u/Icy-Calendar-3135

I found out I’m pregnant 3 days ago. It was unplanned and honestly bad timing. My husband and I (25yo) are financially stable just the two of us, but it will be difficult to afford the baby and I’m really unsure if my job will allow maternity leave. This terrifies me as we need my job in order to stay afloat. I have been in mental agony trying to decide what to do. Ultimately I’ve decided that I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I terminated the pregnancy (just knowing myself) and maybe somehow someway by the grace of God this baby is meant to be. My husband insisted I made the decision as it’s my body and he just wants me to be happy. I of course took his feelings into account and I know he is just as if not more terrified as me but we’ve been through so much together in our 10 years and we’ve always made it out on top. We’re going to be frugal and we’re going to make this work. I haven’t told my mom yet and for some reason am so scared to. My mom is my absolute best friend, is so supportive, and had me when she was 20. I feel bad that I haven’t told her yet but I’m just afraid that she might be disappointed.

Anybody in similar situations come out okay? I’m really hopeful it will all work out.

Our dogs hate each other. They bark and scratch and scream on the fence. I blocked our shared fence so that mine can no longer participate. Problem solved. My dogs are silent outside, and when the neighbor dogs come out to bark they are no longer focused on the fence and come right inside. My dogs are never outside unattended and go inside immediately if they bark. My neighbor leaves their dogs out unattended for long periods and do not bring them inside when they bark. This is extremely frustrating as it means my dogs are often not able to go out for a quick potty without getting barked at. The worst part is I know they don’t work 9-5 schedules, but always have their dogs out at my lunch break and at 5pm. If you want your dogs to spend the day outside at least do it when I’m working!