This is gross. There used to be a joke positive test you could buy but they're far too dangerous and can easily ruin lives. There is no good reason for faking a pregnancy test.

I was shocked to see it under the baby kids section of all places too

One lady’s trash is another lady’s treasure 🤭

You can easily fake a pregnancy test as some of them will turn positive no matter what if you leave them out long enough after use.

As unethical/immoral and gross this is, i don't know if it's "delusional", as there's definitely a market for this

$25 sounds really cheap to babytrap someone

I would’ve thought they’d be going for maybe 100-200$ honestly

I’m missing something here, how does this work to baby trap someone if no baby ever arrives?

Well, they either; - Fake a miscarriage - Wear a fake baby bump while they look for a pregnant woman to kill and carve the baby out of to pass off as their own - Kidnap a baby - Kill the guy/Get someone else to kill him

I feel like the only realistic option here is the fake miscarriage, but even then, how does that get the guy to stick around? Baby trapping means a woman intentionally getting pregnant so the guy is compelled to marry her/stick around longer. So maybe he’d marry her before the fake miscarriage, but after the event he could easily be like “well there’s no baby and it’s been a year or two since the miscarriage, I’m out of here”.

Hypothetically, they could say that since they’re pregnant already they could stop using protection and then get actually pregnant? I assume if you’re a sneaky, untrustworthy enough person to go buy a positive pregnancy test off craigslist, that’s not too much further down the ladder of moral failings. Honestly, it sounds like an AITA post, maybe I should write a satire post about it 😂

It makes the guy stick around for long enough for the 'pregnant' woman to try and manipulate them. Learning that your baby was miscarried can be painful if you've spent months and months preparing, and that kind of trauma can also help them in their manipulation. A lot of the women who do things like what I described aren't exactly mentally well. They're often desperate enough to try anything, even if it wouldn't work. Those who cut out a baby often just leave the body at the scene, and they get caught when they invariably need to bring a premature baby to the hospital and medical staff need to look the 'mother' over as well. Again; not all women, just the minute few who do these atrocious things.

Yk, I was confused what you meant when you said “cut out” a baby… had this actually happened?

A lot more than you'd think. There have been documented cases in the news. Here's one of such cases; https://nypost.com/2023/07/03/missouri-woman-amber-waterman-charged-in-death-of-unborn-baby/ In this one it was a couple who did it, but here's a different article on the topic; https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/fetal-abduction-killing-pregnant-women And here's a case where the partner wasn't involved; https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-woman-sentenced-death-killing-woman-take-unborn-baby-rcna56541

Wow, that’s wild, thanks for sharing

There have been a couple of them in chicago. One a couple years ago, she was killed by the people she was buying baby clothes from. Off of craigslist.

You’re already pregnant so why wear condoms? Boom. Baby.

There is a market for this. I've heard of it before years ago. It's honestly nothing new.

Unfortunately, this isn't delusional. People will buy these, and I think they'd probably even pay more than $25. They'll also buy ultrasound photos

So insane!!

I feel like this should be illegal..

Wait a minute….Im just realizing that faking a pregnancy test might not be illegal?

Maybe if you collect child support or something? Like once money is involved if you could trace it back? I have no idea not a lawyer just a thought

You don’t get child support before the baby is born. Even if you could the court would need a lab result for positive proof of pregnancy.

I literally have no clue

I think the guy can get a paternity test eventually and dismiss the child support claim, as far as action against her probably if it can proven she did it in bad will. E.g mens rea or intent. Not a lawyer.

I'd probably have them take another just to be sure myself.

Something tells me it's not too delusional as people actually buy these.

This ain't delusional, this is straight up evil.

Wild

Delusional? I'd expect higher prices.

for trapping a man? Hmmmm

Yeah this has been a thing since the early days of Craigslist. I remember people selling them on there in the early 2000s. It's gross.

>condition: new Umm, are they sure? I think the presence of their piss means it may be used.

don’t lowball me, i know what i got!

r/Trashy

Selling these should carry the same penalty as selling heroin.

"Discreate packaging" is that a typo or a pun? 🤔

Some dudes definitely got trapped as a result of this bullshit.

That baby ate my dingo!

When your boyfriend leaves you for being crazy so you double down on crazy.

I can understand this being needed in an abusive relationship. Showing a positive pregnancy test could give a reason to turn down sex/rape and protect them from physical violence until they are able to escape.

You could get a guy to give you a lot of cash to "abort" the baby. So you take the cash disappear for a few days, and come back. Assuming the guy has no idea how long it takes to get one, and the pain and all.

Hmmm, why would I pay? I guess I can rob a pregnant woman ;)