When a mum doesn't want to tell everyone the gender of the baby she's expecting, it's best to respect her wishes.
One interfering mother-in-law learned this lesson the hard way after she was embarrassed during the family's gender reveal party.
As her daughter-in-law fumed in a post to Reddit, the parent kept badgering her to reveal the information, though she did not have it yet. Instead, the mum - who wasn't fussed about a gender reveal party but agreed to have one to please her in-laws - was waiting for the big reveal.
So when her mother-in-law didn't believe her and kept asking to be let in on the secret, she decided to lie.
"My mother-in-law was convinced that I knew the gender and insisted I tell her. I totally didn't and I told her that fact," her post explained. "She wore me down after a month of bothering me about it. She begged me and promised that she wouldn't tell anyone. This was all in texts. I told her it was a girl.
"I figured it was a 50/50 chance and it would get her off my back."
Unfortunately, the whole story took a bit of a turn when the in-law spread the news behind the mum's back - but it turned out the couple were expecting a boy.
"When we cut the cake to reveal a blue inside there was a really awkward silence. She had told literally all of the guests from her side of the family so they could bring appropriate gifts."
To make matters worse, her mother-in-law denied making the promise -prompting the mum to reveal their text exchange. Now, the embarrassed in-law thinks she's the one who deserves an apology
"She said that it was a d**k move and that I only did it to embarrass her. I again reminded her that I had told her on multiple occasions that I did not know the gender," the mum's post outlined.
However, commenters urged her not to apologise 'to keep the peace', as her husband hopes she will. One person replied: "I'm sick of people being told they should apologise when they did nothing wrong in order to keep the peace. Being forced to appease bullies / people who break boundaries is harmful."
A second said: "I hate that the husband wants original poster to apologize. She's literally the wronged person here who was harassed and lied to. Husband needs to tell his mother to do the apologizing."
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