AITA for not telling my ex wife that my fiancé is pr****nt?
The echoes of a shattered marriage lingered in the silence between them, a decade after their divorce.
What began as a hopeful journey to build a family was slowly p***oned by heartbreak and betrayal, leaving wounds deeper than any infertility struggle could cause.
Their shared dreams of parenthood were eclipsed by a painful truth: the trust they once held was irrevocably broken. In the aftermath, he grappled with a storm of emotions—hurt, anger, and a profound sense of loss.
The woman he once loved had sought solace in another, turning a private pain into a public fracture. Their story was no longer about love or hope, but about the devastating cost of broken promises and the unbearable weight of emotional survival.
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The original poster (OP) is facing conflict because his ex-wife, Carly, believes she deserved to be informed personally about his pregnancy, while the OP feels that their decade-old, acrimonious divorce negates any obligation to share personal news.
Given the finality of the divorce, the in***elity that caused it, and the lack of current relationship, is the OP justified in maintaining complete silence, or do shared past struggles, like infertility, create a residual duty to inform an ex-spouse about major life events like expecting a child?
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