Before finally becoming pregnant, a woman had struggled with infertility for six years. Thrilled by the news, she decided to reveal it to her partner on his 30th birthday. However, his unexpected reaction left her in shock.

The 26-year-old and her boyfriend had been together for a decade, often discussing their desire to start a family. When she shared her story on Reddit, many in the online community criticized her partner’s response and expressed their concerns. A month later, she provided an update on her situation.

The Original Poster (OP) had been feeling unwell for a few days but was too busy with work to see a doctor. On the morning of her boyfriend’s birthday, she finally had an appointment. While thinking about his upcoming celebration, the doctor gave her surprising news: she was pregnant.

Overjoyed, OP kept the news to herself, planning to surprise her boyfriend later that day. After years of trying, this was a moment she had long dreamed of. However, when she got home, she found him deep in conversation with one of her friends. She pulled him aside, hoping for a private moment to share the exciting news, but he ignored her.

Unable to contain her excitement, she announced her pregnancy anyway, despite his request to wait. What followed shocked her—he responded angrily, accusing her of ruining his special day and making it all about herself.

In a post on Reddit, OP revealed that her partner broke up with her shortly afterward. Ten days later, when he returned, he confessed that he had been seeing another woman. Even more astonishing, he offered her anything in exchange for aborting their child, but she refused. He then gave her two weeks to move out.

According to OP, her partner had never been interested in marriage, saying it was just a way for people to «prove their love.» He had even prevented her from attending college because it was located several hours away from their home.

Through this painful experience, she learned the importance of standing up for herself instead of letting others walk all over her. However, not everyone in her life supported this change. “Some people say I’m no longer the ‘sweet, innocent’ person I was before all this happened,” she shared.

Most Reddit users sympathized with OP, believing her partner had been misleading about wanting a child and was to blame for the situation.