The next person to announce their pregnancy, I'm kicking them in the vagina.

[AdminAssistant]

I'm really sorry, JM.

I've felt the same way, seeing people post pics of them with their boyfriends and how happy and in love they are....it seems like the tide may finally be turning for me ( ), but I understand how frustrating it is.

[Der Cute]

Big hugs JAM. There were years when I wanted a man...and couldn't get one/find one. I know that longing. Big hugs and lots of choccy...it always helps.

Cutenoob

[Ree]

...I would like to offer that if you can't be happy for others (even if it's just on the inside, trust me I know it's hard to swallow and jump up and down and "Yay for you!" for everyone), it may be hard for people to be happy for you one day....

I don't think she said she wasn't happy for them.

I think she was just in a sad place when she posted about something that was bugging her.

It was just a moment of sadness and frustration, and she just vented a bit.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I'm really sorry, JM.

I've felt the same way, seeing people post pics of them with their boyfriends and how happy and in love they are....

I am there right now. It's depressing. Especially since I just learned recently that my ex is engaged. No fair. Add in our "unfinished business" (and I do mean "business" as in money) and it just pisses me off.

As far as babies go, my roommate has 2 friends who are expecting, and one of my college roomies just had a baby, and another is due in November. Gah!

As happy as I am for them, it's hard to feel like you're the only one who doesn't get to have what you want, or that you're being left behind.

JAM, here's something that you sent me when Pablo died; I held onto it in case anyone needed it in the future...

[JuniorMintz]

I'm normally not one to pee in another soul's cornflakes, but I'm sick of all the pregnancy announcements.

Bolded for emphasis, Blas. For the record, this is the *exact* reason I decided to make a post about it on CS instead of Facebook where said pregnant friends and classmates could read it. I don't know what sort of person you think I am, but I have never been the type of person to diminish someone else's happiness. I may not have made this apparent in the past because I am also not the sort of person to take someone else's thread and make it all about me.

I know I selfishly post a thread all about myself once, maybe twice a year (if something truely tragic happens)- I'll try to scale back in the future since my moments of depression seem to invite condescending remarks or stupid jokes.

To those who offered genuine support (and a couple who graciously apologized)- Thank you. You are the reason I came onto here in the first place, and I won't forget your kindness.

[redsox33413]

It seems to happen in spurts with all my friends and coworkers, too...Don't worry about it...It's spooky sometimes...LOL...And even if you are not a person that thinks about it too much, when all those announcements pop up, you begin to wonder if there's something in the water...I agree with the "take time off from facebook" thing...Sometimes it's just too much! BIG HUGS!

[42_42_42]

JM - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, if you'll keep yours crossed for me.

[JuniorMintz]

JM - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, if you'll keep yours crossed for me.

Done and done.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

It's sad to think that you're stuck on the sidelines watching life pass you over.

I know myself I've been of the "well, if it happens it happens and it if doesn't, it's not meant to be" school for a long time. But things do change and as we get older, we see things differently than we did when we were younger. In my 20's and 30's I didn't really worry about not having children . . .

However, and this may be in part because I've just hit the 40 mark last spring, I'm now kinda wishing I had one myself. Of course, that doesn't happen by oneself usually and I can't even find a guy that I can put up with, so it does get kinda hard at times to hear about other people who are making wedding plans, baby showers, etc. I used to think by this time I'd have already done all that.

I just had one coworker get married earlier in the summer, and now 2 others are expecting (one is having her 4th child, the other her 1st.) Two others had babies last year. I can't even stand to look at the wedding annoucements in the local Sunday newspaper and it was all I could do to be happy for my youngest sister when she called me last month to tell me she was engaged.

It hurts, I know. But don't give up . . . I've heard that the things we want the most we have to struggle the most to have. And when we get it, we'll appreciate it all the more.

[RootedPhoenix]

*lots and lots of hugs for JM* (and chocolate too.)

I'm getting older and wanting to have a guy and kids and...it's just SO frustrating when all this stuff seems to pass you by.

It's hard, it really is.

*more hugs*

[Lil Bunny]

I've been trying to post to this thread for a couple days now but nothing I write sounds good. So I figured, the less the better?

I just want to send you tons of positive vibes, a bunch of sticky baby dust and a HUGE assed hug. It's not much but seriously, if you ever need to vent I've got really big shoulders!!

*HUGS*

[Bella_Vixen]

*hugs*



I can't think of anything to say that hasn't already been said, so...



*more hugs*