Former Call Girl Makes Everyone Rightfully Uncomfortable After Asking Her Father-In-Law To Explain His Sexist Joke About Infidelity And Her Past
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A Reddit user faces prejudice about her past as a sex worker from her fiance's family. OP (original poster) is now 27 years old but she used to be an escort from age 18 to 23 years old.
She met her fiance when she was still an escort. They started dating two years after she stopped working as an escort.
About four months after they started dating, her boyfriend's brother-in-law revealed to the rest of their family that OP used to be a sex worker. He said he had to share it because there was no way OP's boyfriend knew about her and still dated her.
After being exposed, OP had no choice but to come clean about her past. OP's boyfriend told his family that he did know about her past work, he didn't care, and two years had passed since OP last worked as an escort.
We would love to tell you that the fiance's family treated OP the same way, but unfortunately, that's not the case. For months, her future mother-in-law and the other ladies of the family were wary of OP being around their husbands.
OP's fiance noticed this as well and he didn't waste any time calling them out on their prejudice.
After that, things were civil once more but OP did still get the occasional side-eye from the women of the family. Soon enough, some good news was on OP's horizon.
Her boyfriend proposed to her and months later, they found out they were about to become parents. OP and her now fiance were over the moon about the news and so were his family members.
Except for his mom. After the pregnancy news, she pulled OP aside and begged her to be honest with her about the paternity of the baby.
OP was shocked by the pointed question but she just rolled her eyes and reassure her MIL that it is her son's baby. She then gave a half-assed speech about how she only wanted to be sure and she was oh so happy to be a grandma.
Recently, they had another family gathering along with some trusted family friends. Everyone was talking about baby names and what the kid would look like.
Suddenly, OP's father-in-law made a comment that a birthmark on the inner thigh runs in their family. He has it, so do his children, and grandchildren and they're speculating that OP's baby could have it, too.
He should have stopped there but he didn't. The father-in-law added that there's no way of knowing who the baby could inherit it from.
It could have been from him, his brothers, his son, or his other children, insinuating that OP must sleep around because of her past. All of them laughed at the "joke."
OP and her fiance, however, didn't find it funny. Before her fiance could say anything, OP acted confused and said, "I don't get it?"
The FIL said because it runs in the family and OP continued her line of questioning saying she doesn't understand how her baby will inherit the birthmark from anyone other than her husband.
OP's confusion and refusal to join in on the joke were making her FIL uncomfortable. He finally said it was just a joke but OP refused to give up and kept asking how was it funny.
She kept asking him to explain until some of the friends finally piped up and told everyone it wasn't funny. The FIL, excused himself, obviously embarrassed.
Later on, her fiance's brother-in-law talked to OP and told her she was wrong for embarrassing the man in his own home. He said it was just a joke and OP shouldn't be surprised given her past.
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The rest of the family is demanding an apology from OP. Do you think she should? Read her original post below for more information:
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The commenters think that OP is not wrong for the way she answere and they actually think should have called them out more explicitly
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While others think that OP handled the situation perfectly...
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... and here's why OP's "weaponized confusion" worked.
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By not wanting to admit what he meant, OP was forcing the FIL's hand to actually take responsibility for his disgusting joke
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With OP's questioning, she left no room for them to deny what they meant and making it as if she wasn't a sport for not participating
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Since they so badly want OP to apologize, she should phrase it this way...
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... or this way. Either way, mission accomplished!
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There's only one way to interpret the "joke." Not only is it unfunny, it's also disgusting.
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They wanted OP to go along with the joke when it was made at her expense?
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Ding! Ding! Ding! Here's their values explained in a nutshell.
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Push even harder for an explanation and watch them squirm
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OP's unborn child will be subjected to this type of cruelty the moment he's born
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Can you imagine how worse it can get if the baby isn't born with the birthmark?
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OP at least lucked out with her fiance. He never ceased to support her despite his family's obvious prejudice but he also knows her well enough to let her fight her battles.
Do you really think they were expecting OP to laugh or at least go along with their jokes? I think they wanted to embarrass her about her past but she surprised them when she gave them a taste of their own medicine.
