A woman, whose husband was cheating on her while she was in labour, snapped at her now ex-husband’s girlfriend when taking the kids’ dress-ups off them.
Giving birth is the most vulnerable time for a woman. You are all splayed out for everyone to see, there may be some open-air bodily functions involved, and we are at the height of our emotions.
For one woman, her vulnerability was amplified when she discovered her husband and father of her children, was cheating on her… even while she was birthing their baby.
In her post to Reddit, she wrote: “Five years ago while I was in the waiting part of labour (you know were the epidural kicks in but you’re hours away from the main event) my then husband told me he needed to get some food because he was starving,”
“In his hungry hurry, he left his phone behind, which every few seconds kept getting notifications.”
The woman asked the midwife to pass her the phone and hoped the notifications were from family and friends asking for an update on the labour, but she couldn’t have been more wrong.
She continued: “I asked the midwife pass me the phone, and he literally was updating his mistress on my labour and, how can I put this… sweet talking her about how even though he was with me she still had his full attention,”
When the husband returned, there was much screaming, the midwife kicked him out of the room and the woman’s sister came in to support her for the birth.
The woman after that moved back into her parents’ home with her five children, the couple got a divorce, and he moved in with the new girlfriend, who is also the woman’s cousin (still following?).
Now the kids are 15, two aged 13, eight and five years old, and the cousin/girlfriend is still on the scene and has become a part of the kids’ lives.
Recently, the kids have become obsessed with Harry Potter and it has been pointed out that the eldest four look like the Weasleys after the eldest made a TikTok video. They love to dress up, particularly the five-year-old girl who dresses up as male characters such as Harry, Draco, Snape and Edward from Twilight.
The mum said this doesn’t bother her at all and she just wants her kids to be happy. However, her ex-husband and his girlfriend don’t see it the same way.
The woman wrote: “Today while I was dropping them off, my ex’s girlfriend asked to speak to me about my kids, especially my youngest,”
“She basically told me it was weird and they weren’t right in the head so what are we gonna do about the situation at hand.
“I told her she’s f**ked her cousin’s husband so her ideas on what people should do aren’t something I want my kids picking up, and that my kids are fine, she isn’t their mom nor will they ever see her as such, and that they hate her guts (her doing but that’s another story).
“And finally, she should stay in her lane when it comes to my kids.”
The kids were not around when the confrontation occurred, and the mum left afterwards. A few hours later, the woman received a call from her ex-husband who was irate over how his girlfriend had been treated. He said she had been crying all day, particularly over the comments about her never being their mother since she can’t have children of her own. He’s demanded the woman to apologise but that doesn’t seem like a realistic request given what happened next.
She wrote: “My eldest rang me to collect them. Apparently, my ex had hidden all their costumes (he has a garden like the Malfoy one so they wanted to make TikTok videos) and his gf held a ‘family meeting’ about the HP obsession and basically belittled my kids, especially my five-year-old,”
The second youngest child recorded the interaction which was then uploaded to Facebook, so the mother took her sister around there and collected her children.
“I told my ex I’ll be going for full custody,” said the woman, “I took my kids out to the car at that stage but my sister just let loose.”
Most people on Reddit agreed the woman had every right to do and say what she did. Here is some comments:
“They can do what they want when they’re at their dad’s house. She should just talk to her bf? So weird. No need to bring you into this.”
“She was way out of line for trying to tell you how to parent YOUR kids,” commented one person.
“I was literally cheering when OP said what she said… It’s about time people STOPPED considering a person’s hobby and choice of entertainment to be a reflection of some mental illness or social ineptness or a lack of value/worth.”
“Dude… she f**ked your husband and… was texting him while you in the delivery room and she thinks it’s OK to consult you about some dress up? They’re freaking kids. You didn’t do it in front of the kids so it’s kosher and it’s even more since you’re standing up for your kids and they’ve expressed their upset with her prior.”
