Man Wants A Paternity Test After His Wife Made A Joke That Their Child Wasn’t His, and the Online Community Comes Down Hard on Him
Having a family is a beautiful thing, especially when you have one with zero worries.
Having a family is a beautiful thing, especially when you have one with zero worries. Then you grow older, get married, and have your own beautiful family, and guess what? Your family has zero worries as well.
There’s nothing more fulfilling than knowing you’re coming home from a stressful day at work to a peaceful home. But if the reverse is the case, most people would go from their workplace straight to the bar or club just to chill out before heading to their hellhole.
And if you have kids, wow, your home would be lively all the time. You all will play, laugh, and joke about everything.
Now it's a whole different story for some people when someone jokes about the paternity of their kids, and that is what we’re looking into in today’s story. The OP, named u/throwaway11212021, has a lovely home, and the relationship has been, according to him, "the best of my life and relatively smooth throughout."
He and his wife have a child, but trouble set in when his wife made a joke about the child not being his. It took some time for him to process her words, and he became very sad and upset.
He then told his wife, whom he claims to trust, that he wanted a paternity test because of the joke she made. Keep scrolling to read the full story yourself.
The story begins
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The Reddit post received more than 3K comments and over 10K upvotes. Here are the top comments from the AITA Reddit community.
Everyone has a threshold for what is funny
Brody141
A lot of things to consider before deciding
literaryworlds
Another point of view
k9centipede
Too hasty in the decision-making
Born_Ad8420
Reading a joke in another way
Little-Poem-2515
You are the red flag, and you can't see it
LolthienToo
The paternity court judge will always say...
rockit1810
Whatever is going on here is not healthy
Tasty_Research_1869
The joke hit you wrong
AliKatBear
You don't trust her, so get the test...
redrumreddrum
You are probably not much fun
GinX-964
A joke has sent everything spiraling out the door
RunThroughTheWoods
Serial cheaters make unfounded accusations
Great, just great!
Livingeachdayatedge
A fragile and insecure person
The paternity test will take away a vital part of their relationship—trust.
tlf555
Reconsidering the relationship
gggggggkkkkkkkkkkk
Well, someone has a different story to tell
Marie-Curie-
Do the paternity test and lose the trust forever
Illustrious-Band-537
You need to chill out
ginnymarie6
Your wife will never see you in the same light again
And I quite agree with this...
Popsiclesnake
Stop lying to yourself and your wife
annedroiid
She made a bad joke that made you insecure
Darthkhydaeus
Have a conversation about your boundaries of humor
apple-hacck
It’s understandable to make jokes about everything, but there are some things you just can’t joke about. Some people can laugh it off and forget it. Some can laugh it off, but it’s still registered in their minds, while others will tell you outright that they don’t like that kind of joke.
It’s up to you to know your partner and understand the boundaries that you can’t cross, so you don’t escalate matters.
