Making friends in real life 😅

So I am an idiot. I just moved and across from my Cul-De-Sac is a couple with a child a little older and a child a little younger than ours. We had a dessert that we were not going to eat and I noticed the "wife" outside. I told myself I was going to go introduce myself and give our extra desert. Halfway over I notice the "husband" is standing over her. My assumption was a "conversation" they didn't want a neighbor over hearing- I heard nothing. I said excuse from 2 /3 feet away- I did a half turn around and decided I would go through with the quest. Ugh and then things spiraled.

Once I walked up Dude shook my hand but his eyes were glossy and wide. Female was avoidant and didn't stand to greet me. I stumbled on my words and over shared. I knelt down to ask her if she wanted to be my friend !! She obviously said no. No I don't want to be your friend and no I don't want your phone number. I feel like a social moron. I've been working from home since 2020 and I guess it shows. 🥺 Proud of myself for trying but damn rejection sucks. Dude at least accepted the dessert wifey who I was trying to be friends with said she's not into sweets. Girl I'm not into sweets that's why I'm giving you half of my dessert 😭🤣

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How would you feel?

If you were spending money on yourself for the first time in 2 years (I just went back to work after 2 years of being a sahm) and your husband made comments about ‘just cause you have it doesn’t mean you have to spend it’ or ‘there’s more important things’ would you be upset? Or?

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Was I being silly? Honestly?
Husband thinks I was but it made me feel so strange and stressed. I’ve only seen her once since but she kept offering to come and ‘look after’ our baby. I said I didn’t need anyone else to look after him.
Should I have said- please can you hold him still, as it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable that you’re so confident moving him around so much?’
I just wonder if I should say something next time we see her or just let her do what she wants? Or when we have another baby. Seeing her at the weekend so I’ve been thinking about it again 😑

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