A 'toxic' mum threw a tantrum after her son failed to wish her happy birthday because he was busy supporting his wife through labour. He explained how his wife's waters broke just days before his mum's birthday - so he dropped everything to rush to the hospital to be with her.
But this didn't go down well with his mum, who blasted him for putting his wife and daughter ahead of her. Taking to Reddit, he said: "My wife gave birth to our baby girl recently after an extremely long labour.
"She started on Thursday evening and our baby was born on Monday in the early hours of the morning. My mum's birthday was on Saturday. During the labour I was by my wife's side at all times to make her comfortable. But in doing this I got no sleep on the Friday night meaning on Saturday I was fighting sleep and I could only really focus on what was happening in front of me.
"I didn't have the energy to really think much, meaning I forgot my mum's birthday."
He didn't check his phone until after his daughter was born - and realised his mum had been trying to get in touch with him.
"I saw my mum's text and felt really bad so I called her up and apologised but also explained," he added.
"My mum didn't accept my apology and started to blame my wife by saying she purposely went into labour around the time of her birthday.
"I got annoyed and hung up but I also told her that she isn't welcome to see my baby for a few days.
"My whole family is constantly texting me and saying that I was wrong and that I'm an awful son for keeping her grandbaby away from her.
"They don't care about how my wife is feeling or anything."
But this isn't the only time his mum has tried to make their special day about herself - she also tried to ruin their wedding day.
The new dad said: "My mum is always toxic to my wife. She's not bothered to ask how my wife is, my wife was overdue so my mum knew that it would happen anyway.
"My mum loves being the centre of attention, she tried to break me and my wife up by showing old pictures of my wife and her ex.
"She blames my wife for me quitting a job I no longer loved and she's still refusing to believe my wife didn't go into labour on purpose.
"After some discussion I am deciding to go no contact for a little while and decided my baby won't be seeing any of my family for a few weeks as we want time alone.
"I told my family that they aren't welcome in our home for the next few weeks whilst we spend time alone and that we won't be responding to calls or text anymore.
"I'm getting called dramatic and my mum is threatening to post about this whole situation on social media."
At a loss with what to do, he has taken to Reddit to ask users how they'd handle this situation.
In response, one user said: "You're absolutely doing the right thing by going no contact with your mother and the family."
Another user added: "You're a great dad and a great husband - thank you so much for having your new little family’s back.
"I have seen how a lot of men and women will look the other way when there family treats their partner bad - you're doing great."
A third user said: "If anything, you're underreacting. Your mother added a lot of stress to a difficult situation by putting herself in the centre and sending the rest of your family against you in a time where you should be focused on your wife and new baby.
"If this was me, I would just send a short statement explaining the situation (in case your mother lied), and basically request an apology from anyone that acted as if they were entitled to your baby.
"No apology would mean no contact. Family or not, you don't need entitled people in your life."
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