Woman Didn’t Want Her Husband in the Delivery Room, So He Went Home to Wait — And Now She Is Angry with Him
The future dad was surprised when his wife told him to leave.
Childbirth can turn a carefully planned day into a tense one in seconds, especially when the people in the room do not agree on who should be there. In this case, a husband thought he would be the obvious support person when his wife went into labor, but she chose her mom and sister instead.
That decision left him waiting at the hospital, texting back and forth, and eventually heading home after hours of uncertainty. When his wife and newborn son came back, the argument was far from over, and now the whole situation has spilled onto Reddit.
Was he wrong to leave, or did she create the problem by not saying it sooner?
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That was not the plan he had in mind.
He texted back and forth with his sister-in-law
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And after six hours of waiting at the hospital, he decided to go home and wait there
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His wife and son came home, and she was extremely angry with OP
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Now the blame game is in full swing.
His sister-in-law advised him to apologize, but he believes his wife should apologize to him too.
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Redditors shared their views:
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u/aitathawayiwenthome answered some questions:
OP answered some questions:
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Communication was very poor here
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Reddit quickly zeroed in on the missing conversation.
This reminds us of the time her sister-in-law insulted her parenting, so she skipped the baby shower.
OP's wife should have specified she didn't want him in the room.
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Some conspiracy theories even emerged:
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And of course, Reddit did not stop at the obvious explanation.
Yeah, we've seen it all here...
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Yes, this sounds like a good reason
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Divorce is always the answer, according to some Redditors
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This is so true
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Every action has consequences
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Dad is not just a driver
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Dads in this subreddit also shared their views
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Some commenters clearly took the husband's side.
One woman can’t imagine excluding her partner
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It does sound like a power play...
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Childbirth was traditionally regarded as a female-dominated activity.
The mother would gather her friends and family to assist her, and they would surround the birthing bed. There would also be a midwife.
The male physician would come and go, and fathers might be asked to boil water, but it was largely a room full of women. Childbirth shifted from the home to the hospital in the twentieth century.
Half of all American women gave birth in hospitals in 1938. Almost all of them did so within twenty years.
While there were benefits to medicalized births, such as having antibiotics and blood banks on hand, it could be lonely. The nurses are on the move, going in and out, leaving the laboring women alone.
And that's why they now need a support person.
Want more baby-related family fallout? See why she didn’t invite her sister to the shower.
