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A woman was taken aback by her husband’s dismissive reaction to her most recent pregnancy test
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The wife revealed that they have been trying to conceive for three years, which resulted in two miscarriages
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“I’m seething,” the 30-year-old woman wrote on Mumsnet
A wife, who is trying to conceive after two miscarriages, was caught off guard by her husband’s reaction to her recent pregnancy test.
The 30-year-old woman explained on the U.K.-based community forum Mumsnet how her husband “completely” dismissed her asking him to review the test she had just taken because her period was late.
The awkward morning interaction began, the woman said, when her husband walked into the living room and said “good morning” while she was sitting on the couch.
“He says, ‘Oh wow, it’s already the third of July. Time goes so fast.’ I say, ‘Can you read this pregnancy test? I can’t tell if it’s negative.’ He says, ‘Oh what a nice lamp,’ ” she recalled her husband, also 30, replying.
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A couple discussing a pregnancy test (stock image)
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“I’m confused and go, ‘Can you please read the pregnancy test?’ He says, ‘That’s nice embroidery,’ on the cushion,” she continued. “I’m like [what the hell]? So I say, ‘You don’t care about the pregnancy test?’ ”
“He says, ‘No, the pregnancy isn’t important. I said something and you ignored it.’ … He storms out and says I treat him badly,” the woman added.
Later that day, the Mumsnet user said her husband acted as though they hadn’t had the argument.
“Meanwhile, I’m seething. I’m pretty sure the test was negative, I’ll check again tomorrow, but I’m so angry,” the wife wrote of their contrasting attitudes. “What if that had been me telling him I was pregnant?”
Providing more context in the forum, the woman revealed that the couple has been trying to conceive for three years, which resulted in two miscarriages.
“I had an early miscarriage at 8 weeks in September last year and a late (16 weeks) miscarriage in May this year,” she explained. “He was always like, ‘Oh that’s cool’ when I told him about the first one, and a bit cautious but happy about the second one when I told him I was pregnant.”
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A couple talking about a pregnancy test (stock image)
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“I get he wanted me to say something about time going fast but to completely dismiss a pregnancy test over it?” she added, before asking the forum, “Am I being unreasonable?”
In a poll under her Mumsnet post, more than half of over 1,000 voters selected the “You are NOT being unreasonable” voting option.
“I’d stop trying to conceive with this man, immediately,” one reader replied.
Another user agreed, commenting, “Don’t waste any more time trying to conceive with this idiot. You can do so much better.”
A third person pondered, “He might also have a lot of feelings about the miscarriages and not have processed them — and maybe that caused his weird behavior. … [or] he might just be being selfish and immature.”
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