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Should You Keep Your Best Friend’s Secrets (or Not)? WIBTA If You Didn’t Share The News About Her Older Sister’s Pregnancy Complications?
We have just received word that a dramatic scenario has unfolded in a group of friends, leaving one wondering what it would take to be the real MVP in a situation like this.
Sources close to the situation have confirmed that a young woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, has just told her best friend’s older sister that her pregnancy complications "aren’t that important" during a conversation. The question now on everyone’s mind is: what it takes to be the "BFF" when a situation like this goes down.
"I just didn’t see the point of sharing the details," said the unnamed friend. "Her pregnancy was going to be okay, and it didn’t affect our hangouts at all. I was trying to put things into perspective for her, but I guess I overdid it."
The older sister, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the situation, said, "When my best friend confided in you about my pregnancy issues, you reassured her that they were not serious. But when it was brought up again during a private conversation, you downplayed its significance. That was hurtful."
We at [News Network] want to give you the inside scoop: it takes a lot of guts to break this news. We’re still waiting for more information from our sources, but the tension is palpable. Did she really have the right to spill the tea in the first place? What does the real MVP do when there’s gossip involved?
Keep checking this space for updates and opinions on whether this friend WIBTA. In the meantime, you can express your thoughts in the comment section below:
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I (29F) am currently expecting my second baby towards the end of the year. In total I have had four pregnancies, the one I am currently carrying, two have ended in miscarriages later in the first trimester and one with a healthy little girl in early 2023. My journey with pregnancy has not been the easiest, but I also realize it is nowhere near the most difficult by any stretch.
This pregnancy has turned out to be a little tougher on me physically especially chasing around a toddler. At the anatomy scan they discovered a VSD heart defect. After waiting over a month for a specialist, they confirmed our baby has a large VSD that will require open heart surgery and a possibly some constriction on one of the main arteries. Despite hearing this news, I am at peace knowing we are in an area that has some of the top doctors for pediatric cardiology and we can plan for what is to come post birth.
After finding this out, I made a close friends story on instagram so I could inform others of what is going on without sending a text blast out. I added close friends, family, including my best friends from high school and their sister (34F) (who is due the same month as me) . Not long after I post I get a message from my friend’s sister saying she “understands my fears for my baby because she was in the hospital with a bad UTI and anemia “.
WIBTA if I told her a UTI and anemia is not near as scary as open heart surgery on a baby? Or say that she is clueless and selfish for comparing the two? I’m trying not to lose my cool, but it is not the first time she tried to compare/relate her situation to mine. For example, how she spotted a little with this pregnancy vs. my miscarriages. This is her second pregnancy without major issues, and she has never had a miscarriage. I’m leaning on not saying anything. But she has a baby shower coming up and I am concerned if it gets brought up I just might say something
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Why do you feel the need to make it a competition on who had the harder pregnancy? It’s not like you own a monopoly on hardship.
What you do is up to you, but unless she is the sort of person that regularly competes in the trauma Olympics, my guess is that she was just trying to show solidarity and attempt to commiserate. The conditions clearly aren’t comparable, but she may have just been trying to say that she has some idea of what it’s like to be pregnant and afraid. I am very sorry you are going through this, but I am not sure I would go after someone who I consider a close friend because they were tone deaf in trying to reach out to you.
You gain nothing by pointing out that your situation is worse. Being scared for your baby is what she’s connecting with you about.
It’s not a competition. She was trying to show some support and commiseration.
Would someone who’s had more heartache surrounding pregnancy and loss than you be the AH for saying your story wasn’t worth posting about? Yes.
She reached out. She was trying to be supportive. Accept that she cares. Take care of yourself.
People legit to this day still die from UTI’s and if she was hospitalized due to one it was very serious. UTI’s, serious ones like that lead to sepsis and death not just for her. Anemia in itself can cause low birth weight and development problems in babies and a slew of other issues as well. Women who are anemic have a 35% chance of miscarriage or preterm birth. Without enough iron her body can’t make enough blood cells for fetal and placenta growth. Also without enough iron her thyroid won’t make enough of the hormone for her babies brain to develop fully.
I’m not sure why you think her pain is somehow beneath yours. Her fears are valid as are yours.
Hope you learn some empathy and maybe how to google before you blow up a couple friendships over the “who had it worse game”