Grandmother's brutal response to her daughter's baby news: 'Can't handle the two you have'
By Merryn Porter |
Many women dream of the moment when they announce to their mother that they are expecting a child. In fact,? it would have to be a close second to telling your partner a baby is on the way.
But a mother-to-be has been left shocked and her family members reeling after her mother had a brutal response to the announcement she was expecting her third child.
A video of the moment the daughter broke the news has gone viral after it was uploaded to TikTok this week.
Watch the video above.
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?The video starts with a woman who is wearing a cap and glasses looking at an ultrasound image in her hands.
She is sitting outside and there is a pool in the background, while a woman who appears to be her daughter is seated to her left.
"Another one? Already?" the grandmother-to-be asks as she looks between her daughter and the person filming the exchange, thought to be her daughter's partner.
"Mum!" exclaims another daughter who is sitting opposite her.
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"I mean yeah," replies the expectant mum.
"I mean, I didn't think you guys were..." the grandmother begins before trailing off. "?You can't handle the two you have."
She then looks back down at the ultrasound before turning back to her daughter who by this time, is looking straight at the camera operator.
"Really? Another baby?" she asks again, as she looks back and forth between her family members, whose smiles have vanished.
"That's really messed up," says her other daughter, who looks distraught.
"Alright, whateve?r," says the man filming before he turns the camera on himself and says something inaudible as the video ends.
The video was uploaded without comment by TikTok user mariskrodal but its origins are unknown.
It has been viewed more than 10.5 million times in just two days and has attracted almost 747,000 likes and 23,000 comments.
Many saw the funny side. "Grandma for president," wrote one.
Others praised the grandma for telling it how it is. "The truth hurts but needs to be said," commented one, while another said. "More people need to be this honest."
Some wondered if grandma shouldered a lot of the burden of helping with the kids.
"Grandma is fed up," said one, while another said, "What happens when the grandma is the full-time nanny. ?
"?Applauding the honest grandma that gets stuck with the two grandkids all the time," said another.
But at least one had sympathy for her daughter, writing, "I'm so disappointed for you. My dad's reaction was the worst. I went through seven years of hell tryna get her and he told me to get out."
It's not the first time a grandmother's reaction to pregnancy news has rocked the internet.
Earlier this year, a video showing the moment a great-grandmother-to-be found out the sex of her granddaughter's unborn child went viral thanks to her obvious disappointment.
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