Doting Mother-in-Law Gets an Elaborate Gift for Her Son for ‘Becoming a Father’, 8-Months-Pregnant Wife Decides to Treat Herself With an Expensive Gift of Her Own

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    Mother-in-law thought my husband deserved a gift for becoming a dad, so I decided to give myself one instead!
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    Couple of years ago, I was pregnant, and my mother-in-law (MIL) made a comment about how my husband deserved a special gift to celebrate him becoming a dad. Meanwhile, I didn't receive even a cake for my birthday which was a month
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    prior. I felt pretty bad but I didn't respond. Here's where my petty revenge came in. A few months earlier, (before getting pregnant) I had booked a Rolex as a birthday gift for myself, planning to treat myself. Fast forward to a few
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    days after my MIL's comment, I got a call from the sales associate about my watch being ready for pickup. I decided to go ahead and buy it right away. When I picked it up, I casually mentioned to my MIL
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    that I bought the watch for myself because I was going to be a mother soon. You could practically hear the jealousy in her voice! Now, every time I wore it, I
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    couldn't help but smile knowing I treated myself while she thought my husband should be celebrated. Petty? Maybe. But sometimes you just have to take a little victory for yourself!
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    18k gold That funny. But who the doesn't celebrate their pregnant wife's birthday? That's pretty husband. of your
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    Jolly Virus 3533 What a weird person your MIL is giving her son a present because he came inside his wife. Eww!
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    LateExercise3347 OP She's too proud of her children, even if they're just doing the bare minimum!
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    Distinct Ambition186 Ooh! My MIL is the same! You gotta love them when they praise their children for brushing their teeth but you could do open heart surgeries every day and they would say "well, good for you, but that's your job". I at least get the pleasure of talking about it with my husband because he hates it too.
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    New-Seesaw9255 You're not alone even if I'm the only other one. I'm currently pregnant myself and the thought of getting a 'push gift' is just weird. Stuff has always been around to celebrate a pregnant person and their partner but this is weirdly targeted and an easy marketing scam for companies to push onto people
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    red-panda-escape My MIL told me that her son (my husband) looked exhausted and needed some sleep after i went through 21 hours of labor with my first kid. But HE was tired. What a joke!
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    Odd-Outcome450 He gets the participation trophy aka the kid
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    "I treated myself while she thought my husband should be celebrated"

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