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A woman who threw her husband a steakhouse birthday party says he ruined the evening by pranking her in a cruel wayWhile she stood up to give him a toast, he joked that she was “pregnant” — something he called a “prank,” but that came just months after a miscarriageThe woman writes on Reddit that she left him at the restaurant and had him Uber home
A 28-year-old woman wants to be reimbursed for her husband’s birthday dinner after he embarrassed her in front of the guests with a prank.
In a since-deleted post shared to Redditthe woman writes that she took her 31-year-old husband out to dinner for his birthday, reserving a table at his favorite steakhouse. She invited 10 close friends and family members and “paid for everything” herself.
“At dinner, I stood up to give a short toast about how proud I was of him for hitting a milestone at work,” she explains. “I barely got two sentences in before he cuts me off and says, ‘You know what would really make this birthday better? If (my name) finally admitted she’s pregnant.’ ”
The woman, who is not pregnant nor is she trying to get pregnant, notes that she is sensitive about the topic following a recent miscarriage.
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“Everyone at the table gasped, then stared at me for confirmation. My mother-in-law immediately started squealing and tearing up,” she recalls. “My boss (who I invited because he helped get my husband promoted) actually stood up to congratulate us.”
She continues, “I looked at him in total disbelief and said, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ He laughed and said it was a prank. Just a joke.”
The woman got up and left. She paid the bill from her car via an app and texted everyone that the night was over. She told her husband, meanwhile, that “he could Uber home.”
“When he did get back, he called me humorless, said I humiliated him on his birthday, and now even his family is saying I was ‘cold’ to him over a ‘harmless joke,'” she writes. “He says I embarrassed him by walking out and that I made everyone uncomfortable. I think he humiliated me first.”
The title of the post suggests that she now wants her husband to reimburse her, as she writes that she is “refusing to pay” for the dinner following the prank.
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Reddit users are squarely on the woman’s side, with one writing, “This wasn’t a prank. It was public emotional sabotage.
“That’s not harmless. That’s not funny. That’s cruel,” the commenter added.
“It’s the cruelty for me. Miscarriage is so painful,” another chimed in. “Her husband’s lack of basic human decency and consideration is astounding.”
Another commenter offered advice, writing, “This is what I was coming to say. Consciously or not, he is blaming her, and his joke was cruel. I’m sorry for your miscarriage. I would suggest telling your husband you are reevaluating staying married without individual and couples counseling. And put trying to conceive on hold for a bit – this person does not have your back.”
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