When do you think we should have the baby shower?
Will you get the card for everyone to sign for the baby shower?
Will you find out where she's registered?
Will you bring punch for the baby shower?
Will you help set up for the baby shower?
Ugh. No. Two letters, one syllable. Why can't I get it out?
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No can be very hard to say...
I work up to it with 'I have this thing that I can't cancel that I have to do...'
J
Oh, blech.
Of course, I wouldn't have been able to say no either.
I don't think I'd have been able to say it either.
I hope all your good deeds get you the good karma reward that you so rightly deserve.
It sounds like a difficult situation. Who is the mother-to-be? (Friend? Relative? Co-worker?)
I have two co-workers with new babies, and I have a hard time being interested in their babies, etc. However, I truly am interested in the progress of my best friend's baby. I think sometimes it depends on how much you care about the mother. If they're more of an acquaintance than a friend, it is definitely harder.
I think you should think of your own mental health first. If that means saying no, tell yourself "I need to take care of myself because if I don't nobody else will and NOT being involved in this is what is best for me right now." And tell the person you wish you could but you already have an obligation or are swamped with other things or whatever sounds most plausible at the moment.
If it is a friend vs. coworker, maybe just tell them that you really are happy for her and do want to share in her joy but that you just don't think you have it in you to attend and so will need to do it from afar. If she truly is a friend, she will understand - or at least try to understand and give you some space.
That's what I think anyway...
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