She Hates Babies And Wants To Tell Her Friend Not To Send Her A Christmas Card From Their Baby, But She Doesn’t Know If That Will Make Her A Jerk
This young woman is currently child-free, and she could not be happier about it– because, for some reason, babies have always made her super uncomfortable.
She honestly does not like looking at babies, being in the same room as them, or even hearing about their existence.
In fact, she actually used to have full-blown panic attacks if she had to stand near a baby or toddler for even a short minute or two.
“And if a baby or toddler touched me, I would freak out and have to go wash off a few layers of skin,” she recalled.
She has no clue what causes her to have such an intense reaction to young children. All she does know is that she has always been this way.
Still, she has been working on the issue and has made some progress. For instance, she is able to be more cordial and tolerant of babies and toddlers now without having a complete panic attack.
“However, they still make me very uncomfortable, and I do not want anything to do with them,” she noted.
And recently, this has become a major issue in one of her relationships. More specifically, she has a friend named Sally who reportedly has always known how much she dislikes babies and how uncomfortable the little humans make her.
Still, Sally had a baby several months ago. So, if you could not have guessed, the baby has come up many times.
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At first, she tried to be polite about her friend’s new child and simply congratulated Sally on the newborn.
But, ever since then, she claims that she receives random messages from Sally about the baby– which she really does not like.
Apparently, Sally always begins the messages with, “I know you don’t like babies, but…” before proceeding to send her a bunch of pictures of the babies, tell her about toys, and talk about baby clothes.
She normally just responded with very brief (and uninterested-sounding) messages, such as “nice” or “okay.” Then, she would leave it at that.
“I don’t want to be mean, so I just give the minimal response,” she claimed.
So, afterward, she just deleted the photos immediately. And honestly, she sometimes just deletes their entire conversation altogether simply because she is not interested and really does not consider herself and Sally to be close friends anyway.
This past week, though, she noticed that Sally posted in a group chat they are both in– asking for people to submit their addresses if they would like to receive “a Christmas card from her baby” in the mail.
Apparently, that was exactly how the post was worded.
And she figured that as long as she did not fill out the document, then she would be safe from receiving a Christmas card– which honestly sounded great to her.
After all, it seemed like a very nonconfrontational way to make sure she would not get any baby photos.
Lo and behold, though, her avoidance strategy did not work– because Sally just ended up messaging her privately and asking for her address to send the Christmas card.
“So, my silent opt-out is no longer an option,” she vented.
And now, she has been left wondering if just telling Sally she does not want a Christmas card from her baby– and also asking Sally to stop sending her photos and updates about the baby altogether– would make her a total jerk.
Have you ever met someone with such an aversion to babies? Why do you think she dislikes being near them or hearing about them so much? Do you believe she should tell Sally to stop communicating with her about the baby, or should she try to be there more for her friend? What would you do?
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