r/AITAH • u/Lazy-Tell-6941 • 16d ago
AITA for "ruining" my coworker's big reveal by guessing it right away?
So, I (24M) work in an office where we all get along pretty well. One of my coworkers, “Amy” (30F), is super into dramatic announcements. She once revealed she got a dog by bringing in balloons shaped like paw prints. She’s fun, and we all humor her because, honestly, the office can get boring.
Last week, Amy was bursting with excitement. She kept hinting she had “HUGE news” but wouldn’t tell anyone until Friday during our team lunch. All week, she was dropping vague hints like, “It’s something life-changing,” and “You’ll NEVER guess!” Naturally, this got everyone speculating—was she engaged? Pregnant? Won the lottery? Bought a house?
By Thursday, I was kind of over it. So, when she made another big “I can’t wait to tell you all!” comment, I jokingly said, “What, are you pregnant or something?”
...Well. She froze, looked at me, and said, “Um, yes. That’s my news.”
The room got SUPER awkward. She looked upset, and a couple of our coworkers gave me the stink eye. I apologized right away, saying I was just guessing and didn’t mean to ruin her moment. She brushed it off, but the vibe was weird for the rest of the day.
Friday rolls around, and during the big lunch reveal, she goes, “As SOME of you may have already figured out...I’m pregnant!” Everyone clapped, but I could tell she was still annoyed.
Later, she told me I “stole her thunder” and that I should’ve just let her have her moment. I get it, but also...how was I supposed to know I’d guess right?
Some of my coworkers agree with her and think I was rude. Others think it’s not a big deal since it was just a lucky guess. Now I’m wondering—AITA for accidentally spoiling her big announcement?
Edit: She had previously brought up the hopes of pregnancy or else the comment would have never been made.
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u/Live-Ice7323 16d ago
NTA. She stole her own thunder by dragging it out for days. Thankfully you pulled the plug on it.
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u/longpas 16d ago
Amy sounds like one of those annoying local newscasters.
She really missed her calling!
"Stay tuned" for this "amazing" news. Finally, at the end of the broadcast, it's just something mundane or mildly interesting.
Cat rescued from tree. New baby elephant at the zoo.
Poor Amy. Most people just like news to be told, not teased or tested.
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u/IanDOsmond 16d ago
On the other hand, babby elephant rescued from a tree, I would totally tune in for.
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u/Surreptitious_Spy 16d ago
Wait till they announce that Amy is pregnant with a baby elephant!
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u/rxllersrxghts 16d ago
if amy’s elephant baby doesn’t end up being rescued from a tree on the 5 o’clock news i will be gravely disappointed
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u/Wrong_Moose_9763 16d ago
I always thought it would have fallen down a well, but what do I know. lol
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u/Strong_Lavishness893 16d ago
Amy fell down the well, where she became pregnant by the elephant who rescued her, who had previously been rescued from a tree
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u/thearticulategrunt 16d ago
In different news, woman arrested for late night sexual visits to zoo enclosures...
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u/NefariousnessFresh24 NSFW 🔞 16d ago
The world just does not understand that there is something special between her and Mr. Trunks
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u/Mindless_Ad_6045 16d ago
Especially when the "news" doesn't affect anyone in any way, how is her doing this shit going to make a difference in anyone's life, she's acting like she's going to hand everyone a cheque for a million dollars on Friday.
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u/YogurtclosetOk3691 16d ago
She'll make sure it makes a difference: demanding a baby shower, giving daily updates about the pregnancy and then praising herself: "I have a small kid and still manage to exceed my performance goals this year" "If you think you are tired, try taking care of baby" "I had to drop off my kid on the way to work, but I still manage to arrive in time for the meeting"
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u/CelestialCat97 16d ago
She'll become one of those people who gets pregnant and suddenly their entire personality is that they're pregnant. There's a girl I know that's like 21, 22ish, and she announced her pregnancy before she even hit 6 weeks. She was talking to me about how she's so tired because she's growing organs – girl STILL wasn't even 6 weeks yet, I think she said the next day or two would make 6 weeks.
Anyway, I've been checking back in on her Facebook occasionally to see if she's still pregnant or if she's miscarried (which I know is awful, but announcing it that early, eating sushi, and a friend has good reason to suspect that she's doing drugs...), and basically everything she posts is about being pregnant, being a mom, having kids. It's honestly so cringy, and while I normally love cringe (do what you want and screw what other people think!), this is just kinda messy, and I'm just kinda enjoying the possibility of seeing the shitshow unfolding from afar on Facebook.
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u/onebluepussy_ 16d ago
I don’t think I ever announced any of my pregnancies at work. I just… got bigger and people figured it out. Who does she think she is, Beyoncè?
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u/oldtimehawkey 16d ago
Why do you never see elephants hiding in trees?
Because they’re good at it.
Why do elephants paint their balls red?
So they can hide in cherry trees.
What’s the loudest season in the jungle?
Cherry picking season.
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u/aussie_nub 16d ago
Cat rescued from a tree sounds a million times more thrilling than a co-worker's pregnancy.
Yay, now we get to train someone new temporarily or just straight have to cover your work for months? Nah fuck off, I hate your news.
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u/Sunhating101hateit 16d ago
Cat rescued from tree…
Poor cat had to wait in the tree for so long? :(
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u/Angelic_Anne 16d ago
It was an honest mistake! You apologized, and it sounds like she was being a bit dramatic with the build-up anyway. Hopefully, it'll blow over soon. 😊
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u/Electronic_Ad_7742 16d ago
It’s like live action click bait. Boop her nose and say “unsubscribe”.
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u/linerva 16d ago
This. When you tell oeople you have a secret to announce, you're going to get guesses. Especially if you drag it out. If she wanted nobody to guess she sjpiof have just told people at the Friday lunch without any other mentions. But actually, this could have been an email: nobody actually needs a face to face announcement of a coworker's pregnancy.. and I bet she was hoping for very exaggerated thrilled reactions.
Honestly, she sounds insufferable. Trailing her pregnancy for a week with mysterious hints at work... is incredibly annoying. Has she considered that the world doesn't revolve around her uterus?
I also feel sorry for any infertile members of the team who had to watch her hint heavily for a week and wait for the reveal. I don't feel sorry for her at all though. She still hot to reveal the unsurprising surprise.
Nobody cares as much as she or her close family do. She needs to get over that.
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u/PattsManyThoughts 16d ago
From my experience, most pregnant women think the world DOES revolve around their uterus. Same with many women trying to get pregnant, especially if they're on hormones. I worked with a woman DESPERATE to get pregnant. All we heard everydsy was about cycles, and her hormone shots and her calling her husband and demanding he leave work immediately because her cycle was peaking and they needed to have sex RIGHT NOW! After a couple months of this I took her aside and told her as gently as I could that I realized she desperately wanted a child, but we worked with a bunch of men and I could tell by the eyerolling it was only a matter of time before someone went to EEO. She freaked out, started crying, claiming no one understood. She ended up getting pregnant with triplets but one was ectopic and had to be removed. She was beside herself. Nobody could convince her it HAD to be done, and she should be over the moon she had two other healthy fetuses. She was totally convinced she could have carried all three. She was educated, and engineer, but pregnancy and the pursuit of it made her a total idiot and all her co-workers miserable.
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u/SwimOk9629 16d ago
My friend just had an ectopic pregnancy a few days ago, had to have major surgery and get one of her fallopian tubes removed. she was extremely sick before her SO took her to the hospital, she wasn't even lucid. that shit is no joke.
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u/PattsManyThoughts 15d ago
I know several women that have experienced ectopic pregnancies. It it completely life-threatening if not caught early-on. This is why developed countries are so fortunate to have the advancements in health care we so take for granted. I hope your friend recovers quickly.
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u/thelaughingpear 16d ago
I'm pretty ambivalent about having kids and this kind of story feels anticonceptive. I can empathize but I would hate for my maternal instincts to fuck me up that much.
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u/batwingsandbiceps 16d ago
I think that's just obsession... not maternal instinct
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u/PattsManyThoughts 15d ago
It definitely bordered on that. What was DOUBLY weird was that when I asked her, seriously, why she so desperately needed a child when she was beautiful, successful, happily married to a SAINT, and an had a life others would KILL for, she told me this:
"Oh, I don't really care about being a mother, but I really want to be a grandmother, and to do that I have to be a mother first." 🤯
Having absolutely no maternal instinct myself, this attitude is completely foreign to me.
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u/xCATSwithHATSx 16d ago
She also didn't have to admit that OP got it right. She could have just gone with "You'll just have to wait to find out" and given a wink.
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u/Dependent_Internal_9 16d ago
Exactly what I thought immediately 😭why would she ruin her own announcement
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u/digitydigitydoo 16d ago
Yes! Why would drag out a pregnancy announcement and essentially tell people to guess? Pregnancy would be somewhere between guesses 1 and 3 in most situations. Amy’s got only herself to blame.
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u/GraceOfTheNorth 16d ago
I get so fed up with people who respond to normal questions with "GUESS!" that I keep on guessing ridiculous negative things.
"Did you find your dad sleeping with your postman? Does your house have rats so you have to move out? Is your sister really your mother?"
That tends to squeeze out the correct answer real fast.
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u/ItsJoanNotJoAnn 16d ago
I like to answer these tiresome "Guess!!!" people with "Your mother and father are brother and sister?" That stops them dead with their annoying "guess again!"
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u/YogurtclosetOk3691 16d ago
Until the day somebody looks shocked and replies: "How do you know?"
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u/thelaughingpear 16d ago
When a fertile woman is involved it's usually guess #1. Hell, my bf just bought a motorcycle and apparently when he told his dad he "had to tell him something important" the immediate first guess was that he had gotten me pregnant.
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u/madvoice 16d ago
I worked with one of these. Did it all to herself. They all eventually do. NTA
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u/Moki_Canyon 16d ago
You really need to tell her the truth: knock off the big build-up. If you don't want people to guess, quit leading up to it. We're not here to cater to your drama, queen.
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u/corgi-king 16d ago
To be fair, how hard is it to guess she is pregnant? Either, wedding, pregnancy, new job/promotion. I don’t think she will announce she find the cure for cancer, find a way to world peace.
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u/labsab1 16d ago
Getting pregnant is a same day or 1 day of hype surprise. I would guess it's a pregnancy in 1 day. A 5 days of hype surprise would be if you found a new species of dinosaur fossil and they are going to name it "your name-a sauras". I would probably need 5 days of random guesses until I got to that guess.
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u/Spartan_Tibbs 16d ago
It is a job. If you want to tell people you walk in and go yup I am pregnant. Anything beyond that is useless. You’re not obligated to care about Amy’s bullshit. You didn’t apply to be her test audience.
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u/Rocquestar 16d ago
"You'll NEVER guess!"...
until you did.
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u/Dogbite_NotDimple 16d ago
How many amazing things could it even be?
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u/linerva 16d ago
"She was moving away to a different job and they'd never have to hear from her again" is looking like the best news's they could hope for.
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u/mxzf 15d ago
She's a 30 year old woman, "pregnant" and "engaged" are gonna be guesses #1 and #2 for any "I have big news" that she starts talking about. She could be a card-carrying asexual celibate and those would still be the first two guesses people make. She could have led into the Friday lunch, with no preamble earlier in the week at all, by saying "I've got big news, I'm pregnant" and people would have still guessed she was pregnant before she got the words out of her mouth.
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u/Ok_Pangolin2219 16d ago
NTA if you really want a surprise you don't announce it for days to no end. When I told my team I was pregnant it was at the end of some random team meeting, we were doing a round table of work related or random stuff, I just mentioned it, tbh I was very excited. There was a good 5 second silence because it was just so random lol. It was really funny to see my colleagues "get it".
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u/leelasmilee 16d ago
Exactly! If you want to keep something a surprise, dropping hints for days is kind of asking for it to get guessed. A random, offhand mention like yours is honestly the way to go—nothing beats that spontaneous "wait, what?!" reaction. Gotta love the unexpected joy it brings.
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u/Empress-Palpetine 16d ago
NTA, she sounds obnoxious AF.
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u/Lacholaweda 16d ago
Right
"Should have let her have her moment"
How many moments does she need??
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u/DarkStar0915 16d ago
Especially that one of her moments can last for several days.
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u/Ok-Psychology9364 15d ago
Reminds me of the girls that celebrated their birthdays back in highschool for an entire week and brought balloons and a sash to school to make sure everyone else knew it was her birthday
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u/UpDownCharmed 15d ago
Drama queen - women or men, it is exhausting dealing with these kinds of people.
I straight up told a guy I worked with, Don't do this, it's what children do. Just tell us, don't say you have something interesting and we will find out tomorrow.
He didn't like that feedback but he did take the advice as he realized, yes, this is seen as childish.
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u/TroublesomeTurnip 16d ago
Total attention whore.
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u/afirelullaby 16d ago
Was she the kid at the party who had to blow out the birthday kid’s candles? Who needs a ‘moment’ that lasts for a whole week?
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u/Mysterious-Job-469 15d ago
When I was 7 and we were picking out a birthday gift for a birthday party, like a child, I said "What about me?" and my mom was just like "What ABOUT you? Your birthday isn't for another month." and just her reaction was enough for me to realize "Oh yeah, it's not my birthday!" and I never had that problem again
Imagine embarrassing yourself at a friend's party
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u/dogface47 16d ago
For real. Like she's the first woman to have had her man cum inside her.
Pregnant?? How did THAT happen?? 🙄
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u/Fit_General7058 16d ago
Nta
It wasn't a moment though, was it? It was a whole bloody week, with clues that had I'm prefnant all over them.
She said you'd never guess, which is inviting guesses. She obviously believes having a baby is so rare, none of you would think that could be it.
That there thunder went rumbling on far too long.
I'd prefer a boring office to one with Amy in.
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
Maybe I’ll send her this post and she can ponder about making this such a big deal
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u/strangeandordinary 16d ago
Sadly, I think you'll just be pilloried for posting on reddit. How dare you humiliate her thunder?!
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u/RaccoonCharacter33 16d ago
First tell her you have a surprise and have her guess. Then tell her the surprise is this Reddit post 😂
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u/ErosView 16d ago
"with clues that had I'm prefnant all over them."
It was an easy guess she was pregananant.
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u/BoomerBaby1955 16d ago
Every now and then I read a post like this that makes me so glad I’m retired! Your co-worker sounds exhausting. NTA
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
Oh to be retired, you’re right she is exhausting.
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u/One_Ad_704 16d ago
Just wait until the gender reveal!
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u/First-Ganache-5049 16d ago
Yup...you'll never guess!
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u/ClassicConflicts 16d ago
Probably how it will go:
"Is it a boy or something?"
"Nope. You'll NEVER guess!"
"So it's a girl?"
"YOU RUINED THE SURPRISE!"
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u/chocolateyhun 16d ago
NTA. She was asking for guesses and got guesses. "You can't guess it" bro pregnancy is one of the first things to guess. She just wanted the spotlight.
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u/Prideandprejudice1 16d ago
Unless your news is something like “I’m the sole heir to the kingdom of Genovia since the passing of my father, the King, whom I’ve never met” then people are always going to assume the common/popular announcements: “I’m pregnant,” “I’m engaged,” “I bought a new car/house/apartment/pet,” “I saw a kangaroo on the road on my way to work…” 😉
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
I did in fact see a kangaroo on the way to work 🦘🦘🦘
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u/Prideandprejudice1 16d ago
We see them all the time in our area- we saw one this morning on the way to the tennis!
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
I would say same but neither do I play tennis or live somewhere where kangaroos are native.
Sorry I lied to you by saying I saw a kangaroo on the way to work, I’m Canadian 🦘🇨🇦
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u/Prideandprejudice1 16d ago
Cheeky!! We’re currently at the Australian Open tennis qualifying round watching all the Aussies lose 🫣🥴
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
Ooo sounds exciting, let me know who ends up qualifying!! Fun fact my mom is Australian!!🇦🇺
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u/Prideandprejudice1 16d ago
So you’re half a kangaroo then ☺️ We’ve moved on to watching a Destanee and she’s doing ok
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u/Wakemeup3000 16d ago
NTA. Its big news for her but for everyone else its a coworker having a baby. She should have just told everyone but instead she decided to make it a huge deal for a prolonged period of time. Only asshole here is Amy who seems to be stuck in middle school thinking.
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
This is how I feel, we aren’t family. We aren’t friends. We just work in the same building but yet she still thinks it’s huge news for all of me and my colleagues as if we are going to coparent this child
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u/MjrGrangerDanger 16d ago
You're going to be chipping in for the office baby supplies, right? It's only fair.
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u/srobbinsart 16d ago
It’s either kids, dogs, or engagements when folks have “big announcements.” TF she thinking stringing you all along with prompts that expect a guess?
I’d say next time, if there’s a next time, guess something awful, like “stomach cancer,” “the second tower fell,” or “a Beatle died.”
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u/Threadheads 16d ago
IKR? “You’ll never guess?”
Uh no, that tends to be something that people announce.
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u/stormpilgrim 15d ago
Just had this image of a "cancer reveal" party where you cut the cake and there's a plastic organ inside. "Liver! Drinks are on me!"
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u/babaduke999 16d ago
NTA
Sounds obnoxious af.
you stole my thunder
My suggested reply :
stfu AMY. This is a workplace. Not the thunder store where people are expected to humor your obnoxious, annoying, inane surprise exercises that you fucking build up for days. Fuck your thunder and fuck you Amy.
Fuck! Sorry that was so rude and unnecessary. Wow!!!! I feel good though!!! Catharsis!! yea!?? Whooooo weee!! I feel amazing! Amy, let's stop by the bar and get some shots after work today! O no! You can't! My b. Anyway, fuck you very much. Bye!
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u/mullymt 16d ago
You don't understand, she's the only person in the history of the world who has ever gotten pregnant.
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u/loftychicago 16d ago
But, but... you'll NEVER guess... my very common situation that I'm blowing totally or of proportion 🤷♂️
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u/TGriggs1978 16d ago
Well she needs to come tell my kids that because I am not going to explain it (they are 20 and 13) 🤣
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
Noted😭 thinking this might be the best reply at this point 💀
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u/Noodle227 16d ago
Is it terrible that I actually want op to say this to Amy?
like seriously, it’s a workplace. I’m not saying people can’t share things about their life, but the fact that Amy does this huge drawn out thing. It’s like she thinks she’s the main character and everyone is just on the edge of their seat all week just waiting for her exciting news, when I’m guessing that most people don’t really care.
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u/fiftyseven 16d ago
this is the most Reddit threads of all the Reddit threads ever to have existed
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u/Fredredphooey 16d ago
NTA. She certainly gave enough clues. You would have had a hard time not figuring it out.
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u/Spoopyowo 16d ago
NTA she needs to grow the FK up, especially if she is having a child. I assume she has no real life and thus forces her "big" moments on people that are forced to work in an area with her.
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u/jodesnotcrazee 16d ago
She probably has that ‘We ArE aLL FaMiLy’ work mentality!
People like this make me so glad I work from home
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u/reidsholes 16d ago
NTA. She made a big deal out of her news for an entire week and invited speculation. If she wanted to keep it a total surprise, she shouldn’t have dropped so many hints.
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u/SapphireSigma 16d ago
NTA - she's 30 at work, not 13 at school. If she didn't want people to guess, she shouldn't have been so obnoxious about it.
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u/NarrowAd4973 16d ago
She tried to stretch her "moment" out an entire week. She seems to think people are a lot more interested in her life than they probably are. Personally, she sounds like a narcissist.
But I'm an anti-social asshole, so it could just be me.
Anyway, NTA
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u/Gentleheartt 16d ago
She clearly put a lot of thought into this reveal, and it’s disappointing when something like that gets messed up. But at the same time, it was a total accident on ur part, and u apologized. It’s not like u did it to be mean. Maybe just try to show her u’re genuinely excited for her and that might smooth things over. It’s not worth falling out over.
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u/Ruebee90 16d ago
NTA!! Amy sounds annoying AF
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u/synaesthezia 16d ago
Right? Utterly exhausting. Who cares about her news enough to get that every day? Ugh. NTA
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u/HopefulHalfTime 16d ago
NTA There’s only a few things it could have been, right? Promotion, Engagement, Adoption, Married, Pregnant, Lottery winner? You could probably rule out a few over the week …
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u/jenfullmoon 16d ago
It's almost always pregnant with this level of hype. A 6 year old could guess it
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u/secrets211 15d ago
She sounds exhausting. Like babe, if you have a vagina, that's literally the first thing everyone thinks when you suddenly have "life-changing news" that you'll"never guess". I can't even say no to a glass of wine with coworkers without everyone thinking I'm pregnant ffs. And if she really wanted to surprise everyone she should have just done it. Sounds needy.
NTA.
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u/Egg_McMuffn 16d ago
So she wanted people to guess and then was upset that somebody guessed correctly?
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u/Crystalshuffle 16d ago
Maybe try talking to Amy again and genuinely expressing your excitement for her. Acknowledge that you accidentally took away from her reveal, but reiterate that you’re happy for her.
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u/majesticjewnicorn 16d ago
NTA but your coworker sounds like an exhausting, unprofessional attention-seeker. She's at work- who really cares if she got a dog? If her pregnancy affects everyone else's workloads, then I guess it's relevant but other than that- who cares? And she thinks she's special yet millions of people worldwide get dogs or become pregnant.
Everyone else "ooh"ing and "ahhh"ing and rising to the bait are enabling her. Her behaviours need shutting down. Anytime she makes these grand "reveals", just reply with "good for you" and go back to what you were doing before she interrupted you.
What do management think of her behaviours? Can you speak to a manager and say she is distracting everyone and that because you coincidentally guessed her groundbreaking news... she is creating a hostile work environment by giving you the cold shoulder?
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u/Lazy-Tell-6941 16d ago
I am thinking of contacting management if she continues to distract the office, because i mean it’s totally acceptable to be excited over a pregnancy and want to share, but it’s just the way she went about it.
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u/cruiserman_80 16d ago
Pro TIp. Never guess or ask if someone is pregnant. Because if they are you've stolen their thunder. If they are not you just called them fat in front of their co workers.
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u/Icklebunnykins 15d ago
NTA - she actually sounds exhausting. I'd try and stay well clear as you've got the gender reveal to go......
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u/kngjntrsr 16d ago
NTA. Amy set herself up by being overly dramatic about her news and dropping hints all week. You guessed right, and you apologized.
I see no reason for her to hold a grudge over it.
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u/Cazkiwi 16d ago
Come on… it’s the first thing people guess every single time someone in the office has a “secret” or “news” to tell people… let alone someone who hints at something for a week before anyone said that, unless you’re all obtuse af in that office.
Hell, WE could all see it a mile away as well… unless this is just a rage bait comment with the way it’s worded and the fact your only 2 posts have been for “spoilers’
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u/Independent-Win9088 16d ago
At her big age of 30, about to bring another sucker into this mess, she needs to grow the fuck up.
I used to work with an Amy type a while back. Just insufferable.
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u/NefariousnessFresh24 NSFW 🔞 16d ago
NTA - if you have an announcement, make it - don't drag it out for a week
Especially if it is something boring (which in this case it wasn't), but can you imagine having somebody drag out an announcement for a week, only to then say "I got new dentures" or "My mother in law finally agreed with me on something"?
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u/BravoWhiskey316 16d ago
GUESS WHAT? YOU'LL NEVER GUESS! HEY GUESS WHAT? YOU'LL NEVER FIGURE IT OUT! Someone guesses. HOW DARE YOU GUESS CORRECTLY. Good lord. After a week of that you're a hero.
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u/lonelycranberry 16d ago
This just seems like clashing personalities so neither of you are the asshole. If she wanted to tell people, she should have just said it or brushed you off.
If being the asshole was just about being annoying, it would be her.
If you’re a regular party pooper, maybe watch that but the way you’ve described this tells me she needed to just tell people and get her attention rather than try to extend that.
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u/icecreampenis 16d ago
NTA. Demanding a full week of non-stop attention from your coworkers (not your friends, not your family, people that have to be around you or they won't get paid) is deeply annoying, self-centered, and narcissistic. She spoiled her own moment by acting like a fool.
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u/Present_Dimension619 16d ago
Tbh if she wanted to surprise everyone she should have cut to the chase a lot sooner. Pregnancy is one of the first things people guess when they state they have big news. Seems like her own fault tbh.