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My husband repeatedly broke my boundaries, then asked me to sympathize with him.

Don't sympathize with him.

I'm currently pregnant with my second child.

I found out three days before Christmas and told my husband the following day.

He was pleased, myself, excited, but more than a little nervous.

A big mixed bag of feelings.

By the way, this comes from OK Establishment, 73.58. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash OK Storytime Subredit. I'm Sophia. I'm Keon. And we're here to give good advice, govly, but we don't have all the answers. We only know what we do. So let us know what you would do in the comments. And O.P. says, for this and other reasons, I asked my husband if we could keep the news between us for

a while and let me process and adjust to this new reality before sharing with our friends

and family. His response, I'm so excited. Can I just tell work friends? What didn't you get?

No. What didn't you get from? Don't tell anyone. No. I repeated that I would prefer to keep it between us for now, and at least to get through the holidays without all the focus on us. Fewer than 10 minutes later, he says, work phone is super happy for us. And I told other friends. She says, congrats. So you told two people now? That's crazy. You know what's going to happen? It's going to spread by the wildfire. They're all going to tell other people, too. I let him know I was disappointed, and I thought his behavior was super disrespectful and crappy, but whatever, it's out of my hands now. He assured me that he wasn't going to tell anyone else. Fast forward through the weeks following Christmas, during which he pestered and pressured me to tell his family members before I was ready.

Again, we had his parents casually over for coffee one night, and he let it slip without my consent because he's just so excited.

He didn't just let it slip.

No, he meant to do that.

Yeah.

Repeat this process with a few other friends and family members. For whatever reason, he hasn't yet let it slip to his paternal grandparents. Because of this, his dad has been pressuring him to call them. Today, his dad gave him an ultimatum. He would say something before the end of the day if my husband didn't. Why? No. Wait, why is it so pertinent to tell the grandparents right now?

Literally no.

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