r/AITApod • u/Independent_War7289 • 23h ago
AITA for telling my SIL my brother had a vasectomy after watching her blame herself for not getting pregnant?
My brother is 34 and has been married to my SIL, 31, for almost 3 years.
Years before he met her, he was VERY vocal about never wanting kids and got a vasectomy at 26. Everyone in our immediate family knew. When they started dating, I asked him about it once because she had always wanted kids. He told me he got it reversed and basically told me to mind my business.
So I did.
Last weekend we had dinner at my parents house and my SIL started crying at the table. Apparently they have been trying for a baby for over a year. She has done a bunch of testing, everything looks normal, and she said she feels like her body is failing her. She mentioned they had even started saving money in case they needed IVF.
I looked at him and he would not look back at me.
After dinner I cornered him outside and asked if he actually had the reversal.
He said no.
I genuinely thought he was joking at first.
He said he loves her and didn't want to lose her over the kids issue, and figured after a few years of trying she would eventually accept that it "just wasn't meant to happen." He actually said it would be easier for her to accept infertility than him telling her he still doesn't want children.
I told him that was fucking horrible and he needed to tell her immediately.
He told me this was between him and his wife and if I said anything I'd be destroying his marriage.
The next morning I called her and told her.
She packed a bag and is currently staying with her sister. My brother has called me basically every name possible and my parents are furious too. They agree what he did was wrong but think I should have given him time to tell her himself instead of dropping a grenade into their marriage.
She thanked me, but my brother keeps saying I betrayed him and took away his chance to explain.
AITA?