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.