Man Wants A Paternity Test After His Wife Made A Joke That Their Child Wasn’t His And The Online Community Comes Down Hard On Him

Having a family is a beautiful thing, especially if you have one with zero worries.

Maryjane

• Published in Funny
• December 10, 2021

Having a family is a beautiful thing, especially if you have one with zero worries. Then you grow older, get married, and have your own beautiful family, and guess what, your family has zero worries as well.

There’s nothing more fulfilling than knowing you’re coming home from a stressful day at work to a peaceful home. But if the reverse is the case, most people would go from their workplace straight to the bar or club just to chill out before heading to their hell hole.

And if you have kids, wow, your home would be lively all the time. You guys will play, laugh, and joke about everything.

Now it's a whole different story for some people when someone jokes about the paternity of their kids, and that is what we’re looking into in today’s story. The Op named u/throwaway11212021 has a lovely home and the relationship has been, according to him, "the best of my life and relatively smooth throughout."

He and his wife have a child, but trouble set in when his wife made a joke about the child not being his. It took some time for him to process the words, and he got very sad and upset.

He then told his wife, whom he claims to trust, that he wanted a paternity test because of the joke she made. Keep scrolling to read the full story yourself.

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The Reddit post got more than 3K comments and over 10K upvotes. Here are the top comments by the AITA reddit community.

Everyone has a threshold for what is funny

A lot of things to consider before deciding

Another point of view

Too hasty in the decision making

Reading a joke in an another way

You are the red flag and you can't see it

The paternity court judge will always say...

Whatever that's going on here is not healthy

The joke hit you wrong

You don't trust her so get the test...

You are probably not real fun

A joke has sent everything spiraling out the door

Serial cheaters make unfounded accusations

Great, just great!

A fragile and insecure person

The paternity will take away a vital part of their relationship - trust.

Reconsidering the relationship

Well, someone has a different story to tell

Do the paternity test and loose the trust forever

You need to chill out

Your wife will never see you in the same light again

And I quite agree to this...

Stop lying to yourself and your wife

She made a bad joke which got you insecure

Have a conversation about your boundaries of humor

It’s understandable to make jokes about everything, but there are some things you just can’t joke about. Some people can laugh it off and forget it. Some people can laugh it off, but it’s still registered in their minds, while some will tell you outright that they don’t like that kind of joke.

It’s left for you to know your partner and know the boundaries that you can’t cross, so you don’t escalate matters.

Maryjane