15/09/2026
My wife was in labor with our first baby when she asked the doctor for an epidural.
I told her I didn’t want to pay for it because I believed she could handle the pain naturally.
She looked at me and said, “I’m the one giving birth. I’m asking for pain relief.”
I still refused to pay for it, telling her she should have thought about the cost before choosing it.
She eventually got the epidural anyway, and we barely spoke afterward.
Three days after we brought our baby home, I came back from work and found my wife packing her things.
I asked, “What are you doing?”
She handed me an envelope.
Inside were divorce papers.
She said, “This isn’t about an epidural. It’s about realizing that when I was at my most vulnerable, you chose money and your opinion over my comfort.”
I was completely shocked.
Now our families are involved, and some people say I was controlling while others say she overreacted.
Was I wrong for refusing to pay for the epidural, or did my wife take things too far? What would you do?
