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My sister sets an ultimatum for my baby's gender reveal.

So I set my own demands.

You have now entered negotiations with a master.

My girlfriend, female 26, and I, male 29, found out in August that we were going to be parents to our first child. Generally,

everyone was very happy about the news. By the way, this comes from primary tumbleweed 89 on the

R-slash-O-K Storytime subreddit. So I felt shock because at the time wasn't planned. I called my

mother for reassurance and it helped. She wasn't happy. I told her over the phone

call, which I understand, and I'm a likely A-hole 4. I apologize and we put it behind us. My sister has been

supportive. She helped us move to a new house, wanted to take my partner out baby shopping in a few

weeks. However, my mother was less helpful. We had a FaceTime mid-August about housing options. And then my mother randomly asked me if my partner was on the pill. I said yes, and I've seen her take it. And she asked if I was short, almost like she was insinuating, that I was baby trapped. Are you sure that wasn't a little breath mint she was taking? I have had worries about my sister. I'm happy she's excited, but I feel sometimes she's too much.

She was talking about having the baby every weekend so we could do stuff as a couple, and I said,

we have to consider both families. She was also concerned about us moving a bit closer to my

girlfriend's family instead of mine. She said I wouldn't get as much support in question the support

from my partners as her mother lives two hours away. I said she comes down every weekend to look

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