7-month pregnant woman tells her equally pregnant friend to stop complaining all the time: '[She's] texting me upwards of 5 times a day about every horrible symptom she has'

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Nov 20, 2024 12:00 PM EST

Everyone has problems—some may not be as bad, and others will be worse—a lot worse than yours. But that doesn't invalidate any one of those problems or anyone and their feelings. Yes, venting and sharing are good and can make you feel a lot better about your problems, but it's important that it's reciprocal. Like with anything in a relationship, you have to give as much as you take.

This pregnant woman had been going through the motions with her friend, who was also pregnant. At first, she was excited about the prospect of sharing this experience with a dear friend, but as their pregnancy progressed, she found herself at the receiving end of an onslaught of her friend's personal complaints, which escalated beyond simple venting. The woman stopped giving her the sympathy responses she was clearly hoping for, instead opting to counter her negativity with a positive message.

Through the course of this, her friend stopped reciprocating, ceasing to ask about her own pregnancy entirely. This drove her to a breaking point where she told her friend not to message her about her problems anymore. This hurt her friend's feelings, so the woman then turned to this online community to see whether or not she was in the wrong for telling her friend to cut it.