My brother is fuming after I called his wife’s pregnancy announcement cheap & trashy
THERE’S no “right” way to announce your pregnancy – but if you’re worried about stepping on anyone’s toes, you’d be better off avoiding any kind of special occasion.
But one couple were so convinced that their family would be thrilled by the news that they chose Christmas for the special moment.
Posting on Reddit’s Am I The A****** forum, the dad-to-be’s brother explained how they do a gift exchange every year to avoid overspending.
This involves all family members putting suggestions into a Google Doc with a limit of $20 [£14.60] per person.
He wrote: “My sister-in-law Kelsey, 34, and my brother Kyle, 30, both signed up to be on the list.
“They asked to go last because they had something special they wanted everyone to open together.”
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Once everyone had unwrapped all of their other presents, the couple asked the family to turn to their identical gifts.
He said: “Kelsey and Kyle spent $5 [£3.65] per person.
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“It was a sonogram picture in a cheap dollar store frame, a note saying ‘$35 [£25] has been donated to the baby in your name’ and a 2XL shirt with puffy paint that said BABY BELLA 2022.”
Although the family were thrilled by the happy news, they just assumed that there would be some other presents.
The brother continued: “My Dad then said, ‘do you want to finish the exchange? This is great news, but we have to be heading home so if you want to get the rest of the presents.’
“Kelsey said, ‘That IS the gift.'”
Following an argument with his son in the corridor, the dad called the stunt “bulls***” and told other family members to take back the presents they’d bought for the couple.
“A few people did take their gifts back and left,” the brother explained. “But the rest of us sort of sat there until it calmed down and then went home.”
A couple of days later, the dad-to-be showed up to his brother’s house with his “real” gift and said his pregnant wife had been crying non-stop about it.
But rather than expressing sympathy, the brother admitted that he didn’t like their present either.
He explained: “I said well, everyone else got you a real present, with thought put into it.
“You didn’t even get me a shirt that fit, that was printed professionally, and then spent the majority of the money on yourself. It felt cheap and ruined the spirit of the exchange.”
Needless to say, his comments didn’t go down well with his brother – who labelled him an “a******” before storming off.
Your brother got angry because he knew you were right.They wanted to scam the family, and they’re angry that no one fell for it.
Jumping to the brother’s defence, one member of the forum wrote: “No one wants a pic of a sonogram.”
Another added: “I hate when people leverage children or life occasions to get away with bad behaviour.
“They knew what they were doing. They were counting on the rest of you feeling too uncomfortable protesting since it was related to a baby announcement and your dad called them on it.”
Meanwhile, a third said: “He got angry because he knew you were right.
“They wanted to scam the family, and they’re angry that no one fell for it.”
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