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The author of the post is an expecting mom whose son is due in November
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However, the spouses decided not to throw any gender reveal party, and just told it to their parents
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The author’s father has a girlfriend of 3 years, who got incredibly upset over the mom-to-be’s unwillingness to have a party
So, a few days later, this girlfriend tricked the author into a party with some friends and relatives as guests
So, please meet the Original Poster (OP), an expecting mom whose son is due this November. And so, when the author and her husband shared the good news with their parents and their partners, the mom-to-be’s dad and hisgirlfriendof 3 years were very upset that the spouses wouldn’t throw anygender revealparty.
However, a couple of days later, when the woman’s father was out of town, his partner invited the OP to their apartment – and when our heroine entered, she saw that the whole room was decorated with pink and blue balloons, and about a dozen joyful people had gathered around her.
There was the girlfriend’s own mom (whom our heroine honestly doesn’t like at all), her MIL and several friends. The author’s mother, however,wasn’t there. And, as the woman later found out, the girlfriend lied to her friends that she had changed her mind about having a party.
However, the party ended as suddenly as it began. Standing in the doorway, without even touching the cake, our heroine loudly announced: “It’s a boy! You guys can go home now.” And, turning around, without looking back, she walked away.
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“There are always people around us for whom only the fulfillment of their own desires is important – even contrary to the opinions of others,” says Irina Matveeva, apsychologistand certified NLP specialist, with whomBored Pandagot in touch for a comment over this situation. “And they skillfully (or not so skillfully) try to disguise the realization of theirown desiresas helping other people.”
“Just judge for yourself – this woman was repeatedly told that there was no need to throw a party, but she wanted it so much that she even resorted to an outright lie towards her stepdaughter’s friends. It’s quite possible that she was sincerely confident that she knew what was better for the mom-to-be.”
In fact, the commenters on the original post also completely agree with our heroine’s reaction – simply because her dad’s girlfriend grossly violated all conceivable personal boundaries. “This smacks of her trying to ‘prove’ that she cares about you more than your mom, especially seeing how either your mom wasn’t invited or she turned down the invitation to respect your wishes,” one person wrote.
Most of the commenters were sure that the dad’s girlfriend had violated the author’s personal boundaries and praised her for her response
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