She burst into tears and left the party with her boyfriend.
Announcing pregnancies or planning on engaging someone during someone else’s celebration is an issue that we see too often in these stories because no one likes it when you take the attention away from them. If it’s someone’s wedding, it’s fair to expect that the people getting married want to have all of the attention that day because it’s their day that happens once in a lifetime.
During this Reddit user’s birthday party, which was organized by her mother-in-law, her sister-in-laws thought that this would be the perfect time for the two to announce that they were pregnant. The problem with this, and the reason why OP was shaken by this and made a scene by storming out while crying, wasn’t the fact that they were stealing her spotlight but something much more personal.
The story goes back to mother’s day when one of the SILs announced that she was pregnant and that the other was trying for a baby, which was awkward for OP because she had recently found out that she was infertile, so this was a bit hard on her. She was afraid that she had ruined the mood, so she apologized to the SILs, and they assured her that everything was okay.
Her MIL wanted to organize a birthday party for OP, and she agreed even though she was reluctant at first because she’s had bad experiences with birthday parties during her childhood. The party was going well until she started opening her presents, and one of the presents was from her sister-in-law which she used to announce that both of the SILs were pregnant.
This wasn’t easy for OP, so she stormed out of the party crying, and soon, she and her boyfriend left the party because she was devastated by what her SILs did. After the party, her boyfriend’s family contacted saying that she had ruined the reveal and that she was acting like a child because it was just a birthday party.
OP turned to Reddit to see if she was the one who did something wrong, and the people of Reddit made sure to leave their comments on the story.
She felt uncomfortable when they first revealed their pregnancy because she recently found out she was infertile.
Her MIL insisted on organizing a birthday party for her which she hesitantly agreed to because she’s had nothing but bad experiences.
The party was going great until the pregnancy announcement.
She had a panic attack and left the party with her boyfriend.
She received some nasty texts regarding her bailing her own party.
The people of Reddit were eager to share their opinion on this situation.
Wrong on so many levels
A proper way to get back at them
Wow indeed
Summarizes everything pretty well
There’s a lot of reasoning behind OP’s decision to leave the party, and it’s sad to see that her boyfriend was the only one who stood by her. Announcements like this should be saved for a better time than this.
Reddit showed their support for OP, and now it’s time for you to share your opinion.
