‘AITA for asking my husband to leave delivery room as he demanded a paternity test after baby's birth?’

A 28-year-old woman took to Reddit to ask fellow users if she was right to ask her 31-year-old husband to leave the delivery room following the birth of their child.

Taking to Reddit’s 'Am I The A*****e' (AITA) forum, the original poster (OP), under the username aitahstory, revealed that she and her husband “have been married 2 years and together for 6." Giving some content in a post titled "Aitah for asking my husband to leave the delivery room", the woman shared, "We met after I had just come out of an abusive relationship and helped me gain my trust back.” 

Woman says her husband thinks she is ‘hiding something’

The OP shared that she became a mother to a baby daughter in January. "After I had given birth, my husband asked me if he could get a paternity test as he didn’t think she was his. I asked him why she wouldn't be and he replied ‘you can’t trust people these days,’” the woman wrote.

His response angered the OP, and she asked her husband to leave the room. She added, “He came back around 30 minutes later and asked me for an apology. I told him no because I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“He said that I’m clearly hiding something otherwise I wouldn’t have asked him to leave,” the OP further said.

Concluding her post, the woman added, “I have been considering allowing a paternity test as I have nothing to hide but I feel like if I did then the trust would all be gone. Aitah.”

Redditors tell OP to divorce her husband after he asked for paternity test

People in the comments section called out the OP’s husband and asked her to divorce him for demanding a paternity test. 

One Reddit user wrote, “The trust is already gone. Get the DNA, get the child support and custody. Divorce him and let yourself find someone decent. Because I bet he's someone you can't trust. NTA.”

Another user posted, “NTA. What a turd, especially with the ‘you can’t trust people these days’ to refer to his wife who just gave birth.”

One person shared, “NTA give him the test and divorce papers. That man apparently doesn't trust you anymore than a random person in the street. I don't see how you could stay married to him after that.”

“NTA. There's a particular type of person who goes after abuse survivors. Sounds like you might have married one. I'm sorry,” an individual commented.

“NTA Wowww..... He's full of audacity AND manipulative too? I really hope you don't plan to raise your daughter with this man. You were vulnerable after what could be a near-death experience and the first thing he thought was ‘Is my wife a slut?’. That is divorce worthy right there,” added another.

One comment read, “NTA Give him the paternity test. It will make it easier to get child support when you (hopefully) divorce him. Actually, hand his the results with the divorce papers. He shouldn't have married you or had a kid with you if he didn't trust you.”

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