{"id":43198,"date":"2025-01-29T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43198"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:27:05","slug":"when-i-was-pregnant-i-attended-a-pottery-party-that-turned-into-a-nightmare-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43198","title":{"rendered":"When I Was Preg>>>>>>>>>>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1241.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1241.png 512w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-1241-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pregnant with my second child, I was exhausted and emotional. My best friend, Ava, insisted we go to a pottery party for a night out. I reluctantly agreed, unaware that my life was about to unravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening was fun at first\u2014fifteen women sharing birth stories, painting, and laughing. Then, one woman mentioned how her boyfriend left a movie night on July 4th because his sister-in-law was in labor. My daughter, Tess, was born on July 4th. Ava and I exchanged wary glances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curiosity gnawed at me. \u201cYour boyfriend\u2019s name is Malcolm?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I showed her a picture of my husband, Malcolm, with our daughter. Her face paled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the father of my child too,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The room spun. Confronting Malcolm confirmed the betrayal. He had a secret child, and our marriage shattered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, five weeks from giving birth, I\u2019m searching for divorce lawyers while eating chocolate. My kids deserve better, and while this isn\u2019t what I planned, I\u2019ll create a loving home for them\u2014without him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=43195\">ALSO READ&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pregnant with my second child, I was exhausted and emotional. My best friend, Ava, insisted we go to a pottery party for a night out. I reluctantly&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52111,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43198\/revisions\/52111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}