Man’s Divorce Threat Over Wife Breastfeeding Sparks Outrage As Experts Condemn “Ignorant” Claim

The internet blinked in disbelief when a grown man believed he was competing with his newborn son for his wife’s affection.

Screenshots of the husband’s texts to his wife, who seemed to have just given birth, recently made the rounds online.

“My God. What did I just read?” a baffled social media user said after reading the bizarre texts.

A grown man believed he was competing with his newborn son for his wife’s affection

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Netizens called it peak absurdity when a father admitted he was jealous of his own baby boy.

Their story was covered on Kidspot, with the outlet changing their names to April and Jonathan.

The exchange began with Jonathan having a meltdown, not because she cheated on him or betrayed him, but because she did something as ordinary as breastfeeding their newborn baby.

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“You’ve been breastfeeding? You know how I f***ing feel about that,” he said.

When the mother asked him when he would be coming back to them, he said, “Idk (I don’t know) if I am.”

Surprised by his reaction, the wife asked him if he was mad at her, to which he admitted he was.

The extremely normal, even essential, part of caring for a newborn baby had somehow resulted in the breakdown of the marriage 

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“What did I do?” said the postpartum mother. “It’s just the breastfeeding?”

She suggested she could feed their son in a different room if he was uncomfortable seeing it.

“Well, we didn’t talk about it. You just did it,” said the fussy husband. “And it’s not about seeing it. I know it’s happening.”

“I’m done,” he then declared.

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When the wife asked him if he was divorcing her, he argued that she could have asked the nurses for a breast pump to feed the child.

“It’s a proven scientific fact that breast milk is no better than modern formula,” he claimed.

But the wife argued, “I know. But the benefits of breastmilk still outweighs the formula. Latching helps drop the milk better than the pumps.”

The sulky, tantrum-throwing husband claimed it was “incestuous” for her to breastfeed her newborn son

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The impressively out-of-line husband claimed he would never be able to look at her the same way again.

He suggested that it wasn’t about whether she was a “bad mom” but that she was a “bad wife.”

“I enjoy your b**bs. Now they’ve been in another man’s mouth,” added the sulky, tantrum-throwing husband. “I now no longer enjoy your b**bs.”

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The man went on to suggest that a mother feeding her own son was “incestuous.”

“He’s a male. And your son,” he added. “That makes it incestuous in my eyes.”

Their heated exchange ended with the husband allowing her to stay in the house until she’s “back on her feet.”

After that, she was expected to find her own place. But somehow, he still felt entitled to ask for 50/50 custody.

The husband declared that they were “done,” but still said he would fight for 50/50 custody

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Based on the texts, it was not immediately clear whether the man was the infant’s biological father.

Nevertheless, breastfeeding is widely seen by doctors and medical professionals as the gold standard for feeding an infant.

Breast milk not only provides an infant with the nutrition they need, but can even protect them from short- and long-term illnesses and diseases. In addition to being free and less messy (there’s no need to clean bottles or pump parts after each feed), breastfeeding fosters a special bond between the baby and the parent.

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Babies who have been breastfed also show a lower risk of asthma, obesity, type 1 diabetes, and sudden infant de*th syndrome (SIDS), according to the CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). They also have a lower risk of contracting ear infections and experience less diarrhea.

Breastfeeding also provides a plethora of benefits to the mother, including reduced risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and breast and ovarian cancer.

Meanwhile, feeding babies formula or using a breast pump is also safe, useful, and sometimes necessary because there may be medical, personal, or practical reasons that prevent parents from being able to breastfeed their child.

Hence, these are valid options, but claiming that formula or pumping is equal to breastfeeding could be misleading.

Breastfeeding is widely seen by doctors as the gold standard for feeding an infant

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Netizens shared their disblief online after reading the text exchange between the overreacting husband and postpartum wife.

“My God. What did I just read? A father is jealous of his newborn child for being breastfed and blaming the mother. What has this world come to?” read one comment.

“Holy sh*t is disgusting,” one reader wrote. “Some people need to go out and have serious therapy.”

Another said that the husband did her a “real favor,” but in a “horrible way.”

“He’s shown her his true colors in the most disgusting way, and she can’t ignore that now,” they continued.

“This guy must have skipped all of health and biology class,” one commented online

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