Woman is branded selfish for ‘hijacking’ her best friend’s wedding by announcing she’s pregnant – after a five-year battle to conceive due to endometriosis
- British woman revealed on Reddit she shared baby news at best friend’s wedding
- She and husband struggled to conceive due to endometriosis and low sperm count
- Woman revealed long-awaited news to university friends on pal’s wedding day
- Slammed by users for ‘stealing the spotlight’ when her friend was tying the knot
A woman has been accused of ‘hijacking’ her best friend’s wedding after she announced her pregnancy on her big day – after years of struggling to conceive.
An anonymous British woman told how she and her husband had been trying to have a baby for five years, but had ‘incredibly low’ chances of a natural conception after he was diagnosed with a low sperm count and she endometriosis.
Writing on Reddit, she revealed how after falling pregnant, she announced the news to her university friends on her best friend’s wedding day – leaving her pal ‘furious’ that she had ‘made the day all about her’.
Other users had little sympathy for the woman, with several insisting she should apologise to the friend for ‘stealing the spotlight’ on her big day – adding it’s ‘common courtesy’ to avoid big news at someone else’s wedding.
An anonymous woman, believed to be from the UK, has been accused of ‘hijacking’ her best friend’s wedding after she announced her pregnancy on her big day following years struggling to conceive (Stock image)
Speaking of the wedding which took place in January, the woman penned: ‘My husband and I have been trying for a baby for over 5 years. When we went to a fertility doctor, we were told my husband had a low sperm count.
‘A few months later I was diagnosed with endometriosis, making our chances of natural conception incredibly low.
‘We decided we were going to try for another year and then look into adoption. I found out in November that I’m pregnant and due in early August.’
The woman explained that she and the bride share a ‘big group of friends’ who all went to university in different places and therefore live miles away from each other.
The woman told on Reddit how she and her husband had been trying to have a baby for five years, but had an ‘incredibly low’ chance of a natural conception
‘It’s very rare we’re all together’, she continued. ‘And the news of my long-awaited pregnancy was one I wanted to share in person and not over the phone.
‘I didn’t make a massive announcement, I simply just people as I saw them. A lot of people knew we were struggling so wanted to see how we were getting on. It drew a bit of attention but nothing major.
‘My best friend dragged me away towards the end of the night and said she was furious with me for making this night all about me. I was apologetic but explained my reasoning and expected her to be happy for me. She was anything but and has made absolutely no effort with me since.’
Other users quickly took to the comments section where they told that her friend had ‘every right to be angry’ and that she had ‘ruined’ her pal’s wedding day by ‘making it about herself’.
Other users had little sympathy for the woman, with several insisting she should apologise to the friend for ‘stealing the spotlight’ on her big day
One angry user wrote: ‘You clearly knew your pregnancy announcement was a huge thing if you wanted to tell everyone in person and have been waiting as long as you have to be able to conceive.
‘Weddings and pregnancies are both high on the life achievement board. You should have just had your own party instead of hijacking someone else’s.’
‘Regardless as to whether it was a big announcement or not you knew the weight that news carried and picked a very bad place to tell people’, raged a second. ‘It’s common courtesy to avoid big news at a wedding. What you did was incredibly rude and you should apologise.’
A third wrote: ‘This was not your day. Not the time to turn focus to you. Your friend has every right to be angry. Surely there was a different time or way to do this, your infertility struggles don’t give you the right to hijack someone else’s wedding day.’
Another agreed: ‘It was her day and you ruined it by making it about yourself. You should have waited to tell people till the day after. I can’t imagine being so selfish as to not consider your supposed best friends feelings about you taking the spotlight on her special day. ‘