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Article ‘Someone Else Announced My Pregnancy At Our Friends Bridal Shower, Is It My Fault?’

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A mum-to-be has been left red-faced after her pregnancy was announced at a friend’s bridal shower – leaving the bride-to-be fuming.

The 31-year-old expecting mum says she was asked to be bridesmaid by her high school friend Abby.

“While we’ve drifted, I was honoured to be a bridesmaid,” she explained. “She asked some of our other high school friends, some of which I haven’t seen since college in person.

“I found out I was pregnant a few weeks ago, but I didn’t want to announce it, as I announced my pregnancy last year to family and friends and then had a miscarriage. I was quite surprised I was pregnant again so soon, but me and my boyfriend was happy and we decided to wait until I was further along to announce to be in the safe side.”

At the bridal shower, Abby’s maid of honour started a drinking game, which the expecting mum said she couldn’t play because she had to get up early for work the next day.

“I thought it was fine, until halfway through my high school friend Jane was quite tipsy and offered me a shot, and I said no I really can’t. She pestered me, and said that she would personally wake me up early tomorrow so it would be fine, but I insisted no.

“She then asked if I was pregnant and I got flustered and said no, but she caught me and said I was a bad liar.”

“She was quite loud and congratulated me and told everyone I was pregnant. I felt really uncomfortable, as I didn’t want to disclose this, and it was Abby’s day not mine.

“Everyone congratulated me there and I brushed it off, thinking people were quite tipsy so they’d probably not even remember tomorrow morning.”

The mum-to-be said she wasn’t having as much as everyone else at the bridal shower and decided to leave first, thinking everything was fine. But apparently, it wasn’t .

“Two days later I got a text from Abby saying she was upset that I announced my pregnancy at her bridal shower. I apologised on text and said I didn’t mean for it to come out, but that Jane had announced it.”

Now she’s wondering if she is somehow in the wrong for allowing the announcement to be made.

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  • Encouraging someone to drink when they have made it clear they don’t want to is gross. This isn’t OPs fault. In future, it’s easier to say you’re on antibiotics that would be interfered with if alcohol is mixed. It sucks to have to fib to be left alone.

    • I don’t think the lady should have had to explain herself at all. That lady was out of line

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  • Not your fault at all don’t feel guilty

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  • It was not announced but came out when your boundaries and saying “no” were not respected.

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  • Friend Jane is the one who made the announcement. Boundaries and lines are easier crossed when you’re tipsy and it’s not unusual that you say inappropriate things, which is one of the reasons I don’t like it.

    • It would be good if Jane would speak up to Abby that she was the one who made the announcement and apologyzes to Abby and her pregnant high school friend at the least

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  • Jane is the one in the wrong for pestering someone to drink, badgering her, and then making her personal announcement, and doing it at the wrong time and place.

    • I agree, she was very out of line, I get she was drinking but have some self control and know when someone has said they don’t want to drink and let it be!

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