Pregnant Woman Bans Husband from Doctor Appointments After He Won't Stop Doing This 1 Thing

Mar. 15, 2025

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A pregnant woman is facing a dilemma about her husband’s behavior.

On Feb. 25, the woman posted toRedditto ask for advice about her problems with her husband. “I’m currently pregnant, about 6 months along, and my husband has been doing this thing every time we go to a doctor appointment,” she wrote.

“He’ll drive me to the appointment, then when I’m about to get in the car, he drives forward a little, then reverses, then drives forward again. He does this a few times, and it always frustrates me,” she continued. She said that he thinks it’s hilarious and he’s just “messing with her,” but she doesn’t see it that way.

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“I’m already dealing with the physical and emotional toll of pregnancy, and this just feels like him poking fun at me when I’m already tired and stressed,” she said. When she tried to tell him how it made her feel, he told her she was “overreacting.”

The woman said they had a “big fight” about it the other day. “I tried to explain how it’s making me feel, and he got defensive, saying I need to lighten up and that it’s ‘just a joke,’” she wrote. “I told him it wasn’t funny anymore and it wasn’t something I wanted to deal with during my pregnancy.”

But the “final straw” was when they went to another doctor’s appointment this week — and he did it again. “I was just done,” she wrote. “I ended up calling my mom to take me instead and told my husband he was banned from all future appointments.”

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The commenters were strongly on the poster’s side. “He doesn’t respect your very reasonable boundary. His emotional intelligence needs some work,” one person wrote, adding, “Jokes involving a vehicle and a pregnancy are not funny.” Others pointed out that the prank could cause the poster to fall, which is especially dangerous for a pregnant person.

“A prank is only funny if both parties laugh, otherwise it’s bullying,” another person wrote. One commenter added, “He’s putting his ‘fun’ above your feelings, and perhaps even your safety.”

source: people.com