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'My Cousin Announced Her Pregnancy At My Baby's Funeral - I Kicked Her Out'


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 May 23rd, 2022  |  14:31 PM  |   445 views

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A woman who was already suffering the pain of losing her two-month-old daughter claims to have been left appalled by the insensitivity of her cousin.

 

Not only did she announce her pregnancy at the funeral in a startlingly cheerful manner, but she also went on to make inconsiderate remarks about how 'blessed' she was to have a healthy baby.

 

The grieving mother lost her baby to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), with her devastation causing her to spiral into a deep depression, unable to get out of bed for weeks on end.

 

During this period, the unnamed 26-year-old says she didn't receive any messages of condolence from her cousin, who she refers to as Emily, or any other member of Emily's family. She was hurt, but brushed this off at the time.

 

Taking to Reddit, the grief-stricken mum recalled how Emily had approached her at the funeral to give her a hug and to tell her that she was sorry for her loss. It was at this point that she noticed something was different.

 

She wrote: "I noticed she was holding her hand under her stomach, and that her stomach had gotten a little bigger since I'd last seen her.

 

"She saw me looking at my stomach so she said, 'surprise! I’m pregnant!' I didn’t know what to think about this, so I just stared blankly at her for a second before walking ahead."

 

The poster, who goes by the username u/BumblebeeWooden8319, says she couldn't stop crying throughout the funeral, fearing to look anywhere apart from her lap for fear of seeing photos of her daughter.

 

After she'd finally managed to calm herself down a bit, she saw Emily coming toward her and naturally assumed she was about to offer some words of comfort. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case at all.

 

The poster continued: "Instead, she put her hand on her stomach and popped it out a little. She said something along the lines of, 'it breaks my heart to think that the same thing could happen to my little angel. I can’t imagine what you're going through. Me and Anthony are so blessed to have a healthy baby so far,' bla bla bla.

 

"I was shocked. I started off by telling her my baby didn’t die because it was unhealthy. It died from a sickness we couldn’t control. and second, she could get the f*** out."

 

It took a few minutes to persuade Emily to leave, but in the end, she did. The anonymous poster has since received a mix of supportive and angry messages from relatives, with some telling her that she'd 'overreacted'.

 

However, her fellow Reddit users reassured her that she was well within her rights to ask Emily to leave, with her cousin's behaviour having been completely unacceptable.

 

One person commented: "Your cousin sounds awful, doesn't invite you to any of her life events, you're no longer close, and she finds it appropriate to turn up to a terribly difficult day for you, spring a pregnancy on you and use your grief to make her feel good.

 

"Your family is awful for berating you for what you need."

 

Another said: "I’m so very sorry for your loss. Your cousin seems very narcissistic. The only thing she can think about is herself. She had no compassion and basically used your child’s funeral to announce she is pregnant.

 

"She tried to make the funeral about 'her' and her child. Tune out the ones telling you were wrong or that you overreacted. You did not. She should have been there to support you. As she didn’t, she needed to go."

 


 

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by Julia Banim, Audience Writer

 

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