Nothing tests a friendship than being the first to have a child

Being a stay-at-home parent is rough. Being a stay-at-home parent when you are the first of your friends to have a baby is even more rough.

You must endure comments ranging from, “We never see you anymore” to “It’s hard for us to understand when we are not in the same situation”.

And while both statements ring true and are generally meant with good intent, there are a few who deliver these dressed with a passive aggressive smile and a sickly sweet tone meant to induce copious amounts of anxiety-laden guilt on your behalf.