I got an email from the ex's stepdad (I still keep in contact with the ex's parents). Here is what is said:
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I heard an interesting rumor last night, It seems according to your friends, That you are expecting???????
I can't tell you who told me other than we were video conferencing with (the ex) last night!!
So! Is it true? Don't keep us in the dark
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The only thing I can think of is my brothers girlfriend's mom knows my ex's parents. So, she may have told them. I wonder why he said "I can't tell you who told me"!!! Very strange! Guess it's hard to keep this sort of thing a secret! I bet my bro told his gf, which is fine, but I bet she told her mom who in turn told my ex's parents! The gossip chain!
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That is quite the gossip chain if that is indeed how the news got spread.
We have two sources of gossip in our family (well, James' family) - one is his sister-in-law, aka: my babysitter, and the other is his mom! If there is something important that you want to tell people personally, you tell her last! It kills her to keep a secret! I still love her though.
Ah, that could be it.
So what are you going to do? Are you going to tell them, or hold off?
It's hard to stop the gossip once it gets going, but you are still so early on. I wouldn't want a lot of people to know until the first trimester was over.
The gossip in my house is my mom. Hands down. She tells the whole family when I go on a date! Argh.
Turns out the news was spread by my brother Al. I guess it is my fault since I didn't specifically tell him not to tell anybody. And he doesn't understand why people are hesitant to tell people this early on, he just said "When you're pregnant, I thought you tell people!". So, he told a bunch of people and some of them know the ex's parents, so that's how the word got spread.
I am really glad that Al is excited, I just wish we could have kept this just within the family for a little longer. Oh well, too late now!
I emailed the ex's stepdad back and basically said that yes, we are expecting, but it's very early on so we're not telling anyone but family at this point, so I asked them not to spread it further. I'm just disappointed since I wanted to be the one to tell them!
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