Reddit Stories - Betrayed by Family_ From REJECTION to REVELATION - The Shocking Twist in My PREGNANCY Journey_

Episode Date: June 16, 2025

#redditstories #askreddit #aita #familydrama #pregnancyjourney #betrayal #rejection #shockingtwistSummary: A shocking twist in a pregnancy journey reveals betrayal by family, turning rejection into revelation. The emotional rollercoaster unfolds as secrets come to light, challenging relationships and reshaping the future.Tags: redditstories, askreddit, reddit, aita, tifu, familydrama, pregnancyjourney, betrayal, rejection, shockingtwist, relationships, familysecrets, emotionaljourney, personalgrowth, unexpectedturn, familybond, trustissues, lifechangingevents, supportsystem, unexpectedrevelationBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reddit-stories--6237355/support.

Relatives rejected me for marrying a factory employee, but when I became pregnant they unexpectedly arrived at my residence with lavish presence. However, I firmly shut the door in their faces. Face I'm 28 female and three years ago when I married my husband Luke, 30 male, my family disown me and since then we have not spoken to each other. Luke and I had been dating for two years when we decided to get married, and my parents never loved him, so they were quite against the idea of accepting him as part of the

family as their son-in-law. The reason for that was really shallow, it was because Luke didn't come from a background like ours. Luke's dad was a high school janitor and his mom was a stay-at-home mom who had to take care of him and his two younger siblings as well. Money was always tight and Luke never even got to go to college because he had to start working right after he finished high school so he could support his family. When I met him, he had been working as a warehouse worker in a nearby office building, so I would often see him around during my lunch break. After a month or two, I asked him out. I honestly didn't care what his job was or what kind of money he made. He seemed cute, and after a couple of dates, I knew that he was the perfect guy for me.

Six months later, I introduced him to my parents and they were initially happy to see him, but the more they got to know about his family and his background, the less they seemed to like him. Eventually, they started pressuring me to break up with him because they didn't think we were a good match. Apparently, they wanted to save me from heartbreak and tell me that this relationship was never going to work out beforehand because we were just too different, and eventually the honeymoon phase would end and it was inevitable that we would go separate ways. I come from a really affluent business family. My grandparents started an investment firm and my parents run it now. It's lucrative, and my parents have always taken pride in their work and the kind of money that they make,

where they come from and the people they associate with. In short, they have always been really snobby, but it has never rubbed off on me. In fact, whenever I would see them act like they were too good for everyone else, it would give me the ick, and from a young age, I decided that I didn't want to be like that, and I think I stayed true to my decision. My parents really wanted both my sister and I to work for them and take their business forward, but honestly, working under my parents seemed like a nightmare, so I started working elsewhere. I was already on thin ice since I had let them down by not joining the business after I graduated, and I think my decision to be with Luke was the last straw. So when we got engaged, they were furious and gave me an ultimatum that I could either break the

engagement off and continue to be a part of the family, or else they would disown me and make my sister the heir to all their inheritance. My sister was the golden child to our parents, and rightfully so, to be honest. She had earned it because, Because right from my childhood, she had been exactly the kind of person that my parents had been trying to raise. Sophie, my sister, has always been just like my parents and also took pride in our wealth, even though she hadn't been the one to earn it. She was also just as snobby and narcissistic and thought she was better than everyone else just because her parents had tons of money. Sophie is my youngest sister, she's two years younger. So initially I tried to make her act more

like me, more like a normal person, to be honest, but it never really stuck. I guess she was just too innately like my parents to realize that the way they behaved with other people was not right. Anyway, I still used to get along with her when we were really young, but around the time she started high school, she became a bit of a bully and we stopped sharing a good relationship. It was also pretty sickening for me to constantly be told that I needed to be more like my sister when it came to socializing with people, since according to my parents, I had absolutely no standards. And there was also the fact she led her life exactly like our parents wanted her to, since she got a business degree and started working with our parents so she could take the

company forward. And now she was the poster child for what an ideal daughter should be like. My parents, and occasionally even Sophie, had tried really hard to convince me to break up with Luke while we were dating because they didn't agree with our relationship. Unfortunately, they could not succeed, and we got engaged. After my parents gave me that ultimatum, it was a really easy choice for me. I didn't care about their inheritance at all. I just wanted to live a peaceful life with Luke. So I told them that they could disown me and I wouldn't have any issues with it.

About three months before my wedding, my parents publicly announced to the family that they were dissoning me from marrying someone who was clearly with me just because I came from a rich family. And they wanted to see how long our marriage would last if I didn't have the money that I did so far and there was no hope for an inheritance. They were pretty confident that Luke would leave me as soon as he found out that my parents had disown me and all the inheritance would now be going to my sister, but I guess they were wrong if the fact that Luke and I are currently expecting our first baby together is any indication. After they disown me, I was kind of upset about it because, all things said and done, they were still my family and I really loved them. but I never spoke to them again. They did not reach out to me either. I have continued to work in HR, and shortly after our marriage, Luke was promoted to warehouse manager,

and the position came with a significant raise as well. So life has been pretty comfortable, and we have been really happy together. A couple of months ago, we found out that I was pregnant, and it was time to complete our happy little family. My in-laws have taken care of me like their own daughter ever since they found out that Luke and I were together, and have never let me feel the absence of my own family. I was pretty content with life, and there was no drama until two weeks ago when

Sophie texted me to let me know that our parents might be visiting me soon. And in case any of you are thinking that she had magically turned into a better person, which is why she had warned me, that's not the case. The only reason she reached out to me to let me know was because she was pissed at our parents. Apparently, one year ago, they had set her up with a guy who happened to be the son of a very close friend of theirs, and she had agreed to go out with him, give him a chance, and see where the relationship goes. Our parents always spoke highly of the family since, of course, they were from the same kind of financial background, because that guy was also pretty well off. About a month ago, after dating for almost one year, he proposed and Sophie accepted.

She thought that this would make the family happy, and she was also ready to settle down and start a family of her own. But before they could announce the engagement, the parents of the guys suggested that both of them get fertility tests done because they were really hoping for a grandchild, and their son had already been conned by another woman before this who hadn't told them that she had had a hysterectomy for medical reasons. So they didn't want to take the same risk anymore. Sophie thought that it was a bit weird, but she agreed to it since our parents wanted her to do. just get it over with so they could announce the engagement. But unfortunately, they found out that she was sterile. They had her tested a couple more times just to be sure, but every single time, the results were the same. My parents took her to the fertility specialists, and they did not have any clear explanation as to why this was the case with her. Eventually, the guy ended up

breaking up with her because he did not want to go against what his family wanted. And the loveliest part of all this is that my parents are now blaming her for some reason. I don't even want to get into how messed up all of this is, and I was horrified after reading the text that she sent. And towards the end of the message, it was time for me to be really pissed off, because she told me that she was telling me all of this because she knew that our parents would be reaching out to me soon enough because they had heard from a couple of relatives that I was expecting. And since they didn't have a shot at getting any grandchildren from her anymore, I was their only hope. After reading that message, I spoke to Luke, and we decided that no matter what happened,

we were not going to reconnect with them. It was just not worth it. And also, after the way they had treated Sophie, I wanted nothing to do with them. And just like Sophie had said, my parents showed up at my door three days back, and when I opened the door, they pulled me into a hug and said that they had heard that they were going to be grandparents now. So they wanted to let go of the past and start afresh, which is why they were here to reconcile with me and had even brought gifts for me worth almost $40,000 that were still in the car. It was the mention of the gifts and what they were worth that pissed me off even more. I was just a couple of months into the pregnancy, so I wasn't showing just yet, and I was also wearing really loose clothes. So I just told my parents that what they had heard

about me being pregnant was not true, and then I also told them that I had spoken to Sophie recently and I knew exactly what they were here for. So even if it was true, I had no interest in reconciling with them. I am my own person, not a baby-making machine, and if they only wanted to reconnect with me now that I was their only ticket to having grandkids, then I didn't want that sort of a relationship at all. I also told my parents that I knew my worth and it was most certainly more than $40,000 before I shut the door.

It was really satisfying, and I don't think I had done anything wrong because, after the way they had treated me and also Sophie, I don't think they deserve a chance to have the kind of family that they expected. But after that, my dad sent me a message, and now I'm kind of confused, which is why I'm here to ask for advice on what to do. It's not a really long message, so I'll just paste it here, and you guys can make of it what you will. The reason we came to visit you and make things right is because we know for a fact that you are pregnant. I know you had specifically told everyone not to reveal it to us just yet, but everyone in the family had told us that they thought it was about time to make things right with you, and so did we. You have no

idea how sorry your mother and I were about everything after you got married. We had wanted to reach out to you several times, but every time that we spoke about you to the rest of the family, we only got to find out that you still hated us, and we were waiting for you to cool down before we reached out. I guess that was our mistake, not doing anything and constantly just waiting for everything to be calm before we apologized. But I really don't want to apologize to you for something that we put you through. We also want to apologize to Luke because we were really wrong about him. It's just that we didn't want him to break your heart, and you know how common it is in our circles to find out that the person your kid was dating turned out to be a gold digger. So we just wanted to

save you from that, and I guess we went a little overboard and never really even gave Luke a fighting chance. We were just trying to protect you, but now I see that we didn't do it in the right way. I wish I could have apologized to you a really long time ago, and trust me, your mother and I will always be sorry for what we did. And as for whatever Sophie has told you, I can assure you that it's not true, not all true, at the very least, since her ex did not dump her because her family found out that she was sterile. There were loads of other reasons that she hadn't mentioned, like she has severe anger issues and also she was extremely insecure when she was with him. I bet she didn't tell you about all of that, but her ex reached out to us later on to let us know

that these were the real reasons he had left her and not just because she had fertility issues. Lastly, I know you are worth much more than the gifts we bought, but we just wanted to show you how sorry we were. We still are from the bottom of our hearts, and I hope that you see that and forgive us. So this is what they sent, and now I'm really confused. I'm desperate to find out the truth about everything, but I don't know if it's even my business anymore. I also do feel like a bit of a jerk because of how I slammed the door on my parents when they made an attempt to reconcile with me.

And now I'm wondering, Ida for rejecting my parents and their attempts to make things right with me? Update 1, so I spoke to Luke about it, and just like many people in the comments, he explained to me that at this point, it doesn't really matter what the truth is. It makes absolutely no difference what the truth is. real reason behind the breakup between my sister and her exes, because ultimately, my parents were only here because I was pregnant. Had that not been the case, they never would have bothered to reach out to me again. And the fact that they had waited for so long really went to show

that they believed they could come and go as they pleased, and I was just going to have to deal with it. He told me that the message that they sent me was just an attempt to emotionally manipulate me, and since I was pregnant, I might have been slightly more vulnerable, which is why I kind of fell for it. And I'm going to agree with him there because I have actually been kind of more emotional about everything recently. But Luke was able to find a lot of loopholes in the message that they sent me. Like, for instance, if they really had so much regret about the way that they had treated me, and especially Luke, then they should have just reached out to us at least once. Granted, I did seem angry with them, but how was not talking to me going to fix that?

Surely they knew that if they wanted to make things right, they would have to talk to us. They couldn't wait for us to calm down on our own. That's not how things work. And more importantly, it wasn't like they were not aware of the fact that Luke and I kept our finances separate until we got married. In fact, I had been the one to approach Luke and not the other way around. So if he actually had been a gold digger, I'm pretty sure that he would have come to me instead. It was understandable that they were concerned about the differences in our families and financial backgrounds for the first couple of months, but they never even tried to get along with Luke and get

to know him. They had actually acknowledged that fact in their message, and they had never even given him a chance. And yet they did not have the decency to apologize to him separately. It's not like they didn't have his phone number or they didn't know how to contact him. He was on social media, and they could have just reached out to him there if they were really serious about their apology. But the way they were acting, and even the way that they had phrased things, just made it very obvious that they were taking this very casually. So I really don't have any reason to feel bad about what has happened. So talking to him about this has made me feel

much better about my decision. I also made up my mind that I was not going to reach out to Sophie because I don't know about what her intentions were, but one thing is for sure, she did not reach out to me out of the goodness of her heart. Some people in the comments were saying that I was being too hard on Sophie because she has had a terrible experience recently, and she only wanted to warn me. So I should probably not say such awful things about her, because in the end, she actually did me a favor by warning me that my parents would be visiting. And that might be true, but that doesn't automatically discount whatever she has done in the past. She cut me off the very same day that my parents did and never bothered to check on me again,

not to mention the fact that I had already spoken about how she was as a person in my original post. She had also always been really biased against Luke because his background and behavior were really not any better than my parents. The only reason she even told me about all of this was because she was pissed at our parents. I'm pretty sure if things had worked out with the guy that my parents had set her up with, she wouldn't have reached out to me, and things would have remained the same. So she did this for revenge on our parents, not because she was looking out for me. I understand that she went through something really horrible, and as a woman, I will always stand by her and maintain that the way her ex and our parents treated her for something that's

not even in her control is not right. But as her sister, I'm never going to forgive her, and I really don't have to. I know that now. A couple of days have passed since I last heard from my parents, and after that message, they have not made any attempt to reach out to me again. So I'm hoping that they will stick, and they won't contact me after this because I really don't want any more drama. I just want this to be a smooth and happy pregnancy, and for that, they are going to have to stay away. Whether or not I want them to be a part of my life later or not, I'm going to decide after the baby is born because right now, my own happiness is my top priority. And it's not like my babies are never going to know the love of grandparents or

uncles and aunts, since my in-laws and even Luke's siblings have made it a point to check up on me either by calling or visiting every other weekend. It just warms my heart how close their family is and how seamlessly they made me a part of their family as soon as they found out that their son loved me, without any drama or any complaints. I wish my family could have done the same, but alas. Update 2. So two weeks ago, my parents paid me a visit to reconcile with me, but I had made it very clear that I did not want to speak to them right now. Since then, we hadn't had any interactions apart from that one text message that they sent me, and I didn't even reply to that. I thought that they would take the hint and figure out that this was not the right time to bother me, but

obviously, they couldn't just let this go, and they decided to show up once again yesterday. Last evening, since it was a Sunday, both Luke and I were chilling at home, and suddenly somebody was at the door, even though we were not expecting any visitors. When Luke looked outside, he saw that my parents were standing outside and asked me whether I wanted to let them in or not, and obviously I said no. So Luke told them to leave, and I went to my bedroom because I really didn't want to deal with this right then. I was kind of exhausted, and I was not in the mood.

But instead of just leaving me alone when Luke told them to, my parents decided to stay at the door and argue with him. They reached such volumes that I was forced to come back out and personally tell them to leave. Even then, they did not stop arguing with me and said that they were only here to make things right with me, and I had to give them a chance. They claimed that they had raised me, and so this was literally the bare minimum that I could do for them. I tried to explain to them that I would speak to them when I was less emotionally volatile, but right now this was not the time to bother me. And they refused to listen. Instead, they doubled down on why I should be grateful to them for the

life that they had given me and said that I was snatching the chance of being grandparents from them just for a stupid little lapse in judgment that had happened three years ago. They sounded really annoyed with me, and that pissed me off because they were in no position to be making demands right now. And their stupid little lapse in judgment, as they put it, had caused a lot of heartache and trauma for me. So maybe it was not as little as they thought, and it was up to me whether I wanted to forgive them now or five years from now. They couldn't force me to forgive them, and they needed to understand that. I guess my only mistake in that situation was getting carried away emotionally and arguing with

them instead of just calling the cops and letting them deal with it. Anyway, when I started arguing with them, my mother started crying and said that I was being heartless. She said that she had already had to deal with the fact that Sophie was not going to be a mother, and now I was treating her this way in spite of everything that she had been through. I couldn't even believe the audacity she must have had to bring up how she was feeling about me treating her like this when my parents themselves had pushed Sophie into a corner just because she wouldn't be able to have kids, so much so that she literally felt the need to talk to me about

it, somebody she hadn't spoken to in years. After that, I just snapped, and I told my parents that in order to be good grandparents, they needed to be good parents first, and they had failed miserably at that job. First, they had ruined their relationship with me just because they couldn't accept the fact that I wanted to be with Luke, and he wasn't a spoiled rich brat like most people in our circle, but was instead an honest and hardworking man, and those were not values that they stood for, obviously. As if that was not bad enough, they had also ruined the relationship that they had with Sophie, their so-called golden child. She had done everything right her entire life just to please them, and in spite of that, they couldn't see anything apart from the fact

that she was sterile. They had reduced her to just that one condition and pushed her away, even though her entire life she had done nothing except try and make them happy. At least with me, they had the excuse that I had always gone against them, and that's why they had found it very easy to cut me off. But with Sophie, there was literally no reason for them to be so cruel to her, especially during a time when they should have been supportive of her. They had failed us both, and now they had no right to demand any sort of place in our lives. And I didn't know about Sophie, but I was definitely not going to forgive them time soon. If they had really been sorry about what they had done, they would have left

me alone, and they would have understood I was not in the right head space to deal with them as of now. But instead of just dealing with their punishment, which was not to talk to me until I was ready, they decided to force their presence on us and expected me to be okay with it. Well, I was not okay with it, and I told them that even after everything that I had said, if they still didn't leave me alone, then I would be forced to call the cops, and that would not look too good for them. It was after that they finally left, and I was extremely upset for hours after that. I shouldn't have come out of my room to talk to them at all, but honestly, I'm glad that in a way I was able to get all of this out of my system. I needed to say these

things out loud, and I needed them to hear it so they knew just how badly they had failed both their kids. And now that it's out there, I feel much lighter. Of course, I do regret spending my evening fighting with them because it was a total waste of time, but at least some good came out of it. Update 3, hi guys. So almost three months have passed since my last update, and I'm well into my pregnancy now. I'm definitely showing, and my baby will be here in two to three months hopefully. Not a lot of things have changed since the last time that I posted here. Part of the reason that I was so inactive was because I didn't have anything to say, since my parents finally respected my wishes after that last argument that we had and did not try to contact me any further.

And no, I also haven't kept in touch with Sophie, because like I said, we don't really have a relationship anymore. From what I know, some of my relatives told me that she had quit her job and doesn't work for our family business anymore. So it's pretty sad, but I think my parents are not going to be able to live up to their dream of having their daughters continue the legacy of their business, unless I changed my mind later on, that is. The reason I'm even posting this update right now is because a couple of days ago, I received a phone call from my parents' lawyer. The last time the guy had contacted me, it was to tell me that my parents had disown me

legally and I was not going to be receiving any inheritance from them. This time, he had the exact opposite news for me. He told me that my parents had decided to reinstate my inheritance and had changed their will to include me once again. I don't know if this is an attempt to kind of appease me before the baby's born, but it hasn't softened me up to them so far. However, if I do think about the future, I would definitely like to take over my parents' company after they retire, and having Luke run it alongside me would be poetic justice.

So I haven't thought about it in detail yet, but I think after my baby's born, I'm going to tell my parents that if they agree to let me take over the company and sign the paperwork for it, then I might consider letting them have a relationship with their grandchild. I know it sounds selfish, but I think Luke and I have worked hard enough, and we deserve this. It will also prove to us exactly how sorry my parents are. And if Sophie wants to work with us, I wouldn't be against that either. But for now, this is just a plan, and I haven't implemented any of it. Luke is on board with this idea, and after the baby is born, we will think about it.