The blessing of a baby is not always an easy feat. For some couples, it can be a challenge. However, for this couple, things were quite complicated. While they could conceive a child together, the truth of it was something they did not want people to know…
Keep reading to learn why this woman lied to her family…
A young couple really wanted to start a family, but the wife was incredibly scared of being pregnant and giving birth.
Since the husband was a transgender man, he could biologically carry their child. He stopped taking testosterone for a while to prepare for pregnancy. However, her family was unaware that her husband was a transgender man.
They decided to hide the pregnancy and later tell her family they had adopted the child. However, like many excited young couples, they were thrilled about the pregnancy. Her husband posted a picture of the ultrasound online, not realizing his wife’s sister followed him on social media. She saw the ultrasound and shared the news with the entire family.
Her family, being transphobic and homophobic, left the wife in a predicament; she couldn’t risk outing her husband. For the first few months, she allowed her family to visit. Before their arrival, she would eat large meals to bloat herself to the point of discomfort so she ‘looked pregnant.’
By the sixth month, her family remarked how small she looked despite being pregnant…
After that, she avoided seeing them entirely. She turned down all offers for baby showers, gender reveal parties, and more. She wrote, “Luckily, my family lives an hour away, and we all lead busy lives.”
It was unlikely they would drop by unannounced, and the one time they did, she and her husband were out. When they FaceTimed her, she made sure to lie in bed and pretend to be sick.
Her family just assumed she had a tough pregnancy. After her husband gave birth, he went back on testosterone. A year later, they were a perfectly happy family, and everyone loved their little girl.
But then things took a drastic turn…
After a fight with her friend, things got nasty. The friend made a group chat with her entire family and revealed the truth about her husband being a transman. The friend then left the group and blocked the couple.
As soon as the family found out, they were livid. Her mother drove to their home in a ‘transphobic rage’ and beat on the door. Fearing for their safety, the couple decided to move. However, they still received hateful messages from her parents, siblings, uncles, cousins, and more.
When she narrated the story to another friend, they pointed out that the couple should have never lied to avoid heartache. The wife was also unhappy with how everything played out and wished it had ended differently. The entire story was narrated in a video by iGeeStatus.
Now, she is wondering whether she did the right thing in deceiving her family. Many people believe the couple did the right thing given their family’s transphobic nature. In an update, she revealed that they had moved to a home three hours away. They were safe and happy.
She also shared that the friend who outed them had passed away. Despite everything, the couple had a hard time dealing with the loss of their friend.
