I'll try and keep this as short as possible and not drip feed but I'm so cross I need to vent...
I had my daughter shortly after leaving school which taught me a valuable life lesson in friends. I have a small number of friends and I like it that way. I have filtered out those who were not really "true friends", but merely people I tolerated back in school, and am very happy with this arrangement. My friends are very precious to me and I like to think I treat them well & vice versa.
Fast forward several years and I am currently 29 weeks pregnant with baby number 2. A "friend" who I haven't spoken to or seen in 4 years has tried calling me (I don't know where they got my number from as it's not the same one I had then). I suspect this has something to do with the fact I'm pregnant. It wasn't just once, I'm talking several times, several text messages and messages through social media in the last 24 hour period, calling me ignorant, asking how I am, telling me they miss me etc. I feel totally pestered and have had enough. They are exactly the sort of person that will just turn up at my house unannounced, as they did this the last time I saw them, 4 years ago.
I don't know how to approach this situation without causing myself unnecessary stress. On the one hand I don't want to talk to this person or acknowledge their constant badgering and hope they will get the message I'm not interested. On the other hand I fear they will not leave me alone until I clearly state I have no interest in being friends after all this time with no contact. (We weren't particularly good friends before anyway so I have no idea why they are so desperate to get in contact except for the fact that I'm pregnant and people do seem to crawl out of the woodwork when a life event like this happens...)
Please give me some advice if this has happened to you or even if it hasn't because I am bloody fed up! Thanks
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Mummybear8 · 27/06/2015 00:23
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