His Sister Disregarded His Wishes And Announced His Wife’s Pregnancy On Social Media Before They Could Even Tell Her Family The News
At the end of August, this man and his wife found out that they were expecting a baby. Then, in September, they both learned that they were actually having twins.
So, he and his wife decided to wait around 13 weeks before telling his family the big news. They also asked his relatives not to post anything about the pregnancy online until they were able to tell his wife’s family, who lived in Brazil.
Unfortunately, his sister completely disregarded their wishes and proceeded to post a big “sentimental” post on Facebook.
“Gushing about how she’s so excited to be an aunt,” he detailed.
“This obviously upset my wife and also angered me.”
He gave his sister a call after seeing the post, and he expressed how disappointed he was by her actions, calling her really selfish.
Well, in response, his sister just replied, “I don’t have any of her family or friends on my Facebook, so it’s not like I ruined the surprise for them.”
This sparked a back-and-forth argument, and in the end, his sister was agitated.
“My sister is a very emotional person and we have a very strong relationship, always have, but I couldn’t just let this go,” he explained.
Drobot Dean – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Ever since he called her out, though, his sister has begun playing the victim and making him feel guilty about it.
Now, she has deleted the Facebook post, but according to him, the damage has already been done.
Some of his distant family members reached out to share their congratulations, and a bunch of “randoms” they didn’t even know contacted him and his wife, too.
“It’s really upsetting that a bunch of strangers know about our pregnancy before my wife’s family,” he admitted.
Not to mention, a couple of random people have flat-out asked him why he forced his sister to take the Facebook post down. To him, it’s clear that his sister has been acting like the victim, and he finds it so unfortunate.
Part of the reason why he and his wife wanted to have full control over when people heard about the news is because the twins are possibly “mono/mono,” which means his wife’s pregnancy is considered high risk.
“We wanted to be in control of people knowing because of this, and we had no intention of making a post on social media until we were comfortable doing so,” he vented.
“Yes, we are happy and excited, but we also need to be prepared for anything.”
Nonetheless, in the wake of all this drama with his sister, he’s unsure if siding with his wife and feeling infuriated by the Facebook post is justified or an overreaction.
Does he have a right to be annoyed that his sister blatantly ignored a boundary? How would you have reacted to the post if you were in his shoes?
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