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ilovepuppys · 31/10/2018 18:26

Am 6 months pregnant. Did everything with best friend we were so close. Love/loved her so much. Inseparable. Partied together, lived together, worked together.
As soon as I found out I was expecting she's gradually declined contact. She won't even reply to my texts or calls. I don't know what I've done. I feel so worthless and depressed. To top it all off found out she had slept with my ex last week who I was very found of and she knew about all of this as she went through the heartache with me over the last few years and comforted me.
All in all I thought she was simply amazing and everyone loves her as she is very bubbly pretty and funny and fun.
Except she once made a joke last year about how she can't wait until her mother passes away as she gets inheritance as she is short for money which I found pretty awful seeing as I lost my mum as a young teen. Apart from that she's always been lovely. I'm so sad I even feel suicidal. 

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Mangoo · 31/10/2018 18:31

Could there be a reason she's distanced herself i.e. maybe she's struggling getting pregnant or from miscarriage?

I've suffered from recurrent miscarriage this year and most of my close friends don't know because I can't bear to talk about it and I don't think I'd cope very well if one of them were pregnant. I'd probably do the same as your friend as a coping mechanism.

It's not nice for you of course but could something like this be happening? Maybe you could ask her if there's anything going on with her because she's seemed a bit distant lately and you want to check she's okay?

MatildaTheCat · 31/10/2018 18:31

She’s doesn’t sound very nice. Is she likely to be envious of your pregnancy and position?

Try to focus on making new friends, antenatal can be great for this. Prepare for your new baby and try to remember the good times you enjoyed together without too much bitterness.

Not all friends do stay the course unfortunately.

Mangoo · 31/10/2018 18:32

PS. That's shit about your ex and the comment re her mother, I don't have an answer for that!

ilovepuppys · 31/10/2018 18:37

She hates babies and in fact the first thing she said was fuck sake Hun your life is ruined!!

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Mangoo · 31/10/2018 18:47

To be honest from your posts, your friend doesn't appear to be as nice as you perceive her to be.

Have you asked her directly what is going on and why is she ignoring you?

TedAndLola · 31/10/2018 18:50

She hates babies and in fact the first thing she said was fuck sake Hun your life is ruined!!

She probably thinks you will drift apart once you have a baby so she thinks she might as well start now.

Cut your losses and move on. And congratulations!

DontCallMeCharlotte · 31/10/2018 18:59

Similar comments from a colleague who it later turned out was midway through IVF. Just saying...

DontCallMeCharlotte · 31/10/2018 19:00

She hates babies and in fact the first thing she said was fuck sake Hun your life is ruined!!

Sorry - I meant this sort of comment.

Dljlr · 31/10/2018 19:34

My best made did the same to me, same reaction to my news (particularly upsetting as I'd really struggled with fertility issues, about which she was aware). She was also useless when I told her I thought I had PND. She was the only person I attempted to confide in. Didn't bother again after that, just silently struggled on.

She has 3 of her own now, and we're still friends, but nowhere near as close. I can't forget. In hindsight I think she was jealous.

Dljlr · 31/10/2018 19:35

*mate

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