Man Extends Work Trip Just Before Wife’s Due Date

Picture this: your wife is about to give birth to your first child, and you’re on a work trip overseas. Your mentor calls and asks you to extend the trip, promising it’ll be worth it for your career. What would you do? One man faced this exact dilemma and made a controversial decision, leaving his pregnant wife furious. Let’s dive into the story and see if he made the right choice.

The Job Situation

Proving Himself

Baby on the Way

Financial Struggles

The Work Trip ✈️

The Request

The Promise

Breaking the News

His Reasoning

Trying to Compromise

For the Future

Career vs. Family: A Tough Decision

In a high-stakes game of career vs. family, this husband chose to extend his work trip, leaving his pregnant wife in tears. He believes that the extra bonus money and the admiration of his mentor will secure their financial future, but his wife is heartbroken and furious. Is he making the right choice for their family, or will he regret missing the birth of his first child? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…

OP prioritizes work over wife’s due date, commenters warn of company’s false promises.

YTA for prioritizing work over wife’s vulnerable state and impending birth

OP prioritizes job over pregnant wife, called out for selfishness.

Don’t be a pushover, they always say they’ll fight.

OP’s work priorities over family will lead to trust issues

Prioritizing work over family is a slippery slope.

YTA for making the decision alone without considering your wife’s input

Commenter calls out OP for prioritizing work over family.

Choosing work over wife’s delivery? YTA according to commenters

Commenter calls out OP’s priorities, warns of risks. YTA.

Missing the birth of your child for work? YTA.

Risking missing the birth for work? YTA, says comment.

Choosing work over wife during due date – not love

Commenter predicts future family events missed due to work trip

Don’t be an a**hole. Your wife and child come first.

Commenter warns man extending work trip will lead to divorce

Commenter calls out man for prioritizing work over family.

Commenter calls out absent husband, demands empathy with anger.

Don’t be an a**hole, prioritize your family over work ‍

Prioritizing work over family? YTA according to commenters

Commenter warns man of possible consequences of choosing work over family.

User calls out OP for extending work trip before wife’s due date

Commenter calls out selfish husband, YTA.

Commenter calls out man for prioritizing work over family

Commenter empathizes with fear but advises to be present for wife

Career progress vs. being there for your wife YTA

Man prioritizes job over heavily pregnant wife. YTA

Man prioritizes work over wife’s due date, labeled YTA

Missing the birth of your child for work? YTA

Commenter calls out company and deems OP YTA.

A healthcare provider explains the risks of missing the birth

Commenter calls out lack of empathy in work trip decision

Commenter calls out selfishness of prioritizing work over family

Commenter calls out prioritizing work over family with regretful tone

User calls out OP’s company for not caring about workers. Replies agree.

Leaving pregnant wife alone? YTA, and it’s risky

Missing your child’s birth for work? YTA according to comment.

Commenter calls out OP for prioritizing work over family

Traveling during wife’s due date? YTA and risking lives

Missing the birth of your child for a job? YTA ‍♂️

Commenter calls out OP for prioritizing work over family

Commenter calls out man for prioritizing work over family

Choosing job over family? YTA according to commenters

Prioritizing work over family? YTA according to commenters ‍♂️

Man extends work trip before wife’s due date. Commenter calls him out for abandoning her during a dangerous and vulnerable time.

Prioritizing job over wife’s due date? YTA, find compromise

Choosing work over family? YTA according to commenters

Red flag raised on husband’s work trip before wife’s due date

Man risks missing first child’s birth for work. YTA.

Don’t be an a**hole, support your wife during childbirth

Career over family? YTA. Your kid will remember this forever

Man extends work trip before wife’s due date, YTA according to comment.

Commenter calls out corporate greed and lack of appreciation.

Missing the birth of your child for work? YTA

Commenter criticizes man’s work trip extension before wife’s due date

Hard-working employee laid off despite loyalty. Focus on family. YTA

Commenter predicts marital troubles for work-obsessed husband

Former auditor warns OP about the toll of prioritizing work

Commenter calls out OP for prioritizing work over family

OP contemplates career vs family priorities

Commenter regrets putting job before family, calls out OP’s priorities

Man prioritizes work over wife’s due date. Commenter calls him out.

Missing child’s birth for work? YTA according to commenters

Man extends work trip before wife’s due date. Commenters call YTA.

Commenter explains why due dates aren’t always accurate. ‍

Commenter calls out man for leaving wife before due date

Man admits to being an a**hole to his wife. Shocked face.

User thinks man is the a**hole for extending work trip