Two nights ago, I went to bed early. At 34 weeks pregnant, I was exhausted, heavy, and counting down the days until I\u2019d finally hold my baby in my arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My husband, meanwhile, wanted to hang out with his friends in the living room. I wasn\u2019t thrilled \u2014 I needed peace and quiet \u2014 but he assured me he just wanted \u201ca little fun\u201d before the baby came, since life would soon get hectic. Against my better judgment, I agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hours later, in the middle of the night, he shook me awake. Still groggy, I asked what was wrong. His response? \u201cThe guys and I want you to cook something for us. We\u2019re starving.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I stared at him in disbelief. My back ached, my feet were swollen, and I had just been jolted from sleep \u2014 all because my husband and his friends wanted a midnight snack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I refused. He got angry, calling me \u201clazy\u201d and \u201cselfish.\u201d That was the breaking point. The next morning, I filed for divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because in that moment, it became clear: if he couldn\u2019t respect me when I was carrying his child \u2014 when I was at my most vulnerable \u2014 he never truly would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two nights ago, I went to bed early. At 34 weeks pregnant, I was exhausted, heavy, and counting down the days until I\u2019d finally hold my baby… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}