‘Main character’ sister puts off meeting woman's children for 3+ years, so the woman refuses to celebrate sister's first pregnancy: ‘There was always an excuse’

Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."

Nov 15, 2024 7:00 PM EST

Becoming a new mother is a special, one-of-a-kind experience. It's the kind of feeling when you didn't really know what you were missing before you had your child, but you can't even imagine life without them once they're born. This type of excitement doesn't really wear off—your love transforms and transcends all that you thought was possible.

Unfortunately, not everyone can match the same energy as you—even family. At the end of the day, you can tell yourself that all you need is your baby (and your baby, you), but there's nothing that can patch the hole in your heart when someone close to you couldn't care less about the new life you brought into the world.

In this next story, a woman is struggling to congratulate her sister after she announces her pregnancy. In a different world, she'd be bursting at the seams with love, but the woman expresses that her sister has never attempted to meet her children. The sister had countless opportunities to meet her niece and nephew but has made a point to excuse herself from doing so for the last three years. This rocky sister relationship has gone on for many years, but the woman is considering cutting her out completely as her sister has done in the past. Maybe the best thing to do for herself and her child is to remove what doesn't serve them anymore. Scroll to read.