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Guaranteed human. I don't care of my little sister can't have a baby. I'm not taking care of her anymore. Damn. That seems a bit harsh. You don't have to take care of her and the baby because there won't be a baby. Double not taken care of. Over. Yeah. Cancelled. You know, if you want to be a mother little sister, you got to stop asking for my help and start trying to act like a caregiver instead of a care receiver. That's right. My sister Julie has tried to have a baby for five years. Dang. That's a long time raw talking. That's right. She had a miscarriage two years ago and outside that has been unable to get pregnant.

My heart hurts for her.

Yeah.

Dang.

However, one thing I don't agree with is how my family has handled it.

We're not allowed to talk about babies around Julie at all.

Any kids younger than three can't come to family events that she'll attend.

She won't attend baby showers, baptisms, etc. The last one, I understand, but the rest feel a little overkill. It's like, I don't do baptisms. I don't do

baby showers. I don't do birthdays under 21. I don't do playgrounds. I won't be within 500 feet

of a school. Sounds like a sex offender. I got pregnant last year. I told Julie first and she reiterated her boundaries. I don't want to hear about the pregnancy of yours. No. No. You're not allowed to have a baby right now. Uh-uh. Not in front of me. I said I understood. The first hurdle came with my baby shower. My mother-in-law was throwing it. I didn't expect Julie to come. Then my mom told me I shouldn't have one. Period.

While you're throwing it. I didn't expect Julie to come.

Then my mom told me I shouldn't have one. Period. While you're at it, just don't have the baby.

Out of respect. I have some dangar respect, bro. I said that was ridiculous. She didn't have to come.

So what did it matter? Only three people from my side of the family came to the baby shower. Oh my God. That's terrible.

My God. You know, you would think that like this person would be like happy that other people in her family are having babies because I don't she can like be around those babies.

Yeah. Show the love that she can't show her own baby because it doesn't exist. When my son was born, I posted a birth

announcement on Facebook. My parents lectured me for this and said it was going to hurt Julie. Julie,

just get off Facebook. All that is is marriages and baby posts. Also, all the grandparents

not excited for their grandchild. Like know. What are we doing here?

Come on. I feel like we're focusing on the wrong things. I'm so, yeah, like I'm so thrilled to have this great baby. No, it's like, stop it. Julie will be, uh, Julie would be angry with you. I said she could just block or mute me on Facebook. They said I should make the effort. Julie echoed that if I cared, I'd stop.

I ended up blocking her just should make the effort. Julie echoed that if I cared, I'd stop. I ended up blocking

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