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Made the Leap, But Not Everyone is Jumping for Joy: A Personal Update
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I’m thrilled to share with you a major milestone in my life – I recently made my announcement to friends and family! After months of contemplation, I finally took the plunge and let the people closest to me know what I’ve been working towards. As you can imagine, it’s been an emotional rollercoaster, filled with excitement, nervousness, and a hint of uncertainty.
But, as is often the case, not everyone is as thrilled as I am. I did receive a less-than-enthusiastic response from one person, which has left me feeling a tad deflated. It’s natural to experience a range of emotions when sharing your big news, and I’m no exception.
The Lowdown
To put it mildly, my friend/family member’s response was…underwhelming. While they’re not opposed to my decision per se, their lack of excitement and support has left me feeling like I’m walking on eggshells. It’s hard not to take it personally, especially when you’ve put your heart and soul into this endeavor. After all, it’s natural to expect some level of enthusiasm and encouragement from those closest to you.
The Takeaway
Despite the less-than-ideal response, I’m choosing to focus on the positive and not let it define my emotional state. I’ve come too far to let one person’s hesitation bring me down. Instead, I’ll take this as an opportunity to practice empathy and understanding, recognizing that everyone has their own struggles and concerns.
What’s Next?
In the coming weeks and months, I’ll be working tirelessly to prepare for the next chapter of my journey. It won’t be easy, but I’m ready to face the challenges head-on, armed with determination, resilience, and a whole lot of heart.
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Have you ever had to share big news with others and received a less-than-enthusiastic response? How did you handle it? Share your stories and advice in the comments below!
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We’re not doing a social media announcement, but we decided to make our announcement to close friends/family last weekend (I’m 14 weeks di/di twins). My aunts and uncles are thrilled, other family members are also excited because twins aren’t common in my family. Friends are freaking out and already giving me advice and offering to help. Even my close coworkers (we worked together for years so we’ve got a friend bond) were excited and asking questions.
Before this, it was just my parents and in-laws who knew, and my best friend found out 2 weeks ago.
I have one older cousin who we grew up close to, our parents kinda had a falling out a few times throughout the years (they have a bad sibling dynamic) but we still got along well. Thing is, she’s not married and doesn’t have kids. We’re Asian so of course I feel for her, her parents keep bugging her about it.
I hate letting her know about these milestones because I can just tell she’s sad about it. When I told her I got engaged I know she was happy but it probably made her feel worse, and I could sense it so I tried not to really talk to her about it. It’s like a guilt like I shouldn’t have said anything.
My parents were pushing me to let her know about the pregnancy (I was kinda hoping my mom would just inform her mom to just avoid the awkwardness). Sure enough I give her the good news and it’s a pretty short response, like she said her congrats and then just kind of a “thanks for sharing the news, take care!” kind of thing (didn’t exactly say ‘take care’ but know how you can tell they don’t want to open this response up for more responses).
She is the only person who didn’t really ask questions, didn’t ask how I was doing, hell she didn’t even ask questions about gender (pretty much everyone else wanted to know since our announcement was kinda gender neutral, we don’t know yet). This was also a twin announcement and it’s not common in our family, I would’ve thought she’d even be a little more excited about that.
I think it kinda hurts when your coworkers are more excited for you than a cousin you grew up with, I’m kinda sad but I don’t want to take it personally. I’m thrilled but I also want to be respectful to what she’s dealing with. But now I’m left with, do I still invite her to the shower? Do I send her pics when the baby is born? Like I don’t know if that’s me being a good cousin or if it makes her feel worse.
You still invite her because not inviting her would be a punishment, and from everything you’ve said she hasn’t done anything wrong. She still congratulated you and was kind, she just didn’t jump for joy in the way you expected her to.
It’s natural for other people to be less excited about your pregnancy than you. It’s pretty self-centered to expect the world to revolve around your particular uterus. You infer that this cousin is somehow jealous or sad of your milestones but it’s just as likely that she’s just not interested. Or she’s got something else going on in her life.
All the congratulations and excitement for my pregnancy is nice. But I’m not owed backflips and fireworks from everyone I tell. I keep it in perspective.
I think you’re overthinking it. The majority of people in your life were excited, this is just one person. She’s probably wrapped up in her own life and things and just doesn’t care that much.
It sounds like she was polite and did congratulate you, just isn’t totally interested. From the cousins I grew up with, I would say only really one has been super involved in my pregnancy. The rest kind of have their own lives, which is fine.
She’s family so I would still invite her to the shower, but probably not keep her updated as to progress and send her pictures and what not. Maybe she’ll change her mind and take an interest! If not, oh well. Focus on the people in your life that care, having any sort of family involvement is a huge blessing many don’t have.
Congrats on your pregnancy!