📝 AITAH (a gay male) for being in my best friend's delivery room instead of her husband?

By Ok_Routine9527 • Score: 157 • April 6, 2025 5:56 PM


My (23 M) bestie (23 F) recently about a month ago gave birth to a beautiful little girl. And i was in the delivery room instead of her husband(23 M), which first now has become a problem.

Some background: I'm a gay man, and has been since early high-school. I'm pretty open about it. Have had a few boyfriends and is currently seeing someone. I've known my bestie since we started middle school, where we met each other, and have been pretty much been ever since.

We just clicked. Doing makeup, nails, singing to britney spears and shopping.

She met her husband when we were all 20 yo, and i was man-of-honour at their wedding. I think her husband is a cool guy. I'm won't say we're friends, but we tolerate each other and talk just fine.

When my bestie fell pregnant we were all ecstatic and I have already made ready to become the uncle, since none of the have brothers.

My besties husband has a quite demanding job, and they already knew in advance he probably couldn't be there for the birth. My bestie was okay with it and would have someone else be there with her, which they agreed on. Me and my bestie talked a lot about it, and she asked me if I wanted to be there too, along with her mom. Obviously, I said yes to support my bestie.

We talked about this in front of her husband. He never said anything about it.

Now... She gave birth about a month ago, and i was in the delivery room. Her baby came out without problem and she's the cutest little thing ever. I was the first one to hold the little girl after bestie and the doctor, and i love this little bundle.

When her husband finally was done at work, I went out to meet him by the hospital entrance. When he saw me, he smiled big and I congratulated him. I answered his questions as we walked in the hospital and he was also ecstatic to hear he had a little girl.

Then at some point, he asked who was in the room. And obviously, I said my besties mom and I. I don't know what the hell he thought, he suddenly turned angry at me. Like excuse me? He told me it wasn't appropriate for me to be in the room, and that I, as a man should have stayed out. I made it clear all I did was hold my besties hand and stroke her face to keep her relaxed. He wasn't having it. He yelled at me, in the middle of the hospital hall for being weird for being in HIS wife's delivery room.

I'm a small guy. 171 cm tall, and a total twink (not embarrassed). I wore masraca and had my nails newly manicured. I told him it wasn't like they were gonna think i was the dad. But that just pissed him off more.

I was stunned as he walked off towards her room. I was fuming myself. This man was angry at me, instead of appreciating that I was there to comfort his wife.

I stayed in the lobby, cause no way in hell was i gonna look at that man again in that moment. I went home to sleep until she was discard (of course, being there in the day). At first I didn't wanna tell her what her husband had said, cause it was clear he hadn't confronted her.

I asked a few friends, and most said I wasn't the AH but some said we should've told him. But we literally talked about it in front of him. Did he think we were just weird and joking or something?

I don't know. Should I even tell her? My bestie is so happy and every time i'm at their house to see the baby, her husband just doesn't speak to me unless necessary. Honestly, good for me.

But, AITAH for being in the delivery room? Like I don't see how or what I did wrong. But is there something I don't see?

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