AITA for refusing to pay for my husband's birthday dinner after he "pranked" me in front of everyone?
The user, a 28-year-old female (OP), organized a special birthday dinner for her 31-year-old husband at a nice steakhouse, inviting ten close friends and family members, and she paid for the entire event herself.
During the dinner, while the OP was giving a short toast praising her husband's work achievement, he interrupted her to announce, falsely, that she was pr****nt, knowing she was sensitive about the topic after a mis*****age in March.
When the OP reacted with shock and confronted him, he dismissed it as a "prank," leading her to immediately leave the restaurant after paying the bill and telling everyone the event was over, leaving her husband to find his own ride home, which now has led to him accusing her of ruining his birthday and embarrassing him.
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The Original Poster (OP) is in a difficult position, feeling publicly humiliated and deeply hurt by her husband's actions, which directly v***ated a known sensitive topic for a public joke.
Her reaction was to remove herself from the situation, but this has resulted in her husband and his family criticizing her for being cold and overreacting to what they call a "harmless joke." The core conflict is whether the husband’s public, insensitive announcement about pregnancy—especially given the OP's past mis*****age—justified her immediate departure, or if her walking out const*tuted an overreaction that ruined his birthday celebration.
Should the OP apologize for ending the dinner abruptly, or was the husband's initial action unforgivable?
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