In July of 2016 my mom found out she had stage 4 cancer. She was bed ridden and needed taken care of. My husband and I gave up everything to move somewhere she would be comfortable and take care of her. A few days after we found out my mom was sick my husbands friends (I suppose my friends because of him) came to our home while we were packing boxes to announce a pregnancy. Needless to say I wasn't overjoyed for them, I was a bit angry they felt the need to announce TO ME when I was going through such a tough time. But I put on a smile and acted as expected. My husband and I had to put a family on the back burner to care for my mom. This couple had been married for 7 years and they both admit that the time she conceived was THE ONLY TIME they had EVER had sex. That's right folks, once in seven years and she conceived. They are both extraordinarily unhealthy but I guess it was meant to be.

Fast forward to August, my mom passes away and I become very depressed for some months.

October, they are close to finding out the gender of their baby. We all go out for dinner and they ask my husband and I if we had baby names picked out, we told them our favorite names and went on with life. My husband and I starting trying for a baby again in November and received a slap in the face from these "friends", they announced the gender and name of their little one. Not only did the wife show utter disappointment when she learned she wasn't having her preferred gender (normal I suppose but she shut down her gender reveal to go home and cry)...They even used one of our baby names. when we confronted them about it they simply said that I wasn't pregnant so it didn't matter. We shouldn't have told them the name in the first place so I guess it's our fault. My husband and I have been trying for a baby since November now, not counting the time we had to stop before now and I'm still not pregnant. I am feeling very lost and confused.

How do you ladies not compare yourselves to others? How do you go on and be happy when others try to bring you down?

This couple obviously is selfish and not very thoughtful of others feelings. We've since drifted apart. But that doesn't stop me from still feeling angry at times about the entire thing.

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