Not everyone is always excited about a potential pregnancy in the family.
While some kids are always pretty hyped about the idea of getting a new little sibling , at a certain point, most of us grow out of that urge. When one Reddit user in his 20s had a heated conversation with his mom about this exact topic, he was torn on whether his reaction had gone too far after he called his mom “insane” for wanting another baby .
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Reddit user TimesMates took to the Internet to find out if he had stepped out of line.
“For context: I (22M) have 2 siblings (22F and 23F) and I am the youngest (the youngest twin). But we are all adults now,” he began his post . “This all started a few years ago when my oldest sister got pregnant with my nephew. It was the first baby of our generation and of course everyone was overjoyed it was a boy because they are so rare in the family. I won’t sugar coat it. My sister was spoiled during her pregnancy.”
“My mom, however, wasn’t,” he went.
“Every time someone would do something for my sister, she expected it for herself. I remember I bought my sister a pedicure and paid extra for a foot massage and my mother was pissed at me for days for not getting her one. ‘I’m the baby’s grandma!’ She would say constantly. We all ignored it for the sake of my nephew.”
His mom wasn’t done yet.
“Well, my mom just recently sat me and my siblings down and explained how she wanted to try getting pregnant again.”
“She wasn’t asking us our opinion, more like informing us that it was going to happen. My sister was excited for someone who could be a playmate for her son. My twin was hesitant and I was livid. For privacy reasons I won’t give my mother’s medical history, but just that is enough for concern not to mention the fact that she’s 40+ years old.”
“I asked her how she planned to live if she couldn’t work while pregnant as my father has never been in the picture,” he wrote.
Her answer was that one of her kids would just take care of her. “I asked her how she planned to take care of a baby when she’s back to work,” he wrote, stating that she said one of her kids would babysit.
“I asked her how she planned on buying baby stuff because she’s not good with saving money at all. ‘Everyone will pitch in for the baby like they did with your sister,'” he wrote, adding , “And no. They wouldn’t. My mom has burned quite a lot of bridges for her emotional immaturity. And one very high risk pregnancy will not change that.”
“So I sat her down and tried to explain how this would be a terrible idea for everyone involved.”
“She got upset and started yelling about how I need to be supportive and I’m just jealous because I won’t be the youngest anymore. I let my emotions get ahead of me and I called her insane and left,” he said . He added that everyone in his family has stated that he took it too far.
“My siblings and family have called to tell me I need to apologize and that I was way out of line. I ‘don’t have to like her trying for another baby but I need to be supportive.’ Which I feel would be the case if we were talking about literally anyone else. But nobody else thinks the same,” he wrote.
What do you think? Was he out of line, or did he just keep it real with his mother? Let us know what you think in the comments!
