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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Repulsive_Title_9397 on 2023-10-05 14:18:44.

My (34 M) wife Amanda (32 F) got pregnant recently. We were yet to announce it, but before we could do so we learned about the death of my nephew. My brother’s newborn had died, and he informed us about it.

We went to his house to offer our condolences, and they were in a really distraught state. Here’s the thing: I was buying a few supplies for my wife (related to her pregnancy) when I had gotten the announcement, and as I rushed to my brother’s house immediately upon getting the message, we still had the purchases with us.

Upon reaching there, we offered our condolences, and remained present for quite a while. It seemed as if my sister-in-law Emily was either pretending to keep her composure or looking for a topic to divert her mind, but she casually asked us what we were doing, considering the purchases, and what we had bought.

I hesitated to answer, but she had already noticed some of the stuff in the bag and asked what those were. It was pretty obvious that they were related to the pregnancy, and although we said it’s nothing, she seemed curious to know.

So we told her that she was pregnant. Emily began to cry when she learned what it was, while my brother began to accuse me of announcing it when they were dealing with the literal death of their child. He got into a huge verbal sparring with me, but I told him that we were about to announce it anyway, and that I hadn’t wanted to lie since Emily had already kind of noticed what the stuff were.

AITA?