Woman Casually Laughs At Fiancé’s Baby Plans Only To Watch His Dreams Shatter Minutes Later

A 34-year-old’s engagement bliss detonated when her fiancé pushed to ditch birth control for babies – only for her to cackle that her tubes were torched five years back.

Cue his storm-out and MIL’s wail that the barren bride ruined her son’s future. Dating profile screamed “child-free & infertile” for three years. Yet he “missed” it, dreaming of diapers while she floated in ring-induced euphoria. Reddit’s a savage tribunal. Most roast him as illiterate or deceitful, hailing her dodged bullet, a few clutch pearls over “withholding” truths.

Engaged woman’s old “infertile” dating profile bombshell ends fiancé’s baby dreams.

Our Redditor was upfront from swipe one: child-free, tubes removed, zero plans to reverse the decision. Her fiancé, meanwhile, built an entire future Lego set complete with imaginary babies because… well, he never actually asked.

From the outside, it’s easy to point fingers both ways. Yes, a clear “so, kids, yay or nay?” chat should’ve happened before engagement sparkle entered the chat. But wanting children isn’t the default setting for every woman, no matter what some family group chats insist.

The fiancé assumed fertility (and desire) like it was part of the standard relationship package, along with Netflix and shared Spotify accounts. That assumption did all the heavy lifting here.

This saga shines a spotlight on a bigger trend: mismatched family planning is one of the top reasons couples split. A 2023 study from the Institute for Family Studies found that differences over whether (and when) to have children lead to breakups in roughly 27% of serious relationships where the topic was never properly discussed beforehand.

Shoving the kid convo under the rug until engagement o’clock is practically a modern dating rite of passage… and a recipe for disaster.

Relationship therapist Esther Perel once said, “Expectations are resentments in the making. The more expectations you have, the more things you can be disappointed of afterwards. Especially when they’re not articulated.”

In this case, the explosion came with tears, accusations, and a surprise cameo from the future mother-in-law.

Perel’s words fit like a glove: one partner heard “I’m infertile” as background noise, the other heard silence as agreement, allowing unvoiced assumptions to fester into full-blown resentment.

Neutral ground? Both could’ve circled back to the profile red flag. Both could’ve asked the big questions sooner. Neither is the villain, but the relationship might still pay the ultimate price.

Bottom line: if you’re picking out rings, pick a time to talk kids, too – or at least confirm you’re on the same page about the existence of future tiny humans.

Here’s what Redditors had to say:

Some say OP was upfront from the start and the fiancé simply ignored it.

Some find it bizarre the topic never came up in 3+ years of dating/engagement.

Some point out wanting kids is his deal-breaker too, so the relationship is likely over.

Some stress that wanting children is a topic he should have raised, not assumed.

Some note adoption/surrogacy may still be off the table if OP is firmly child-free.

One thing’s crystal clear: a dating profile line isn’t a substitute for the “do we want kids” talk, but it’s also not written in invisible ink. Our Redditor isn’t the bad guy for standing firm on a choice she made (and advertised) years ago. Yet the relationship might not survive the fallout anyway.

Do you think three years of radio silence on babies makes both of them clueless, or was the profile warning enough? Would you stay and fight for a child-free future together, or start swiping again? Drop your hot takes below, we’re all ears!