‘Boyfriend’s mum booked him vacation weeks before I give birth and is livid at me’

A soon-to-be mother is outraged as her boyfriend’s mum has booked a trip to Italy as a ‘paternity vacation’, just one week before his partner is due to give birth

A weoman is furious after her boyfriend’s mum booked a trip to Italy just for him – a week before his child is due to be born.

The soon-to-be mum took to Reddit to explain how her boyfriend had taken three weeks off as paternity leave to help her and look after the baby.

The boyfriend’s mum went over for dinner to reveal the news that the boyfriend would be going an all expense paid holiday to Italy as a paternity present from his parents.

In the post she stated: “I’m 37 weeks pregnant now and my boyfriend took 3 weeks off work to stay with me so that we can adjust to being parents to a newborn. This is my first and I’m very nervous and really need the support right now.”

The trip would take up two weeks of his leave, just allowing him one week to help his girlfriend before she is due to give birth.

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“However I told her that his leave was for helping with the baby. She was taken aback and said that he would be with me for a week and that was long enough. Her husband never even stayed at the hospital with her when her son was born,” she explained in an online post.

For her present, the girlfriend was grateful to receive a jade stoned bracelet and a matching one for the baby, but was not impressed by his boyfriend’s gift.

In response to this lavish present, the girlfriend claimed she did not want to see her boyfriend go and leave her for this time before she was due to give birth.

“I told her and my boyfriend that I didn’t want him to go and that she should have asked first before buying such an extraordinary gift. She left in tears because I was “ungrateful” and ruining her sons experience,” she continued in the post.

In response to this post, one Redditor commented: “It’s crazy. What was the mother thinking? Left in tears because her son can’t abandon his new born to go on vacation? Give me a break.”

The boyfriend still intends to go on the trip for at least a week, according to the girlfriend in the Reddit post as his mother has already paid for it.

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