Husband Repeatedly Jokes About His Wife's "Oopsie" During Labor, Her Reaction Leaves Him Speechless

"He’s not a “grade A jokester”. He’s an as*hole."

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• March 24, 2024

Instead of trying to make sure his wife was healing from giving birth a few weeks prior, a husband made his wife the laughingstock in front of his family. When she called him out while they watched, he ironically accused her of humiliating him.

The 25-year-old new mom wondered if she overreacted like her husband said. OP gave birth to her first baby a few weeks before the momentous New Year's Eve dinner with her in-laws.

OP shared that she was traumatized by the pain and difficulty of labor, especially as a first-time mom. She called it the most difficult time of her life because of the pain she endured for hours.

Her mom and her husband were with her the entire time for support. Her mom did leave later, so OP only had her husband with her during the birth.

OP's embarrassing experience was that she pooped during the delivery. Her medical team handled the situation because it happened to some women during labor.

Her husband, on the other hand, cracked up like he witnessed the world's funniest joke. He later told OP's family about it, but they didn't find anything funny about it and neither did OP.

OP was already embarrassed and asked her husband to stop making jokes about what happened. He escalated it and made jokes about buying diapers for OP's "oopsies!"

OP admitted that her husband's constant jokes chipped away at her self-esteem.

He didn't care because he brought it up during a New Year's Eve dinner with his family when OP excused herself to the bathroom.

As she got up, he said, "Oh, yeah. You should go quickly because we don't want any accidents just like the one we had at the hospital. You know what I mean?" He blinked innocently at her.

His family laughed and his brother said, "Good one." OP was furious and couldn't control her words.

She called her husband a cruel and insensitive jerk for making a joke about a difficult experience before she ran to the bathroom. Her husband just stared at her.

When they left, her husband scolded OP for talking to him that way in front of his family. He said OP should have laughed along with the other instead of flying off the handle. He accused her of humiliating him.

"Ask him to push a watermelon out his dick and see if he can do it without any 'embarrassing accidents'."

He is not a funny guy, he is just an a-hole. He didn't care about OP's feelings, why should she?

Besides, OP has nothing to be ashamed of. Most women poop during labor and medical professionals expect it.

It's one thing to make it an inside joke but to make your spouse the butt of a joke she already told you hurt her is beyond the pale.

You see, OP's yelling hurt him. His jokes about her only affect her, so they don't matter to him.

If anyone should be embarrassed, it should be OP's husband.

A good partner would want their spouse to heal and be in a comfortable environment after a physically traumatic event like giving birth. But, hey. Maybe he thinks laughter, at his wife's expense, is the best medicine.

I bet he wouldn't like it if OP made fun of his medical history, eh?

If he wants to act like a child, then treat him like one.

OP tried every reasonable approach to get him to stop humiliating her but none worked. If she is pushed to the brink and reacts justifiably so, then she's the a-hole?

If her husband behaves this way about everything, then their daughter isn't the only child OP is going to raise. Her husband acted so immaturely that he should be in diapers.

How insensitive do you have to be not to understand when your spouse tells you your behavior is hurting them? Unfortunately, there hasn't been an update, so we don't know how the couple resolved the matter.

Chelsi