My wife hasn't thought about the implications of her birth plan

"I'm worried she hasn't considered the impact her choices will have on... my mum."

"Your complete and utter selfishness is so overwhelming that I had to take a break while reading this post."

That is one of the comments on a post by a dad-to-be called, "AITA for asking my wife to think about the long-term implications of her birth plan?"

We just wanted to emotionally prepare you for that (and some nausea) before you read on.

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"She lost her mind"

The man begins his post by giving readers some context; that his wife is "different" to his mum and two sisters and has made no effort to "bond" with them.

By that he means that she won't change her identity to suit his family, and how very dare she not.

Even though the post is apparently about his wife's birth plan, his next explanation is that his sisters and mum all had "unmedicated births."

Good to know.

"It's clearly a point of pride for all of them to have done it naturally," he adds, proudly, clearly showing his attitude from 1875.

"My mum said she didn't want any of her babies to be born 'doped up'. And she wanted to experience the full spectrum of becoming a mother."

(This is why we tried to emotionally prepare you at the start of this story.)

"Beth, on the other hand, is very fearful of birth," he continues to type with his judgmental digits, "and has talked to doctors about medication.

"I don't love the idea of the mother of my child being loopy and out of it, at such a critical moment."

Dear god, make it stop.

The man goes on to complain that he was "excluded from those conversations," adding that neither of them were "receptive of my ideas."

As if this post couldn't get any more disgraceful, the man adds that he's lied to his mum about Beth wanting a "natural birth"...because her happiness is more important than the mother of his first child.

Beth then apparently "lost her mind" at this news, told him that "childbirth is not a competition" and is now, confoundingly, not speaking to him...

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"How dare you"

As one can imagine, the WILD comments section was anything but empathetic to the fella.

This is undoubtedly our favourite comment, not only on the post, but perhaps on the internet, since the beginning of time:

"Your complete and utter selfishness is so overwhelming that I had to take a break while reading this post."

That person speaks for... everyone. 

There were also many comments setting the man right about childbirth, pain medication, loyalty, marriage, and his mummy issues; offerings of sage, mentally sound and useful advice.

But the one that summed up the pure rage that most felt knowing such a person exists was this decidedly unhelpful, but cathartic:

"Holy mother forking shirt balls, you are the asshole."

Originally published as My wife hasn't thought about the implications of her birth plan