Pregnant Woman Asks Husband To Take Leave From Work To Help Her, But He Won't Budge, Now Is Mad At Her For Going To Her Mom's House

Pregnancy is a huge deal and as a pregnant woman it's important to have a village around for support.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• March 10, 2023

Welcome back to another Reddit post that we'll be going over today from that AITA thread. We're here to give you all the details on the post, from the original full story to the comments that were left on it.

These Reddit posts are great for getting unbiased opinions on someone's situation from people who don't know them or anyone that they're talking about in the situation. These posts are often filled with engagement as people like to give advice and opinions to other people.

The internet is definitely a place that will give you an honest opinion on whether or not you are in the wrong for how you acted or what you said in the situation. Ultimately, these posts are usually filled with opinions, advice, and a lot of comments from people.

Today we're going to be looking into a post from a woman who is looking for advice on whether or not she's wrong for asking her husband to take a leave from work to stay with her, and if he couldn't, then she'd be staying at her mom's house. So if you want to see what the full story is and see what people had to say in response, then be sure to stay tuned as we get into all of the details.

OP starts off with explaining that she's pregnant for the first time and gives a bit of info on what her husband does for work.

She says he is rarely home and that he's passionate about his work, but isn't really present when he's home.

She has been placed on bed rest and needs a bit of help throughout her day and night, so having someone with her is necessary.

She basically told him that if he was unable or unwilling to stay home, then she would be staying with her mom for the remainder of her pregnancy.

He got upset at her for making him choose because he says it's an impossible choice but she doesn't think it's unfair.

Starting off, people are already saying that she's NTA and that she's doing what she needs to do in order to stay healthy for the baby.

This is very much the case a lot of the time because they tend to love their work. So even if she did offer to just take shorter days, he probably wouldn't do it.

He should understand this but he probably isn't thinking of her as a patient, but rather as his wife and mother of his child.

Some people are dragging her husband a lot and saying that he's not going to change. This comment even said that he's going to be an absent father.

I'd say that this isn't a good reason for her to stay home and that he doesn't want to come home to not see her there.

She can get the help and assistance elsewhere if he can't provide it for her. A lot of people are telling her to plan for single motherhood.

Sounds about like what he's saying and that's definitely not a good excuse for him not staying home to help care for his wife during her pregnancy.

Ultimately she was finding a solution to a problem that they and and he's not being much help.

It seems like most people are in agreement that she's NTA here and that it wasn't really an ultimatum that she gave her husband. She did everything she could to accommodate him, but he isn't working with her to find common ground they can both be happy with.

She's going to do what she needs to do for her health.

Daphnie