A woman says her friend has turned into an “utter bore” since having a baby and is annoyed because she is not “enthralled” by her child.
The mum-of-two took to Mumsnet’s popular Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) forum to seek advice on how to deal with the situation. She says her friend is “p***** off” because she hasn’t shown much interest in her child.
The woman says that while her friend had never shown “the slightest interest” in her two kids - including never remembering birthdays - she’s now frustrated that her child isn’t receiving the attention she’d like.
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The mum explained that her friend’s partner had even deleted her on Facebook because she “wasn’t liking enough pictures of their child”. Her friend has also been dropping hints about “being fed up with ‘friends who aren’t interested’ in talking about her child”.
She says that since she didn’t ever expect her friend to listen to her talking about her children in the past, her friend should do the same. According to the mum, having a baby has turned her friend into an “utter bore” and she feels that she should tell to “jog on with her guilt trips and snide comments.”
In the full post, the woman wrote: “It’s not my job to be fascinated by your child. My friend is p***** off with me because I am not enthralled & fascinated by her baby. Before she had the baby she never showed the slightest interest in my 2 kids, never remembered birthdays or Xmas, never asked about them etc.
“I have never been one to talk incessantly about my kids as I recognise that they are really only very interesting to me. The friend’s partner deleted me on Facebook because I wasn’t liking enough pictures of their child & she has been constantly dropping hints about being fed up with ‘friends who aren’t interested’ in talking about her child.
“The bottom line is that I am not interested- she’s got an NCT group to talk nappies and stuff with- I didn’t expect her to listen to me talking about my kids and actually I didn’t really go on and on about feeding and sleeping etc anyway as it’s dull.
“Having a baby has turned her into an utter bore frankly and I just feel like telling her to jog on with her guilt trips and snide comments. Aibu?”
The woman's post quickly got reactions from other Mumsnet users. Most were quick to share the mum’s opinion - labelling her friend “insufferable”. Beneath the post, one person said: “That sounds really irritating especially the fixation with FB likes. Perhaps over time she’ll lose the intensity a bit.”
A second wrote: “God they sound exhausting and are taking superficiality and entitlement to a whole new level” and a third added: “She’s unreasonable on the basis that she wasn’t interested in yours; I don’t expect my friends to be overly interested in every little detail but asking how they are is fairly basic”.
A fourth Mumsnet user said: “She sounds insufferable. And not must of a friend if the relationship is conditional on Facebook likes.” Another added: “You should tell your friend that the earth revolves around the sun & not her 11 month old baby.”
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