A woman has brought fierce criticism upon her spouse after she revealed he refused to help pay her hospital bill following the birth of their child – accusing her of insisting on ‘princess’ treatment because she ‘caved’ and got an epidural.
The unnamed 32-year-old Reddit user ignited rage online after she detailed her birth experience, explaining that her 35-year-old husband of seven years blasted her for wanting ‘luxury’ treatment when having their child.
In a now-deleted post, the woman questioned if she was an ‘a**hole’ for expecting him to contribute to the hospital tab.
She explained that she planned to go for an ‘unmedicated natural birth,’ but as her pain progressed, she requested medication, causing her spouse to decline to help cover the $8,000 bill because she ‘couldn’t hold out’ and ‘jacked up the bill with all of [her] meds and an extra night’s stay.’
A woman has brought fierce criticism upon her spouse after she revealed he refused to pay her hospital bill following their child’s birth because she requested an epidural (stock image)
The unnamed 32-year-old Reddit user detailed her birth experience that saw her 35-year-old husband of seven years blasting her for wanting ‘luxury’ treatment when having their child
After having been removed from the Reddit thread ‘Am I The A**hole?’, a Twitter user re-posted the thread with the caption, ‘Are you all ready to hate someone?’
In the Reddit thread the anonymous woman revealed that she was seeking help from the web as a ‘last resort’ before explaining that she and her husband had always spilt the costs 50/50 until welcoming their child.
She wrote: ‘My husband and I welcomed our first child three months ago. We’ve been married seven years now and decided it was time to expand our family. Everything was going well and we were in our little newborn bubble of bliss until the hospital bills came.’
The new mom explained that throughout their marriage, they had kept their ‘money separate with the exception of a joint account for bills.’
‘Throughout the duration of my pregnancy, I planned to go for an unmedicated natural birth with as little intervention as possible,’ she revealed.
However, at the 24-hour mark, the mom-of-one detailed how things quickly took a turn when she decided she needed an epidural.
‘I hit the 24-hour mark of labor, I caved and got the epidural, which I was open to having if needed. My husband had no problem with it, [he] even encouraged it,’ she revealed.
But, when it came time to pay her spouse quickly changed his tune.
When the $8,000 bill arrived, he handed it to her and insisted she pay it in full from her personal savings, she claimed.
The unnamed mom asked her husband why they wouldn’t be splitting the cost.
‘He said, “You’re the one that couldn’t hold out for a few more hours and jacked up the bill with all your meds and an extra night’s stay and he shouldn’t have to pay for all of my extra requests,”‘ she said.
She also said that her spouse said that if she ‘wanted luxury, [she] should expect to pay for it.’
‘He refuses to budge, calling me a princess for expecting him to pay for all the “extra add ons” I requested in the hospital,’ she said.
The mom added that this has been the ‘biggest issue’ they have had in the 14 years that they have been together and she was not sure what to do.
Social media users were quick to come to the mom’s defense, blasting her husband for his behavior
Eventually, the Reddit user ‘gave in and paid the bill,’ but the two hadn’t spoken to each other much since then and she now felt ‘disrespected.’
She ended her post by questioning if she was in the right.
She wrote: ‘Do I have the right to feel this way or is it just hormones? Am I the a**hole for expecting him to contribute towards the cost of my childbirth? Would I be the a**hole for considering leaving him?’
Social media users were quick to come to the mom’s defense, blasting her husband for his behavior.
One person wrote: ‘Yeah sorry she needs to take that baby and go. They’ll do much better without that man.’
‘I hope she dumps him. He will never change, only become more abusive,’ another user added.
‘Blood boiling,’ one person’s comment read.
Someone else said: ‘Divorce him. His child support payments will more than cover it.’
‘What garbage,’ one person said.
‘How terrifying to be married to someone for 7 years, have a child with them and they do this,’ another wrote.
‘Together since she was 18, gaslit and disrespected. Oof. This guy hates women,’ a social media comment read.
‘Literally, leave him immediately,’ one person urged.
‘A princess?! Forget 50/50, he should have been paying 100% of the costs since he did 0% of the work. Leave. Leave immediately,’ a commenter wrote.
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