Welcome Home, Daddy Picture
Someone sent me this picture and I thought it was pretty funny.
Here's a woman who's around five-months pregnant waiting for her husband who has been away on a 12 month tour. It's one of those double takes that, even though there was probably a reasonable explanation, it's kind of funny.
Well, about 4 people, out of the 44,000 that viewed it, thought she would actually show up to greet this guy with a "welcome back" message written on her belly after she had gotten knocked up by someone else when he was off at war. Okay.
Then there were the 20 people that thought that the average person doesn't understand R&R leave and were appalled that she was implied in any wrong doing.
Originally I just removed the picture because I don't want people getting all batshit crazy and send me dead cats in the mail, but then I kinda worried about those 4 people that did think she fooled around so I thought I'd find the original story just to clear things up.
Just as I suspected, the baby was conceived during a mid-term leave and Kendra Kaplan (along with their three-year old, Ayden) had brought a sealed envelope with the baby's ultrasound so she and her husband, Staff Sgt. Joshua Kaplan, could find out the gender together. They had another beautiful boy.
See, nice. Right? They are a beautiful family having beautiful babies that were the unfortunate victims of news abbreviation.
It's really lovely. And sweet.
And funny.
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Thanks for giving the whole story! Some people just like to create drama :p
good that in real life it's a lovely and touching holiday story...but the other way is way funnier. :)
yes, that would be an R&R baby. military gals actually plan pregnancies that way. they don't wanna have a bun in the oven at the beginning of the tour for risk of them missing the birth, so hence the r&r baby or end of tour baby.
although, her choice of homecoming outfits was a bit over the top.. apparently she missed that class w/ the other unit wives on whats appropriate.
I thought this was only a news story since he'd actually been gone the whole time, so I assumed it was an IVF baby or something.
Funny, as a military spouse, my FIRST thought was awe- A R&R baby! How special!
So many people don't realize what military spouses give up supporting their soldiers to fight the wars. That includes having the spouses there for big events, like births and deaths.
Maybe I'm just overly sensitive, since my husband is a soldier going out on deployment. The fact that people would think it's FUNNY that the wife could have possibly cheated on her soldier, well, I just don't find it's funny at all. It's a shame that someone, somewhere even over-dramatically attached something so ugly to something that should be considered so beautiful.
Hopefully, if the original creator of that misleading 'Pregnancy Fail' will find humor should his/her own spouse actually stray.
Good on her for wanting to flash her belly -period. When I was knocked up there was no way in hell I was flashing my gut to anyone... on purpose. That sucker has a mind of its own!
Having been on several fertility boards with wives of service men I know that some military families opt to freeze sperm and use artificial insemination to build their families while hubby is out on deployment. Our military families sacrifice more than civilians will ever understand. <3
Thanks for posting the REAL story behind this picture. I saw it here last week and wondered how many people would think the same thing that happened after that photo was aired - that she got pregnant while her husband was deployed. My husband is in the US Army, and I can't tell you how many women get pregnant on mid-tour leave (also known as R&R). It's extremely common. And for some IGNORANT jerk to put words on a photo which he/she doesn't understand anything about is cruel and wrong. Because of that photo, that woman and her family endured great ridicule and pain. So much so that she finally gave her son a PATERNITY test to prove that he's her husband's son! Absolutely ridiculous. If you want, you can read more about the woman and her family here: http://spousebuzz.com/blog/2011/11/decency-fail.html And feel free to share!
Oh, come on with all of the "offense" because "military families sacrifice so much". Sure, they do, that doesn't make this picture any less funny. Where is your sense of humor?
For the record, if I had been knocked up when my husband returned from Iraq, we would have both been cracking jokes about it.
Thanks for the whole post however it really isnt funny at all that people wanna say I cheated and non the less showed up to his homecoming pregnant with someone elses baby!! Thats messed up. We are still married and have a beautiful 2 year old son named Tomas! Our other son is also turning 6! So please get alife other than bashing something that was not done to end up in the media but to welcome home a soldier!