Unsupportive Family Members
My boyfriend and I are expecting our first baby due in October. We announced to close family and then on Facebook around 12 weeks. I am the oldest child in my family and he is the youngest in his. His oldest sister is married and has no children, but claims to have been trying for quite some time. When we told her that I was pregnant, she blew things out of proportion and said that she hates us and even now, 9 weeks later, she gets mad when we talk about what's going on and when we show his parents the newest ultrasound pictures. I understand that it probably hurts that we didn't plan on having a baby right now and that she's been trying, but when will it end?! My aunt (by marriage) refuses to be happy for us as well. She and my uncle have a son who is about 3 or 4, and she is supposedly trying for another one and isn't happy again for the same reason that our pregnancy was unplanned. She basically told me that my boyfriend, the father of my baby, wouldn't stick around. What would you do in this situation? How long will it last? Should I just stop inviting them to things and not let them be involved? It makes me feel like they think that we planned to "ruin" their plans of having a baby(or another baby) or that we've somehow "ruined" their life by getting pregnant. I just want things to go back to normal. Some may think I'm being insensitive or rude, but that is not my intention. I just don't like walking around eggshells all the time and I just don't know what to do.
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