of the baby because I’m choosing to make another family for myself. I’m totally lost as to what to do. I’m not asking to sleep with her every day because I know that her husband and I share her and its fine, but not being able to ever do so because her mom will be living there? And she says she doesnt know if it’ll happen so what am I supposed to do? Keep loving the baby that is to come not knowing if this is going to work out? Told her that if her mom moves in that will have to be the end for us because I’m not going to keep being the sister 24/7. These few days have been so hard for me and she gets mad because I tell her how I’m feeling left out and how its hard yet she says she wants me in her life and the babies life, that she wants this with me in it. I tried breaking up twice yet she doesn’t want to let go. I’m scared of what’s to come, especially adoring that little baby that is coming to then get drastically pushed away.
 
That's messed up. Sounds like she has three choices. Tell Mom the truth. Tell Mom not to move in. Break up. The first is obviously the most mature thing to do. The second one is a bit of a compromise, but you are still stuck living the lie. The last one sucks for you, but at least you would be free to find someone who takes your best interest to heart. Hopefully things work out.
 
All her friends and some cousins know, even at her job except her parents so she says she doing the best she can and if her parents love me so much why cant i be ok with it. It hurts every time her mom says im like her sister and everytime her mom I'm single. I really love her but staying will both not allow her to enjoy her pregnancy because we keep fighting about how left out I feel sometimes and will maybe just maybe hurt me in the long run investing more into the relationship and the baby for her mom to then move in and itd be an every day situation.
 
I'm not sure I understand. Does she want her mom around permanently, or is it a matter of ... weeks?
I can't really imagine that she wants her mom around permanently, knowing she'd have to hide your relationship.

I think you could do a plain and simple broken record. "I won't pretend all day long. Tell your mom she can't move in. Otherwise, we'll have to break up." Don't get into heated arguments or elaborate explanations. Enjoy the pregnancy, if that is what you want to do.

Of course, consider if the way you are being treated in this relationship is what you expect. Maybe it's better to break up regardless of the situation with her mom.
 
Her mom is talking about retiring and moving in indefinitely but again, nothing is set in stone yet what if she does? Shes been telling everyone she is.
 
Her mom is talking about retiring and moving in indefinitely but again, nothing is set in stone yet what if she does? Shes been telling everyone she is.

The husband is okay with her moving in? Her mom can say whatever, but that should be up to the three of you.
 
It's simple.

Don't go along with the lie.

People put us in impossible situations. No-win situations. But you don't have to agree.

It is one thing to be diplomatic. Discreet. But living a lie requiring 24/7 deceit, wow.

And really, one could take a page right out of their own book. They didn't ask you about the "sister" role you would be playing. They did this behind your back.

So just go out with mom to tea and lay down all the pictures and emails depicting the truth. Before you tell them about it. Mom will need copies, to put before the new parents when she confronts them about their mistreatment of you.

I'm kidding here, just letting revenge get the best of me.

I would, however, refuse to lower myself with this conspiracy to deceive. Oh great, the daughter is born into everyone lying about what the relationships are, sheesh.

Seems like a recipe for mental illness. Schizophrenia. Turning into a schizophrenic by playing one every day.
 
I am so sorry.

I think you could just stop participating like you wanted to.

When we first started, 3 years ago, she made it seem like her family knew about me, and that everything would be ok, that we’d all be a big family. Her family doesn’t know we are together.

So she lied to you about a pretty major thing. Doesn't sound like she apologized or plans to do anything to rectify that.

I’m hurt and she says she can’t hurt her parents by telling them, she should’ve been honest with me since day one and not fill me up with false hopes.

So instead she will hurt you. Yes. She could have been honest with you from the start.

It would have been different had she said "I can be out to some people, but not all people. Not my parents. I want kids. You'd have to pass for auntie of the kids. You up for that?"

And then you could have gone in prepared and joyous yes if you were up for that, or "Thanks, but no thanks" ok if you were not up for that.

Rather than taken along for a ride. Say one thing, actually do another. Now she got caught out in the lie. She's not fixing it. That tells you she does not prioritize you as immediate family. All talk, no show.

I’ve done so much financially and emotionally for them.

That what your choice, and in the past. You do not have to KEEP ON doing things financially and emotionally for them.

She assures me everything will be ok, but what is she expecting?

When she is not going to change anything about her behavior? HOW will it be ok? Mom is gonna move in not knowing you guys are a V, and you just have to lump it?

All her friends and some cousins know, even at her job except her parents so she says she doing the best she can and if her parents love me so much why cant i be ok with it.

She's acting out at you. Could just as easily go the other way.

"You can be out with your friends, cousins, even at your job. Why can't you be ok being out?

Now that your mom wants to move in, I find out you've been lying to me that you were already out to parents. You'v ebeen lying to mom about who I am to you.
So lying to both.

Why can't you be out to the mom? Or not have mom move in? And stop lying to me? Any other lies you had I need to know that will affect how *I* get to live? "

I told her I’ll just end up looking for a person for myself to have and be able to go home to given that it won’t be possible once her mom is around yet she says that if that is what I want she’ll support me but I won’t be part of the baby because I’m choosing to make another family for myself.

Well, it's not like she's including you in THIS family. Jeez. Bad enough to lie. Now she's gonna do emotional blackmail with an unborn child?

I'd say bow out now before you get attached more to the baby.

And she says she doesnt know if it’ll happen so what am I supposed to do?

You decide with present information:

  • She lied to you about a pretty big thing.
  • She isn't gonna tell her mom she is poly any time soon.
  • She isn't telling her mom not to move in. She isn't asking you and hubby how you feel about adding another roomie.


Result: Her behavior affects/will affect how you get to live in your home and how close of family you REALLY get to be here.

You don't like it. You don't want to be the forever "auntie."

No place here for you like that. So no point in getting attached to the baby or continuing to give financially and emotionally to get a poor return on your investment. You are not gonna actually be family here.

Told her that if her mom moves in that will have to be the end for us because I’m not going to keep being the sister 24/7.

Yup. You have to state where you stand.

These few days have been so hard for me and she gets mad because I tell her how I’m feeling left out and how its hard yet she says she wants me in her life and the babies life, that she wants this with me in it.

That's nice. She can want things.

But her behavior of (lying to you and not having told the mom already) do not align with (her wants for you to stick around.) She's not planning on changing anything about her behavior.

So... you accept this is all you are gonna get here. You don't sound up for it. You wanted to break up. Keep on moving on out.

It's hard to FEEL, but the actions seem straight forward.

I tried breaking up twice yet she doesn’t want to let go.

Blue is your job that you control. Green is her job that she controls -- her emotional management.

YOU decide your level of participation. If you are done? Quietly find a flat to move into, make arrangements and be gone. Focus on your side of the job. Let her be responsible for her side.

She has made the choice to lie to you. She is now choosing not to correct it. She is choosing to pull on the heart strings to keep you here anyway. To me? That's emotional blackmail sounding. None of that seems respectful or loving behavior toward you.

She is free to choose, but not free from consequences of her choices.

If she treats people like that? They aren't gonna like it. You don't. So get out.

When she offers you this meh sounding offer? You can say "no, thanks. Not like this. I don't feel valued. So I have to move on. " and then move on. Let it be a natural consequence.

What does she expect? To treat people crap but they somehow still hang around anyway ? Jeez.

I’m scared of what’s to come, especially adoring that little baby that is coming to then get drastically pushed away.

Then finish breaking up and leave before you get attached to an infant that is not going to really be yours. Save yourself. Then you won't be pushed away and you don't have to adore a baby. You are not there.

It all sucks, and I'm truly sorry. Your GF is treating you very poorly.

I can imagine it must be a shock to realize this relationship was based on a lie. :(

Sometimes when it's all hard you have to pick your hard. And the "better hard" sounds like getting out sooner rather than later.

Galagirl
 
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Hello InNeedOfAdvice,

My opinion is that your current partner (the pregnant wife) has treated you very badly, and is still treating you badly. She should've been honest with you since Day One and not filled you up with false hopes? That's a gross understatement! You consented to your relationship with her with the understanding that you would not have to lie about that relationship to anyone, including her mom. Your partner lied to you about that, and your consent was then based on a lie.

I guess basically you have three choices:

  • Break up with her now. Painful but this way the pain you'll have to endure is a known quantity.
  • Break up with her if/when her mom moves in. Now you are dealing with a double dose of pain. You lose both your partner and your partner's baby (after you've become attached to that baby). You don't have to follow through with this one if her mom doesn't move in, but what really are your chances of that? Regardless, this option is like a game of Russian roulette for you. Do you really want to take that chance?
  • Stay with her even if her mom moves in, in which case you will accept the role of sister/auntie 24/7. This is what your partner wants you to do. She wants you to be okay with the way she has set things up for you.
I suggest the first option (break up with her now), not only because it's the simplest (and quite possibly the least painful), but also because the way your partner has already treated you (and is still treating you) is grounds for a breakup all by itself. But don't make your decision based on what I say; I'm not the one who has to live with the consequences of your choice. Study the three options carefully, and decide what you think would be the best option *for you.*

In any case, you are in an awful position. I don't envy you. :(
With sympathy,
Kevin T.
 
Broken up

It's done. Breakup done. It's been 2 weeks. I deserve way better. Took me a while to end it but thankfully I gave her my blessing. She tried playing with my feelings before ending blaming me for it all cuz "you cant handle it" and "you dont like my fam is why" and "I cant be under stress with the baby coming", like she probbaly never thought itd get "this serious" until it was few months in the pregnancy. Oh and get this... after I told her thats it she messaged me she wasnt doing ok because of financial stress and how she shouldnt have ever accepted my help because she knew Id end it sooner or later... kinda making me say "yeah, how much you need cuz I don't want you to stress cuz its bad for baby" like I wouldve if we were together. I told her she could handle it on her own and her husband.
3 years down the drain. Thousands of dollars invested for our baby and towards her. I'm upset at myself for letting it get this far. She was a pretty good damn liar I guess but me even dumber for accepting less than I deserved. For everything there was always an excuse, I shouldve noticed.
 
3 years down the drain.

There's no such thing as a failed relationship or a waste of time. I also broke up two weeks ago and so understand the many feelings that erupt, but ultimately, we draw to ourselves what we need to go through - and it's always for our benefit. You don't need to muster fake appreciation that you don't feel for people right now, but do know that there is no such thing as wasted time or relationships that fail. We would not have been attracted to the situation if there were nothing in it for us, and just because it hurts right now doesn't mean that there was no value in what you experienced. We experience what we need to experience because life is always happening for us, not to us.
 
I'm sorry it had to come to this but it sounds like breaking up was the right thing to do for yourself.

You DO deserve to be treated well. And this just wasn't it.

She tried playing with my feelings before ending blaming me for it all cuz "you cant handle it" and "you dont like my fam is why" and "I cant be under stress with the baby coming", like she probbaly never thought itd get "this serious" until it was few months in the pregnancy.

Sounds like not wanting to take personal responsibility for her share of the situation making.

I would have said "Yes. I can't handle it when a partner behaves this way toward me. I think I deserve better. So I'm done."

It seems like you reached your final straw with all this mess too -- so best it's ended.

Oh and get this... after I told her thats it she messaged me she wasnt doing ok because of financial stress and how she shouldnt have ever accepted my help because she knew Id end it sooner or later...

More not taking personal responsibility for her situation. Nothing to do with you.

3 years down the drain. Thousands of dollars invested for our baby and towards her. I'm upset at myself for letting it get this far. She was a pretty good damn liar I guess but me even dumber for accepting less than I deserved. For everything there was always an excuse, I shouldve noticed.

It's ok to feel upset. It's been upsetting! You probably are going to feel a whole bunch of other things as you begin to heal from this experience.

Hang in there!
Galagirl
 
Congratulations on making the move. It must be hard.
3 years down the drain. Thousands of dollars invested for our baby and towards her. I'm upset at myself for letting it get this far. She was a pretty good damn liar I guess but me even dumber for accepting less than I deserved. For everything there was always an excuse, I shouldve noticed.
Don't beat yourself up - you had reasons why you liked her, why you invested in her, why you didn't notice, why you stayed. We get fooled by people and ideologies and our own minds... all the time.
It's never 3 years down the drain. You've lived these three years. You've got this experience, good and bad.
But of course you have to grieve the dream of what you wanted to build with her.
 
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Sure she wants it...sure she wants you...sure she wants all she's been getting from you...as long as it remains entirely on her terms.

This is not love.

I'm glad you walked away from this.
 
Thank you for the support

Thank you all for your words and support. This side of me was the angry side speaking, I've cried too much cuz I not only lost her but the baby, too, and I'm at an angry stage dried of tears. I did love her, a lot. And like some of you said, not wasted time because I learned quite a few things, true indeed. I will remain strong.

Thanks to all you who encourage to get it done for I deserved it.
 
It sounds like she is trying to guilt-trip you. You are wise to get yourself out of that situation. I forgot to mention, there was also the option of telling her mom yourself, but really that would have been out of the question. The point is, you were treated badly in the relationship and that's the reason you needed to get yourself out.
 
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