Annoying (pregnant) friend

colleensims

fluffnutter wrote: »

And if your friends really loved you, no doubt they'd listen.

Im sure someone would tell me to shut up in the end:rotfl:

Ladyhawk

colleensims wrote: »

Same here, doesnt interest me at the moment. Maybe I should pick a random subject and make it my duty to talk non stop about that for the next year.

I normally enlist my more understanding friends to run interference and change the subject because even Mum's get bored of talking about their children.

CH27

This isn't just about her pregnancy, it's about how you feel about her generally & the pregnancy has tipped the balance.

colleensims

meritaten wrote: »

sorry - but it seems to be entirely normal! I think I was the same on my first pregnancy - it filled my mind so completely there was no room for anything else! Then you have the baby and the birth becomes the topic du jour. then its the baby - you will share every little moment! sorry, I am exaggerating (a bit). until you find out that YOU are pregnant you wont really understand how momentus it is. she will probably be able to talk about other topics in a few weeks (months).
Oh, and when its your turn - you do know who is going to share in your fascination don't you?

If i ever go down that route I am making it my mission to talk about other things with friends and not bore them with the constant baby talk!! goo goo ga ga!!!

Ladyhawk

colleensims wrote: »

If i ever go down that route I am making it my mission to talk about other things with friends and not bore them with the constant baby talk!! goo goo ga ga!!!

Funny how some women manage it and some women don't.

TimBear

colleensims wrote: »

Same here, doesnt interest me at the moment. Maybe I should pick a random subject and make it my duty to talk non stop about that for the next year.

It's not that it doesn't interest me. I love my friends and am always over the moon with any new babies to join the gang. I also want to be a midwife so the labour/pregnancy stories fascinate me too.

However, there are other topics of conversation!

colleensims

Ladyhawk wrote: »

Funny how some women manage it and some women don't.

I totally understand how happy a couple must be to find out such exciting life changing news but they seem to want the whole world to be just as happy and excited as they are and most of the time nobody else really cares!! sounds harsh but its true

System

I'm kind of grateful none of my friends have babies...its not something i could relate to so i'd find it difficult to talk about ALL the time. :eek:

I understand the excitement but i think the friend should also understand its not all about HER either, friendships are give and take..so fair enough to be excited and talk about the baby but make time for talk about other things too

colleensims

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

I'm kind of grateful none of my friends have babies...its not something i could relate to so i'd find it difficult to talk about ALL the time. :eek:

I understand the excitement but i think the friend should also understand its not all about HER either, friendships are give and take..so fair enough to be excited and talk about the baby but make time for talk about other things too

Couldnt have put it better myself

fluffnutter

colleensims wrote: »

I totally understand how happy a couple must be to find out such exciting life changing news but they seem to want the whole world to be just as happy and excited as they are and most of the time nobody else really cares!! sounds harsh but its true

That's very true. I don't really get the baby shower idea, and certainly not this bizarre 'let's announce the sex of our baby by cutting into a pink or blue cake party' that's becoming more popular (imported from the States of course). In my mind there are only two people who have to be excited about a baby - its parents.

But to not grit your teeth and just let your mate get on with it for a while seems a little churlish. Friendships are tested sometimes, people don't always behave exactly how we'd like them to. Can't you cut her a little bit of slack for a while?