We all know that giving birth is a unique experience for every woman, but what happens when a husband feels the need to correct his wife’s version of their child’s birth story? In a recent online post, a man shared how his wife told her friends she had a natural, pain-free birth, when in reality, she had an epidural and an emergency episiotomy. The husband couldn’t help but call her out on the lie in front of her friends, leading to an awkward and tense situation.
Wife’s Natural Birth Plan

Husband’s Worries

The Big Day Arrives

Change of Plans

Emergency Episiotomy

Mom’s Gathering

Wife’s Version of the Story

Husband Calls Her Out

Setting the Record Straight

Friends’ Reactions

Wife’s Anger

The Argument

Truth or Lie: What’s Best?
So, the husband calls out his wife’s lie in front of her friends, leading to an awkward and tense situation. While the wife felt embarrassed and argued that there was no reason for him to share the truth, the husband believed there was no reason to lie in the first place. Was he right to correct her story, or should he have let her version slide for the sake of her feelings? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation.
ESH for outing her, but lying about birth is wrong

Calling out your wife in public? YTA big time

Correcting wife’s birth story in front of friends is insensitive

Publicly correcting your spouse’s lie makes everyone suck here
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Man humiliates wife in front of friends, YTA

ESH for lying and throwing spouse under the bus ♂️
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Calling out a lie: NTA corrects wife’s birth story.

Spouse corrects wife’s false birth story, NTA for honesty

NTA husband gives reality check to wife’s perfect birth fantasy

Man embarrasses wife in front of friends. YTA.

NTA calls out wife’s weird lie about perfect birth experience

NTA calls out wife’s birth story lie, friends caught off-guard ♂️
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Huge lie about birth story, NTA for correcting wife

Husband defends correcting wife’s birth story, gets NTA judgement

Spouse corrected wife’s birth story to one-up friends. NTA.

NTA comment finds humor in wife’s birth story exaggeration.

Breaking the stigma around medical intervention during birth

Calling out your wife in public? YTA Have a private chat.

Defending husband’s honesty sparks debate on gender double standards

Man publicly shames wife for lying, called out for insensitivity

Correcting your wife’s birth story in front of friends? YTA

Agreeing to honor each other’s memories can prevent embarrassment

NTA gets support, suggests wife explain for fair judgment

Man corrects wife’s birth story, but YTA according to commenter.

Woman defends husband’s decision to not lie about wife’s birth story

Correcting wife’s birth story makes YTA, birth trauma is common

Breaking the elitism around childbirth, calling out lies. NTA

Man humiliates wife in front of friends about birth story. YTA.

Birth story corrected, medical terms clarified. No emergency procedures exist.

Correcting wife’s birth story in public? YTA

A comment questions the phrasing of a NTA verdict.

Calling out the husband’s insensitivity with a YTA verdict

Insensitive husband gets called out for correcting wife’s birth story

Don’t be an a**hole, respect your partner’s privacy

Don’t share someone’s intimate medical details with friends. YTA

Communication is key in avoiding misunderstandings with significant others ✌️

Giving birth isn’t a competition, focus on the baby

Man’s crude comment corrected by commenter in hilarious way
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Man violates wife’s privacy by correcting birth story. YTA

Spouse corrects wife’s birth story in front of friends. NTA.

Man corrects wife’s birth story in front of friends – YTA

Don’t be a birthing know-it-all, YTA. Let her share.

Correcting wife’s birth story in front of friends? YTA, no doubt.

Natural childbirth shouldn’t be a competition. NTA.

Man publicly humiliates wife for lying about birth experience

Don’t invalidate someone’s experience, YTA ♂️

ESH, but the wife’s birth experience shouldn’t be invalidated

Spouse corrects wife’s birth story, commenters side with honesty

Setting the record straight on birth stories. #NTA

Birthing a child whichever way means super mom

Man overshared wife’s medical history without consent YTA.

A soft YTA for correcting wife’s birth story in public

NTA shuts down ‘birthing Olympics’ and unnecessary guilt culture

Wife lied about childbirth, possible trauma. NTA for correcting her.

User calls out OP for correcting wife’s birth story publicly. YTA.

NTA calls out wife for lying about birth story
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Man humiliates wife in front of friends, YTA. Apologize immediately

User calls out OP for being TA and insensitive towards wife’s birth story

OP gets called out for correcting wife’s birth story

Empathy is key, don’t invalidate others’ experiences.

Complicated birth story leads to lies and jokes, ESH.
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Man publicly corrects wife’s birth story, gets called out for disrespecting her.

Let HER tell HER story because it was her body.

A scathing comment on a man’s inappropriate behavior at a party

Don’t steal her moment Let her have her story and enjoy the bonding.

Man’s correction of wife’s birth story sparks debate and skepticism. ESH.

Doula suggests wife needs to process birth experience; OP YTA.

Yikes! A husband’s TMI moment earns him a YTA judgement.

Honesty is the best policy

NTA values truth, suggests discussing deeper issue with wife

Calling out dangerous mommy culture with a NTA judgement

Honesty is the best policy, NTA. Lesson learned for all.

Empathize with your partner’s trauma instead of publicly humiliating them.

Insensitive husband shames wife’s birth story, YTA. Lack of empathy.

C-section shaming and public humiliation – ESH in childbirth drama

Woman defends wife’s birth story, calls out husband’s behavior.

Questioning the authenticity of a cringey birth story

Man receives backlash for correcting wife’s birth story in public

Wife lied about birth, husband could have been more tactful
