Her Brother-In-Law Insinuated That She Was Forcing Her Husband To Sacrifice His Career To Care For Their Baby When He Didn’t Even Want Kids A Year Ago
About a month ago, this 26-year-old woman and her husband, who’s 27, had their first baby – a boy – together. Her pregnancy was actually unexpected, but now, she thinks their son was the best thing to ever happen to them.
Back when they first found out they were expecting, they also determined her husband should stay home after their son was born.
“We decided it would be better for my husband to stay home with the baby because his job offers better paternity leave than my maternity leave,” she recalled.
Well, after she recently got home from work and walked in on an argument between her husband and his brother, she realized that her brother-in-law didn’t agree with their decision.
Apparently, the pair was speaking very fast and in Dutch, a language that she doesn’t understand. So, she asked her husband what was going on, but her brother-in-law responded – pointedly asking her why her husband was doing “her job.”
“He said it was ridiculous for my husband to be home cooking, cleaning, and babysitting for our son when he should be working,” she revealed.
Her husband jumped in and tried to explain how he chose to stay home since they didn’t want to put their son into daycare at such a young age. Plus, his job was completely fine with it.
Nonetheless, her brother-in-law wouldn’t back down. Instead, he brought up how, just about a year ago, her husband didn’t even want kids, yet now, he was sacrificing his career for a “child he didn’t want.”
This obviously made her husband furious, and he kicked his brother out. He made it clear that he wouldn’t put up with any disrespect toward his family or his son.
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Even so, the drama has only escalated since then because her brother-in-law got her in-laws involved. According to her, her in-laws have been more understanding, but they still believe that she should be encouraging her husband to go back to work.
“I’m already dealing with mom guilt about leaving the baby at home and don’t want my husband to feel like he has to sacrifice his happiness for me or to do something he doesn’t want to do,” she vented.
So now, she’s not sure if her brother-in-law is right, and she really is “forcing” her husband to give up his career to care for their newborn.
Do you think that she’s forcing her husband to do anything if they both agreed for him to stay home with their son? Should her in-laws stay out of this situation? What advice would you give her?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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