I discovered my wife was pregnant from her friend's Instagram post

A man has revealed he discovered his wife was pregnant via a friend's Instagram account.

The 29-year-old man took to Reddit to detail the shocking moment he found out he was going to be a dad through the social media account of his wife's friend. 

He explained in his post that he was stunned to see a flood of congratulatory messages pop up on his phone while sitting at home. 

The texts revealed that his wife was pregnant and included a screenshot of an Instagram story shared by his spouse's friend. 

In the social media post, his wife could been seen crying and hugging her pal. 

The image was captioned, 'You're going to be the best mom.' 

Furious, the man called his wife and told her he already knew and that her pal had broken the news to all of their loved ones on her social media page. 

The mom-to-be was devastated as the phone call from her spouse sparked a huge argument with the two lovers and her best friend. 

The post was titled: 'Am I the a**hole for being upset that I found out my wife was pregnant via social media?' 

He explained: 'I'm 29, and she is 27. We've been together for four years, married for two, both from the same hometown but currently living in a different city. 

'She’s at our hometown for a family event, and I stayed back due to work.

'We've been trying to get pregnant for three months, and now it’s happened. The problem is the way I found out about it.

'My friend congratulated me by posting a screenshot in our group chat — a screenshot of an Instagram story posted by one of my wife's friends. The post was my wife crying and hugging some of her friends, with the caption, "You are going to be the best mom."

'I called her right away, and she answered pretty quickly, saying, "I have news, babe." All I said was, "I know, you're pregnant." She replied, "Wow, babe, how did you know?" I just said, "Saw it on Insta. Didn't think to call me first, huh?" She said, "What? I didn’t post anything." 

'I responded, "Yeah, but your friends did. That’s one way to find out I’m going to be a dad, thanks," and I hung up. I was furious. She kept calling me, and I didn't answer until my sister called shortly after.'

The man's sister arrived to the house and was stunned to see that the entire family was arguing and called her brother to get to the bottom of things. 

'My sister asked me what was going on because she’d just arrived at my in-laws’ house, and everyone was freaking out, fighting, and my wife was locked up in her room,' he wrote.

'I told her what happened, and she said, "There’s no way she would do that." I replied, "Well, she did." My sister said she was going to find out what was going on.

'A little later, my sister called me back and explained everything. At that point, I’d calmed down, thinking it was just a crappy friend who decided to post without permission. But my sister filled me in on the details: My wife was late on her period and, while hanging out with a friend, they thought, "What if you’re already pregnant?" 

'So they bought a bunch of pregnancy tests, all of which came out positive. They freaked out, told her parents, and then texted some friends in town to come over. From the time she found out to the time her friend posted on Instagram, only 2 hours had passed. My wife told at least 10 people before telling me.

'For the record, my sister told me that the argument going on when she arrived was because the other friends were upset with the one who posted on Instagram. 

'Apparently, they all thought it was a shitty thing to do and were mad at her. But they also couldn’t understand why my wife hadn’t told me sooner. 

'I finally called my wife, and she was crying. She apologized and said she’d been planning to surprise me, which was why she hadn’t told me yet. I was skeptical and pointed out that if she’d really wanted to surprise me, she wouldn’t have been ready to tell me right when I called. 

'She went silent, and I told her I needed some time to think. She yelled, saying I couldn’t just walk away and that we needed to talk about it. I replied, "Why do we need to talk? So you can lie again?" and I hung up.'

The Reddit user revealed that he was furious at his wife and couldn't seem to get over the shocking situation. 

He revealed that it had brought him to tears. However, he was attempting to get over it. 

At the end of the post, he said: 'A ton of people have been messaging me, but I’m honestly exhausted. I don’t know why, but this has drained me. I’ve cried randomly, which is unusual for me; I’m not a crier. 

'This isn’t supposed to be a huge deal, but it feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. My sister sent me a message that really stuck: "Hey, I know this sucks, and it was crappy of her, but don’t let this ruin it for you. You’re going to be a dad. You’re going to be an amazing dad. This is great."

'The only thing keeping me going right now is knowing that I’m going to be a dad. I’ve dreamed of this, and all I hope is that this baby is healthy. 

'I’ll probably swallow my pride and pretend I’m fine just to avoid making my wife too emotional during the pregnancy. But I’ll do that tomorrow. Tonight, I’ll just sulk.'

People on the web flooded the comments section and slammed his wife for not sharing the news with him first. 

One person wrote: 'He wasn’t even last, she never called him, he had to call her.'

Another user added: 'Not the a**hole but congratulations on your baby, I hope it will be a healthy little baby.

'Not the a**hole that was really bad behavior from your wife and friends,' someone else wrote.