Corelly, Thank you for the super long post! You got me nodding in agreement the whole way. My SIL is pregnant too (along with everyone else I know and I want them and my whole family to be able to get excited about their upcoming birth without having to stop and think about how I am coping (it's not about me!). At the same time though, I still get so so upset after I talk to my brother who is sounding soooo excited - it's not because I resent them it's just purely because it reminds me of what I was so close to having. Plain, simple, childish jealousy I guess. Hope your little fur baby is doing well
(I'm seeing my bro and SIL and their growing belly this weekend. I'm taking all of your advice along to help me! - thanks again)
It's just so hard isn't it...I can really relate so much as well. And I also have good and bad days, but overall have had to distance myself from a few friends, because i just found it too painful being around them.
Wishing you all the best!
Thanks Possums. It's awful that friendships have to suffer as well through this stuff. Sometimes pretending it doesn't get to me (for everyone else's sake I guess) actually works - it's a timing thing - some days it's worse if I sit around thinking about how hard it will be to see the preggy friends rather than just seeing them and getting on with it. It's purely a timing thing though. Good luck
and I want them and my whole family to be able to get excited about their upcoming birth without having to stop and think about how I am coping (it's not about me!). At the same time though, I still get so so upset after I talk to my brother who is sounding soooo excited - it's not because I resent them it's just purely because it reminds me of what I was so close to having. Plain, simple, childish jealousy I guess. Hope your little fur baby is doing well
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