Hi mummies, sorry for the long winded post but I have no one else to talk to, I have no friends just my partner but some things are just more girl talk
I’ve got an issue that’s really getting me down, I have one daughter with my ex (who I left because he was abusive and mentally draining and a complete narcissist) and I’ve been with my new partner for nearly a year, I’m pregnant with my new partner’s baby and while we’re both super happy, it seems like everyone on my side of the family is more disappointed, everyone I’ve told that we’re expecting a baby’s first reaction has been ‘oh’ and then I have to ask why they are saying oh just to get a congratulations, now my family love my new boyfriend and talk really highly of him, never said a bad word about him and my family aren’t a fake type that pretend to like people.
Now I’m just really sad that no one in my family is really happy for us, to the point even my first child’s fathers mother is more happy than all of my family combined to welcome another grandchild.
I have BPD which I manage without medication and have done for years so I don’t know if it’s me being paranoid or pushing myself out of my family or if it’s a genuine problem.
Please can someone tell me if I’m overthinking or if my family are genuinely being a bag of D***S.
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I hope it’s not the case for you that your family aren’t happy, because if they’re not I will be for you! Congratulations on the new addition!!! Lots of love ❤️
If I’m honest I felt the same way regarding my partners family and he was so upset about it, my family are there buying loads of bits of the little one, talking baby stuff so excited but all my partners side (except his sister she was lovely and still is) could only muster up a “oh,very nice”

Congratulations on your new addition!
I had a somewhat similar reaction when I first said to my family I found out I was pregnant. They adore my partner now and I think it was a worry and putting past experiences on a someone else. Kind off like a ‘what if something happens and you’re struggling with two’ I voiced it to them and said I didn’t feel like they was very happy about it and we spoke about it they didn’t realise how negative they did react. I’ll maybe have a little chat with them and see if it’s just a worry to them?
I hope they will be better soon for you, if you need a friend or anyone to talk to feel free to message me❤️