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Bossy Friends?

bre87bre87
in March 2011 Moms
does anyone else have friends telling you what you can and can not do while pregnant? or how your life is going to be once you have a baby? i know they mean well but i don't want to hear it all the time.
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  • mrsbmw09mrsbmw09
    HA! All the time. This one friend is constantly telling me everything I do is going to hurt the baby. Or when the baby gets here I'll be so sleepy all the time I'll beg her to come take it. It's irritating.
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  • crossedxfingerscrossedxfingers
    No, I guess we're lucky!  Almost all of our friends have kids so it's nice to be able to ask questions and get many different points of view and opinions.  So far everyone has been really great about it and told me it's the hardest job I'll ever do but it's also the most rewarding. 
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  • jessicadwjessicadw

    Yes!  We are hearing this kind of stuff from EVERYONE we know that already has kids.  A few that really get on my nerves:

    1.  How's that morning sickness treating you?  Pregnancy is awesome, right?  Enjoy wanting to vomit for the next month.

     2. You have no idea how much your life is going to change.  You will never be able to sleep late ever again and your house will never ever be quiet.

    3.  Well, you're in for it now.  You no longer have a life.  It's officially over.

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  • bre87bre87

    i went to happy hour yesterday with friends. none of them have kids. and they yelled about me taking regular tylenol and how i wouldn't feel like going out sundays to watch football games and i would want to quit my job and be a SAHM. i can still have my own life right? i'm not even showing yet.

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  • RayRay007RayRay007 member

    Not yet, but not many people know we're pregnant. My one gf that does know is 6 1/2 months along and at first she was like "oh, you're going to feel so sick" "you're going to be so bloated" "you're going to be so tired", but now she just asks how I'm feeling when we see each other, and I say pretty good, and she's totally jealous.

    Knowing our friends, I don't think any of them will really try to tell me how to handle my pregnancy, but they'll be happy to answer questions.

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  • Cristin23Cristin23

    My neighbor, while awesome, has said "You guys can't even keep your house clean, I have NO idea how you'll handle a baby" (I'm sorry, I'm not home 14-16 hours out of the day, the last thing I want to do is "clean up" and we've been gone EVERY weekend since MAY. Yeah, my house isn't perfect. Sorry.)

    Also: "You can't even be tough with your dogs, how are you going to be tough with your own child? They'll walk all over you!"

    Please, I coach 26 bratty high school girls, a baby will be a piece of cake. :D


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  • dc2heartsdc5dc2heartsdc5
    its even worse when its family...they can be so annoying
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  • mrsbmw09mrsbmw09
    imageCristin23:

    My neighbor, while awesome, has said "You guys can't even keep your house clean, I have NO idea how you'll handle a baby" (I'm sorry, I'm not home 14-16 hours out of the day, the last thing I want to do is "clean up" and we've been gone EVERY weekend since MAY. Yeah, my house isn't perfect. Sorry.)

    Also: "You can't even be tough with your dogs, how are you going to be tough with your own child? They'll walk all over you!"

    Please, I coach 26 bratty high school girls, a baby will be a piece of cake. :D


    How rude! I'm shocked that people actually say those things! Who cares if your house isn't spotless!?

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  • ecampioneecampione
    Haha!  I was just reading about this in the Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy!  She calls people like that the "Pregnancy Police" or "PP"  Wink
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  • bug8306bug8306

    Recently i had a couple who i once considered to be a close friends tell me that the moment I let them know I was pregnant they would lose my number, because that means we cant go out and party with them anymore.

     I understand having a baby is a huge life change, and yeah it might put a damper on going out and partying, but that doesnt mean that I'M changing.  I'm still the same fun person I always was, now i just have more responsibility.

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  • weeblekweeblek

    @bug8306..Geez, nice friends...could they have been joking?

    my brother (older) has been the worst.  He has 2 daughters and this is my first pregnancy.  He is extremely negative about everything, including our plan for my hubby to be a Stay at home dad.  I've gotten to the point where I don't want to talk to him anymore, which is hard, because I love seeing my nieces.  

    I'm just going to surround myself with calm, rational, and positive people who give me informative, constructive advice, not surround myself with people (my brother) who give me unsolicited, uninformed advice.  

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