There is someone who I used to be very close to. We were childhood friends and good mates throughout teenage years. Ultimately though, we’re completely different characters and therefore we drifted apart in our early twenties. We’ve had some fallings out in which neither of us were in the wrong but it did highlight that we’re very different people now and so we’re friends on FB, wish each other happy birthday, etc but no more than that.
I am aware that she and her husband have been struggling to conceive. I am pregnant so keeping in mind how close we used to be, I wanted to tell her privately rather than let her find out through a Facebook post or something. It felt more respectful to her feelings.
She has got back to me saying her only shot at IVF has failed. I don’t know what to say other than ‘I’m so sorry’ and that I’m here if she wants to talk. Is that a cop out? What else could I say?