Stock image of woman announcing pregnancy at Christmas.Photo:Getty
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One woman is sharing why she didn’t feel bad after a family member had an adverse reaction to her pregnancy news.
“I didn’t run off crying and sucked it up to not ruin the Christmas spirit,” she leveled.
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“Sorry if I sound mean or heartless but I think there’s a time and a place to make it about yourself. I also want to make it clear that I didn’t know they were having fertility troubles when we announced.”
When commenters asked for more information on the “fake pregnancy announcement,” OP clarified the couple didn’t know she and her husband were struggling to conceive at the time.
She emphasized, “I don’t hold it against them because they didn’t know. I just don’t agree with doing it at all because it’s a crappy thing to do.”
Stock image of woman holding pregnant woman’s hands amid gift wrapping on Christmas.Getty
While many people slammed OP’s sister-in-law for finding humor in a fake pregnancy announcement, they encouraged OP to show her more compassion.
Someone who found themselves in a similar situation one holiday wrote, “I wasn’t doing it to be a drama queen. Who knows how much of that is genuine or attention-seeking.”
Another person added, “You said it yourself, ‘there’s a time and a place to make it about yourself.’ And I just personally don’t think Christmas is that time and place to grab the spotlight to shine it on yourself [to] announce you’re expecting.”
source: people.com
