I was seeing a friend over the weekend, she is the same age as me but single and childless, I have 1 ds 2.5yo and due dc2 is sept.
I have always been close to her and she absolutely adores my ds, she is his godmother and is forever buying him gifts and vision him. She is a
Primary teacher, so likes kids generally, and she is a bit naive about the realities of parenthood but no more than I was pre dc.
However, this weekend she was telling me 2 anecdotes about children at her school, a boy who was being abused, and a girl who has a
Terminal brain tumour. She was quite matter-of-factly going into details re her illness, treatment etc, and the whole time i just wanted her
To stop talking as I just found
It so So Upsetting and terrifyingly sad and awful, I felt sick when she was telling me about it. And it struck me
Is this a result of the divide between having dc and not
Or am I just hormonal
and pathetic? It made me a bit sad for Our friendship in a weird way that I can't explain.
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louloutheshamed · 23/07/2013 15:15
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