Man claps back at mother-in-law after she shows disappointment at gender reveal

A man says he’s found himself feuding with his mother-in-law after she expressed disappointment about him and his wife having another daughter. She wasn’t happy when he clapped back

A man who says his mother-in-law didn’t even try to hide her disappointment after learning the gender of their baby says she’s now furious with how he responded to her disapproval. The 34-year-old man says he and his wife already have two daughters and are now expecting their third child.

The proud parents recently found out the gender of their unborn baby and learned they would be having a third little girl. He says he was “beyond happy and thrilled”, adding it was “no biggie” to him that they weren’t having a son as he loves being a dad to his girls. They decided to let their in-laws know their exciting news during a family dinner, but the husband was left more than a little put out by the way his mother-in-law reacted.

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Taking to Reddit, the ticked-off dad – who goes by the username u/_Elite2017_ – recalled: “[My mother-in-law] gave me a look then flat-out said ‘A girl? again….something seems off here, (turns to me) you know that men are responsible for the gender of the baby right?’

“I replied with ‘so? you think I must be doing something wrong or something?’, to which she responded ‘no, but I’m just being honest here’. I responded with ‘It’s fine really, they’re kids, why would their sex matter? I don’t plan on inbreeding them!’. Suddenly everyone started laughing and my mother-in-law went completely quiet. She excused herself to the bathroom and stayed there for a while.”

He continued: “Dinner got awkward, like really really…I mean really awkward and we had to go home. My wife started getting angry calls from her mum about me embarrassing and humiliating her with the ‘stupid joke’ I made at the dinner table. She said I disrespected her in her own home. I told my wife that her mum was blatantly trying to blame me.”

His wife reasoned that, technically, her mother was right about men being responsible for the baby’s gender, and encouraged him to just apologise. He’s refused to do so and is now wondering whether or not he’s done anything wrong, turning to fellow Reddit users for their words of wisdom.

One person advised: “Your mother-in-law was super rude to say what she said. And I think your joke was hilarious! If she brings it up again, you could always just agree with her and tell her that you’re happy to take all the credit for your third girl child.

“Lay it on thick, even: girls are so awesome, you’re thrilled that one of your x swimmers was once again the fastest, you and your wife produce the most amazing girls ever in the history of the world, etc. etc.”

Another said: “Blaming the dad for the gender of the baby is just as stupid as when they blamed the mum in the olden days. My mother got that same attitude with my husband because our second son looks just like him.

“Totally accusatory attitude that he looks like him and not me….as if he somehow made an intentional choice to selfishly have our son look like him and not me. Like, ma’am, neither of us had any control over which genes our baby got.”

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