Reddit Stories - SPOUSE'S closest pal DELIVERED a phony PREGNANCY exam to me in order to

Episode Date: July 11, 2025

#redditstories #askreddit #aita #pregnancyexam #spouse #friendship #deception #relationshipsSummary: SPOUSE'S closest pal DELIVERED a phony PREGNANCY exam to me in order to test my reaction. I confronted them both, leading to a heated argument and strained relationships. Seeking advice on how to handle this betrayal.Tags: redditstories, askreddit, reddit, aita, tifu, friendship, deception, relationships, pregnancyexam, spouse, test, reaction, confrontation, argument, advice, betrayal, handle, closestpal, heated, strainedBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reddit-stories--6237355/support.

I hope you enjoy this story. Spouse's closest pal delivered a phony pregnancy exam to me in order to split us apart, only for me to discover that he was deceiving her by claiming I was hostile so she would offer assistance. Him leave. So I met my husband, 25m, while I was, 22F, and we hit it off instantly. He was the man of my dreams he took me on date nights and made sure I was loved and gave me big gifts every so often telling me I was the only one for him.

I believe this since we have been together for four years now and I've never had any issues until he introduced his best friend who we will call Laura for privacy reasons. I remember we had an argument because he didn't tell me about her for our whole relationship and he had been sneaking to see her and hang out with her at parties when I was sleeping, believing that he was working overtime. I was hurt by this and my first thought immediately went to infidelity, but I found all of their texts to be platonic after he willingly told me to look. I thought she was nice at first since when I first met her she spoke to me politely and said how

lucky I was for about a week until there was a get-together and my husband invited me along because it was her mother's anniversary and her family loved my husband because they had known each other since they were kids. I was okay with this and quite excited since I wanted to make more female friends and have girls nights out to relieve my work stress since my job is difficult and I make six figures. I should also mention my husband works in an office job that doesn't pay a lot so I handle all of the house bills and chores while he is trying to get another job. I walked into the house with my husband and she ran to him happy and immediately wrapped her whole body around his arm and dragged him off to the garden. He didn't even come to get me or

anything after being dragged away, so I went to the kitchen to ask for a drink where I was greeted by Laura's mother. She is a lovely person, we generally had a nice talk about our own lives and she made sure I felt welcome. The whole gathering was mainly nothing special till it got to the dinner. I sat down next to my husband and Laura walked up to me and asked me to move. I asked why since the only other spot available was next to her uncle and mother and since it was about her mother wouldn't she want to sit next to her? Laura replied to the question with because I want to sit next to him. I turned to my husband who just nodded and told me to move as well saying that I was being

childish and making a scene. At this point I generally felt my blood boiling. I stood up and told my husband that I felt uncomfortable and that I need to be to go to the bathroom and asked where it was. Laura told me and I left the table doing breathing exercises trying to calm down. I ended up messaging my brother from the bathroom and he said I was being jealous and that I was overreacting so I agreed and went back to the table to sit next to Laura's mother. The whole time they were laughing and it seemed that everything he said was funny to her

and she kept rubbing his back, touching his arms and saying how strong he had gotten and she would look at me smugly. The breaking point to all of this was when I put a bit of meat onto my plate and she she said, are you really going to eat all of that? And I froze in embarrassment while my husband and her laughed. Her mother stood up for me saying that was inappropriate and to treat guests with respect, but she ignored it. Laura is very pretty and slim and works out so coming from her it hurt a lot.

I stood up from my chair and walked out the front door and called my dad. I told him to pick me up and that I'll explain why in the car. When I got in the car, I broke down and told him everything. He said I was most likely overreacting but the situation was very odd and that I'm welcome to stay with him for the time being. I thanked him and went back to our house. While I was getting comfortable my phone flooded up with messages from my husband and Laura. I read the messages and to my horror my husband was saying I ruined the whole dinner and that he was going to stay there for the night. I then read what Laura said, saying I had ruined her night because of my pick-me behavior.

After doing research on that word, it's only filled me up with more anger. My husband came home around 5 p.m. from Laura's and I immediately said leaving me and staying at another woman's house was disgusting and he started shouting that I'm overreacting again and that I need to go counseling for my jealousy issues. For about a month everything was going okay again apart from that my husband got more distant and cold and I could feel that our argument wedged a gap in our marriage. Until I got a message from Laura this morning with a positive pregnancy result and a threat saying we should get divorced because it's my husbands. I don't know what to do and I'm just venting because I feel awful and I feel like I failed as a wife. I don't know if I should confront

my husband and I'm thinking about it. Edit, I'm getting a lot of hate and death threats so I'll clear up some allegations. I'm 26, not 22. I met my husband when I was 22. I've not confronted him because he's not home yet and I'm contemplating calling and asking there but he's not replied to my good morning text since he woke up before me and went to work. My dad owns a company that works with Care Homes not going to say a lot about it for my safety and that's how I make my money. No, I wasn't earning six figures at 22, but I am now at 26. No, my dad wasn't against me. He was just confused because I was crying to him and wasn't making a lot of sense, so he thought she was just being a bit touchy. No, Laura wasn't at our wedding and I have doubts they are

childhood friends. I plan on messaging her mother to ask if they have known each other for as long as they say and I'll be confronting my husband tomorrow when he gets home. Update 1, first of all, I want to say how much I am thankful for all the love and support I have received and the advice has helped me so much. It has really made me understand where I stand in my relationship and I finally know what I'm going to do. Also, I'm 26, not 22. Now for the story, my husband came home around 6 a.m. to where he threw his keys on the side and went upstairs without saying anything to me, I thought this was a little rude and I walked up after him telling him we need to talk, but he said he was tired and needed to sleep, which just made me angry because I was serious. I told him

halfway up the stairs that I knew about him and Laura to which he then looked at me confused. I explained my side in the text and what it seemed like and he ended up laughing in my face. This filled me up with so much petty rage because I have had enough of being walked on so I pushed passed him into our room and got a suitcase from under the bed and started to pack his stuff for him. He started shouting at me saying really horrible things, but I didn't hear most of it since I was crying uncontrollably and busy ramming every item of clothing he owned. Most of it didn't fit, but he could come collect it later. One insult that stood out to me was crazy bitch and this is where I snapped and said some horrible things too. I know I called him a bad husband,

but in more of a ruder tone. He ended up leaving with his suitcase I packed and in a plastic bag after I said I would get my dad involved if he didn't leave. After, I took a recommended comment and told my family everything. My brother didn't care but my father was so angry there might have been steam coming from the phone after the call. I haven't heard from my soon-to-be ex-husband but his response to my question was complete disrespect and I wasn't able to hold it in for much longer. I'm sure what I did was a complete overreaction and was regretting it till I texted Laura's

mother since I said I would do that. She didn't reply till 11 a.m., but basically what happened is that she only met my husband two years ago, which I'm guessing is through the time of constant overtime from him. He is also staying there currently. This made me so angry that I texted Laura something petty, which I don't regret. I hadn't replied to her yet, so I told her that she can have him and I can't wait till the same things happen to her and she gets cheated on. She's not replied yet or seen it. I have screenshot everything she's said in the picture and will be calling a lawyer later on. Nothing else has really happened. If it does, I will give another update. Thanks everyone.

Edit, sorry for bad grammar I've not slept very well and I'm about to go for a long-needed sleep. Small update, husband messaged, and I ignored it and Laura left me on Reed. Husband messaged that he is sorry and wants to come home and needs to talk about Laura's message. Not sure what he's going to say about it but I'm going to message him back to meet me somewhere because I don't want him in my house right now. Not sure what he's going to say, but I'm ready for the lies and gaslighting. Love you all smile.

Edit, I'm really disappointed in Reddit. I thought this could be a post-event and have man and woman help and give advice and listen to me so I can finally feel like I'm being hurt and I'm getting a lot of sexist comments and people spamming me saying scummy for lying and that they will find me. If you are one of these people, please leave me alone.

Yes, I have left out some information and I'm not updating immediately, but I've been so tired these past two days, and I really do not have the ability nor resistance to keep typing up massive updates. I need a rest, and when I meet my husband I will give one last update for the people who are supporting me and giving me amazing advice. You guys are so sweet and I appreciate you a lot. I took some time off of work to figure stuff out, but I'm not looking forward to the amount piled up from my missed days.

Love you all and I wish you all the best especially for the people that went through what I am going through now. Update 2. I have no idea how to start this. I'm at a loss for words and I feel generally sick and this is the lowest point I think I've recently hit mental state-wise. I'm going to try and be punctual for this, but I cannot stop crying and I feel so betrayed. Thank you all for the support and love you have given me and so for this it has motivated me to tell everyone what has happened. Laura called me early in the morning not sure why so late, but I wasn't doing much anyway. I was replying to comments and cleaning the kitchen swallowing in self-pity, pathetic I know. She was shouting at me, calling me out for cheating on my

husband first and that my hypocrisy was laughable. I was genuinely mortified since I've never done that and asked her what she meant and apparently my husband the man that's supposed to back me up and love me unconditionally told her a huge sob story lie. Apparently in our argument he told her I hit him out of a jealous rage and that I threw his stuff out the window which is why he left. I told her I was the one to kick him out and he didn't leave on his own accord and definitely never laid hands on him especially since he is six feet one inch and I am five feet four inches. She didn't believe me and told me the whole reason she had done the behavior in the first place was to teach me not to cheat and that my husband was a good man and that if I continued,

another woman would take him better than me but in the end she decided to end it for him so she sent me the messages. She agreed what she did was childish and also confessed to only liking him platonically and did him a favor because of all the horrible stuff I had done. I believe this was so she would take him in. I have no clue why he would lie about stuff this serious. After he was there for a while she told her mother the same story he told her and her mother has blocked me currently.

I showed her the message my husband sent and after countless back and forth with her, we ended up agreeing to meet and that I should cancel meeting up with my husband. She's at this point in time conflicted since I told her the lies were fake. She also said that my husband told her that I knew about her after she saw him and me on a post. I'm guessing she did some snooping and my husband wasn't very private online. So she asked why I never was mentioned and he said the conversation never came up and that's where the lies begun, I'm guessing. The day where he didn't come home till five was because she told him that she was going to send the picture of her friend's old pregnancy test to me and pretend it's hers so he could not continue with being treated like that. and he actually went to hers instead of going home to be confronted and hoped it would all blow

over in the morning. Laura also confessed that he also tried to entice her into having sex with him which she said no and thought it was a little odd. I'm guessing this caused her to call me since that moment was a red flag to her and was still on his side but wanted to hear my side before she blocked me. I want nothing to do with him and even the thought of him fills me up with hate. I've never met a man so disgusting. I never have once laid hands on my husband and the allegations completely disrespect people who are actually stuck in those spousal situations. I don't know how much more I can put up with this and everything is really getting to me. I'm genuinely sick and will certainly not be meeting him and want nothing to do with him. But hopefully meeting Laura to properly explain

the truth. I doubt anything else interesting will happen, just boring legal stuff. If it does I most likely won't make another update since I'm feeling mentally drained. Thank you everyone. Edit, given up with trying to block people who are trolls just going to reply to them and hope they delete their comments or don't reply anymore. Next story, cousin falsely exceeded me of stealing her wedding jewelry on social media, then I found out she was trash talking me behind my back, so I sent her a legal letter. Hey, Reddit, I'm in a tough spot and could really use some outside perspective on this situation. So, my cousin, Emma and I have never been particularly close, but we've always been civil. When she got engaged in

December 2022, I sent her a thoughtful present, which she thanked me for repeatedly. Fast forward to February, and Emma invited me to her wedding in April 2024. Living abroad and starting a new job, I made it clear that I needed advance notice to attend, and thankfully, I managed to make it. Emma asked me to be part of her wedding entry, and despite our not being very close, I agreed, hoping it would help us build a better relationship. However, just a week before the wedding, I found out she'd been talking negatively about me and my career as a project manager. It stung, but I didn't want to cause drama before her big day, so I kept quiet.

During the wedding weekend, I helped Emma get dressed for her Hindu ceremony, and her mom told me to leave the jewelry as she would handle it later. So, I only packed away the Bengals. The entry went smoothly, and I attended the reception without any complaints. However, after the wedding, I chose not to leave a gift, intending to address the hurtful comments privately after the festivities. Days later, Emma asked me about the missing jewelry, and I told her I hadn't touched it beyond what her mom instructed.

Later that day, I saw Emma posting about missing jewelry and implying that someone in the family might have taken it. I felt uneasy, especially since her mom and I were the only family members helping her get dressed. Then things escalated when her sister made comments on the post saying, we didn't like her anyway. Her mom reached out to me, asking about the bangles, which made me feel like they were singling me out. Even my grandmother called, further cementing that they may have discussed me as a suspect. Finally, another cousin messaged me saying the jewelry was found boxed up in a car. But Emma refuses to retract her accusations online because she's embarrassed. Feeling betrayed, I chose to cut Emma and her mom out of my life. I deleted them from my socials and

blocked their numbers. Now, my grandma is upset, saying I was unfair for not explaining myself. So, Reddit, am I the jerk for cutting them off without explanation? Should I have handled the situation differently? Thanks for your insights. Additional information from OOP, I would like to add that Emma and I are first cousins. Jessica, who told me about the update, is a second cousin who is distant from Emma. So it sounds like this was being discussed with everyone but me. Thankful that Jessica heard it and decided to let me know immediately. Update 1, I read through the majority of messages received and I agree, I should have confronted it. Last night, I called Grandma and Emma on three-way, asking about the jewelry that was conveniently

found in a car. Emma said that wasn't for me to find out as she only told her mother and grandma. Obviously a lie because Jessica heard and passed it to me. She also lives abroad and isn't close to Emma. Grandma then said, well, it's material and it's found. We don't have a long time here, let's all get along. I responded, no, thank you. I needed a public apology because I blindly believed Emma and I had a good relationship.

I even heard she made comments about my job, which I wanted to address after the wedding. Emma confirmed the comments about talking shit, re, my job and her sister's comment, but is sticking to her guns about the jewelry. I mentioned to her I was posting about the jewelry and will attach screenshots to it, and that I wanted nothing further to do with Emma since she was not remorseful and is proud of disliking me for whatever reason. Lesson learned. Thanks everyone. Update 2. After consulting with an attorney friend and compiling all relevant evidence, including screenshots and messages, we took the step of sending a legal letter to my cousin. Additionally, I made a post, tagging family members, family friends who attended the event,

the priest who officiated, and even her neighbors. Yep, my petty ass went the extra mile to bring awareness of the situation. Important announcement regarding Emma's wedding. Hello everyone in the Brown family. I hope this message finds you well. I feel compelled to address a matter that has been weighing on my mind since Emma's wedding last April. Firstly, I want to express my gratitude to Emma for inviting me to be a part of her special day. It was an honor to participate, and I was genuinely touched by the opportunity. However, recent events have left me deeply disheartened. It has come to my attention that there have been discussions, both prior to and following the wedding, where unkind remarks were made about me and my profession. While this was hurtful,

I chose to handle the situation delicately and intended to discuss it with Emma after the wedding to gain clarity. Despite the hurtful comments, I remained committed to supporting Emma on her wedding day. I assisted her with changing outfits and took care of her belongings as requested. regrettably, shortly after the wedding, I was unfairly implicated in the disappearance of some jewelry. Subsequent discussions with Emma revealed that there were private conversations insinuating my involvement, which left me feeling unfairly targeted. It was only through the disclosure from a third party that the truth about the jewelry's whereabouts emerged. I confronted Emma about these revelations, hoping for resolution and understanding. However, her response was dismissive, and she

refused to acknowledge the hurtful nature of her actions. Instead, she chose to maintain hurtful social media posts, causing further distress. In light of these events, I have made the decision to distance myself from Emma and her immediate family. My conscience is clear, and I refuse to tolerate such unjust treatment. Furthermore, I want to assure you all that I am taking the necessary steps to clear my name. I am in contact with legal counsel to draft a letter and seek exoneration. from these false accusations. I share this message not out of spite or animosity, but to set the record straight and reclaim my integrity.

The end. Thank you everyone who supported, gave advice, and comforted me. Looking forward to going on my vacation tomorrow while Emma spends the next few days dealing with edit. As of 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Emma has still not rescinded those posts. Update 3. As of this morning, Emma has pulled her posts. Grandma is saying that I was unfair to go public and she is disappointed in me.

I explained to Grandma that after our three-way conversation, it was clear I was being accused. It was not fair to be unjustly accused and not notify the public that the jewelry was found because Emma wanted to save face. Emma's mom and sister have tried to reach out to me via friend requests. I want nothing to do with them until Emma issues an earnest public and private apology. Since my last update regarding the post, multiple family members and family friends have reached out to me about what a crappy person Emma is. Some expressed disappointment in her actions to protect her facade and her treatment of me

when I had been supportive and sincere to her on her big day. I thought that was rather amusing. Edit, since someone assumed I'm putting up with my grandma's shit, she was cut off after that conversation.