Everyone Accidentally Found Out About Her Pregnancy At The Funeral For Her Sister’s Baby And She’s Telling The Internet Her Family Thinks She’s Terrible
Trigger warning: please be aware that what you are about to read does discuss losing a baby.
A 32-year-old woman says she recently found out that she is 8 weeks into a pregnancy with her third child.
Around 2 weeks ago, her 34-year-old sister was around 30 weeks pregnant, but she went into labor and sadly lost her son.
Her sister is devastated and traumatized by what happened, especially since she had spent 4 years trying to get pregnant with her son.
Just days after her sister’s son passed away, she learned that she was pregnant. She knew she should not be sharing the news with her sister or really anyone in their family since everyone was still grieving, and besides, nobody knew that she was trying to get pregnant.
As she got closer to the day of the funeral, she started experiencing morning sickness. It never crossed her mind to skip the funeral since she really wanted to be there for her sister, and so she decided to go.
Everything was fine throughout the service, but when the wake started at her brother-in-law’s parents’ home, she rushed to go to the bathroom and vomited.
“My brother’s wife (SIL), who is one of my best friends, followed me up,” she explained.
“She straight-up said ‘You’re pregnant, aren’t you?’ I responded, ‘Yes, but don’t tell anyone. Today’s about making sis and BIL comfortable.’ My SIL congratulated me and said she understood.”
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“Unbeknownst to me, my BIL’s teenage sister was in her bedroom next to the bathroom, instead of with the family, and proceeded to spread the news around the wake before I managed to get downstairs.”
“My sister confronted me crying and asked if it was true. I said yes but I didn’t mean for her to find out like this.”
Her sister yelled at her that it was so easy for her to get pregnant and that she was just trying to throw her pregnancy in her face as she struggled.
Her sister closed herself into a bedroom and continued yelling. Now everyone thinks she’s a terrible person, though her sister-in-law and husband understand.
Her own mom thinks she should have lied and said she was sick with something, while her sister-in-law and her brother are arguing.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“An eavesdropping teenager decided to spread gossip at exactly the worst time and knew exactly what she was doing.”
“…Lying about the pregnancy, when asked point-blank, would have been worse, as it would be inevitable that the family finds out eventually, and they would then know that you lied about the pregnancy.”
“A teenager should have more brain cells to understand when to shut up….like how dumb can you be to tell someone at their baby’s funeral another person is pregnant….how dumb can you be???”
“I’ve seen more tactful and sensitive children.”
“You did nothing wrong. The teenager should have known better. It wasn’t their news to tell no matter what event you were all at.”
“She eavesdropped and then ran around telling something she knew you didn’t want told. Why is no one punishing her?”
“Your sister’s reaction was admittedly over the top but she is hurting, so I’ll give her a pass here.”
“Pregnancy is not a zero-sum game and you are not taking anything away from her by being pregnant.”
“It’s an awful situation but you did the best you could without straight-up lying, which likely would have caused more problems for you down the road.”
You can read the rest of the advice the internet had for her here.
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