Wife Announces Pregnancy, Husband Assumes It's A Joke, Cringe Ensues

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Jul 18, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

It sounds like this guy's wife was quite the trickster. The problem with repeatedly joking that you're pregnant is that eventually you'll end up losing some much needed credibility in the process. This scenario in particular brings to mind the whole "boy who cried wolf" predicament. Could the husband have kept his cool just a bit more? Sure. Also though, it sounds like he'd hit a breaking point of his own for when it came to being played around with. 

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    Font - 10 3 12 31 AITA For How I reacted To My Wife's Pregnancy Announcement? Not the A-hole I'm on mobile, sorry for any mistakes. english is hard for me tonight. My wife F26 and I M30 decided to started having kids. We've been trying for over 9 months and nothing happened. We were told to be patiant but I couldn't help but keep stressing out about a problem that's preventing us from conceiving.
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    Font - The issue is that my wife kept joking about this matter and pranked me twice by lying to me saying she was pregnant. The first was when I was at work and she sent a text telling me she was pregnant. I was so happy I came home and brought stuff with me to celebrate only to find her laughing in my face saying it was a prank. Second time was when she told me she was pregnant and was recording my reaction during and after the prank. Again laughing telling me it was a prank but this time she s
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    Font - Last night we were at my parents house sitting having dinner when she said she had a gift for me.she had my sister go bring a small teddy bear with a note on it and gave it to me. I was nervous and worried about her pulling some of her pranks on me infront of my family. I read the note that the teddy bear had and it said that I was going to be a daddy. I looked at my wife and she smiled at me and congratulated me saying she was pregnant. I saw red completely. I said that's it! I got up fr
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    Font - My wife was mad and argued with me in the car saying I ruined her joy and made her look awful infront of my family as well as lashing out at her as my reaction to the happy news. She said she told me infront of my parents to show me she was serious this time. She had her mom call to berate me and said her poor daughter will suffer with my boorish behavior and lack of respect for her. My wife has been giving the cold shoulder ever since. AITAH? She told me I ruined the moment she's been wa
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    Font - S 2 Awards NTA She lost the right to be mad after the 1ST PRANK if she wanted the moment to be special she wouldn't have ruined it by pranking you at all Congratulations on the baby 6 Reply 4 4k 3 ... +
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    Font - S 1 Award NTA, you can't ruin a moment she already ruined...TWICE. G Reply 4 1.8k 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. Your wife is. Majorly. Ask her whatwhat's funny about lying to you. That's what her "pranks" are really. How are you expectexpected to trust her? She played stupid games and got back consequences she should have expected. É G Reply ↑ 1.4k 3
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    Rectangle - 1 Award Are you sure you want another child? G Reply 818 ...
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    Rectangle - RandomRomanStatue · 1d NTA. It reminds me of an old story. "The girl who cried pregnant" 6 Reply 1 794 3 ...
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    Font - 2 Awards Nta. Prank her with a fake set of divorce papers and fake legal demand for a DNA test. Then have them turn out to be real. G Reply 4 2.5k 3 + ...
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    Font - Ask if she's ever heard the story of "The boy who cried Wolf". NTA for reacting that way. How are you supposed to react, or to differentiate between real and fake, if she has pranked you 2 times already on this exact issue. O 6 Reply ↑ 510 3 ... +
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    Font - NTA, those "pranks" were cruel. You had no reason to believe this wasn't another prank. She literally filmed the last time to send to family, and she thinks that being in front of your parents should've proved it wasn't a prank this time? Yea, no. Sure, blowing up at people is bad, pretending to be pregnant while struggling to get pregnant to humiliate your husband is much worse. G Reply 1 345 3 ...
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    Organism - That's exactly why you don't make "pranks" about important topics like this. Even more so, that's been outright cruel of your wife, because she made you think your biggest wish came true. That's disgusting. NTA, but your wife definitely is. Hopefully she'll at least learn from this outcome and quit this stupid "pranking", which in truth is just plain cruelty. G Reply 4 378 3 ...
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    Rectangle - 1 Award NTA This is the definition of playing yourself. She trained you to think she's a liar. She shouldn't be angry that you learned the lesson she taught you. G Reply 1 313 ...
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    Font - NTA. What did she think was going to happen? She sounds like she has a pretty wide cruel streak. Why would she think pranks like that are funny? Why would she enjoy your sadness and disappointment, not once but twice! She ruined her own moment with her cruel stupidity. PS: You didn't make her look awful; she is awful. G Reply 65 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Ssougii • 1d NTA, what she's feeling is exactly what she's made you feel... twice! Like they say, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Il'm sorry this happened to you and that she can't see that what she felt is exactly what you've felt as well. G Reply 1 63 3 ...
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    Font - NTA at all, wow. I honestly don't have words. I can't imagine "pranking" anyone with fake pregnancy, especially my husband. And now she's gaslighting you after she did it to you twice? No. It's her fault for doing that to you initially, you reacted to the environment she created for you. Typically I try to see both sides of the issue on a post like this but yeah that's really not okay of her at all and she has no right to be mad. G Reply 104 +
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    Font - BrightFail · 1d NTA BOTH of her pranks were over the line. Also, it's messed up that your sister found out that she was pregnant/saw the tests before you did. You should have been the first person she told: in private. Get couple's counseling ASAP before you have to navigate coparenting together. G Reply
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    Rectangle - ItsAJAgain · 1d NTA she did it not once, but TWICE. And normally when you're pregnant, the first person you tell is your spouse, not their sister G Reply ...
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    Font - 34ShutTheFrontDoor • 1d Partassipant [1] What kind of person pranks their spouse with a pregnancy announcement?? What is WRONG with her? We struggled for years with fertility and I can't imagine playing such a hurtful prank. Tell her to look at the recording of the FIRST announcement. I'm surprised you wanted to continue trying for a family with her. Absolutely NTA. she on the other hand needs serious help G Reply 4 38 3 ...
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