Telling People

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I thought I could wait two weeks but I couldn't! I told some of my friends. The first friend I told was amazing about it :happydance: She said that I'll be a great mom and she's proud that i'm owning up to the situation. We've known each other since I was very young and if any of my friends will stick by me she will.

My other friend acted kinda strange about it. She said "I'm happy that you're happy" and when I tried to talk to her again she didn't answer. :shrug:

What do you think is the best way to tell people so that they'll be the most supportive? I told my two friends over facebook.
 
There's no way to tell someone to make them more supportive. They'll either support your situation, or they won't. You shouldn't sugar coat it in my opinion and should just tell them straight forward. :flower: Just my opinion.
 
There's no way to tell someone to make them more supportive. They'll either support your situation, or they won't. You shouldn't sugar coat it in my opinion and should just tell them straight forward. :flower: Just my opinion.

That's how I feel. I told my best friend first, and she's the protective mom type of person. So she lectured me, and we cried for a bit but she was always super supportive. Then everyone else I seriously sat down at lunch one day and just told the entire table. I didn't care what people would say, I was about to graduate, I had support, and OH and I were happy, that's all that mattered with my friends. I was more worried about my family tbh but everyone has been amazing. Sometimes you just have to hold your head up and that's all you can do :)
 
i agree with the girls, i dont think there is a way you can tell someone to make them be supportive. Everyone is going to react in their own way, some friends you'll lose, it's happened to pretty much all of us, others will stand by you. Sounds like the second friend you told needs time to get the idea of you being pregnant into her head, hopefully she will come around. It's really good you have so much support from family and OH :)

xoxox
 
I think you'll always get people that act a bit strange with you when you tell them that you're pregnant, and i've lost a lot of friends along the way but the way I see it, they couldn't have been very good friends in the first place..you'll find out who really cares :) x
 
That's how I feel. OH has given the task of telling both our parents too, and so not looking forward to that one!
 
personally i told almost everyone (with the exception of family and friends who live far away) in person.
 
Well, me and OH are still in highschool. He's plays on the varsity football team and told all the guys on there, and it basically spread.

I told a couple people, but the news was out before I knew it haha. (:

& when we found out the gender OH posted on facebook "It's a boy!!!" so everyone just kind of figured it out on there. Everyone's very supportive and has been nice about it, so I wouldnt worry about the outcome. You might think it's gonna be bad, but most of the time it isn't. :flower:

xx
 
Well after telling OH's family, my family, and my two best friends, I just posted it on facebook after 12 weeks, if people weren't supportive then whatever, I wasn't gonna waste my time on it. Good luck and I hope you get the support you need :)
 
Most of my family knows however I've only told 1 friend. I guess in my mind I'm thinking about baby things and the future with my son while my friends are still talking about the same things they've been talking about since the 9th grade (and I graduated last year). I also don't think they'll be as understanding as I'd hope they'd be. :shrug:
 
mine and Ohs family know, but other than ive told a couple of friends from college and thats all that know, people will either be supportive or they wont, but you find out who your friends are xx
 
I Didn't Get The Chance To Tell A lot Of People Before My Mom & Sister's Did...So Then I Just Blasted It On Facebook. All my friends were supportive. I don't have one that isn't but then again if i had a friend that wasn't supportive she wouldn't be a friend for very long...
 

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