She Got Accused Of Stealing The Spotlight At Her Sister’s Baby Shower Because She Talked About How Easy Her Pregnancy Has Been While Her Sister’s Been Really Struggling
If you’re a mother, were you ever pregnant at the same time as a close friend or relative?
While it may sound magical, if the pregnancy experiences are very different, it can cause some tension.
One woman, who’s pregnant at the same time as her older sister, was accused of stealing the spotlight at her sister’s baby shower after talking about how easy her pregnancy’s been while her sister’s been having a hard time.
She’s 23, and her sister is 29. Her sister is almost seven months pregnant and is about to become a single mom, as she accidentally got pregnant with a man who is not involved.
Her sister has been having a really hard time with her pregnancy. Not only is she going through it without the father’s support, but she has moved back in with their parents and is at risk of losing her job because the pregnancy has made her sick with severe nausea and gestational diabetes.
She found out she was pregnant more recently and is around three months pregnant. While her pregnancy was also a surprise, she got pregnant with her boyfriend of two years, who she lives with and plans on marrying.
Besides a few normal pregnancy symptoms, she’s been feeling pretty good and is hardly nauseous. Therefore, her experience has been much different from her sister’s.
“My sister and I are spending more time together and often talking about our pregnancies,” she said.
She and her sister have been trying to bond more through their pregnancies and even began seeing the same doctor. She thought everything between her and her sister was going well until her sister’s baby shower when everything fell apart.
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“The party was nice, and we got to see some of our extended family who live [far] away,” she explained.
“Since they’re my family as well, they asked me about my pregnancy.”
She went around the party telling her relatives how well her pregnancy was going and had her boyfriend with her the whole time. Then, her sister became upset in the middle of the party and told everyone she wasn’t feeling well.
Later, her sister snapped and told her she triggered her because she was stealing the spotlight at her baby shower.
“She told me I always want to be the focus of attention, and I can’t even let her have one day,” she added.
“She said that I’m always bragging about how good [and] supportive my boyfriend is, how ‘easy’ my pregnancy is, and that I don’t know when to shut up because I don’t have empathy for others [who] are going through a harder time.”
She was shocked by her sister’s words and began crying. Suddenly, her parents came into the room and began comforting her while scolding her sister. Everyone seemingly sided with her, but she left the shower with her boyfriend early anyway.
A few days later, she got an angry text from her sister, accusing her of being the ‘golden child’ and saying she was always in her shadow.
Since then, her sister has blocked her number and won’t speak to her.
Was she wrong to talk about her easy pregnancy during her sister’s baby shower?
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