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I never thought I'd be in this situation, I lost 3 of my 4 friends because I called one of their babies ugly. It wasn't an intentional insult.
My friend, I’ll call her Elizabeth, has a newborn and like any proud mom, she's been posting pictures of her baby all over Instagram. To put it bluntly, her baby isn’t very cute, his nose is very big and he has very puffy eyes,
At first, it was cute and I was happy for her. But over time, the constant flood of baby photos started to wear on me
During a group hangout, No one talked about anything other than Elizabeth’s baby, I already was in a bad mood and this made it worse. out of frustration, when she was showing us the photos that she already posted on her instagram, I blurted out, "Not every baby is cute, and honestly, yours isn't." I meant it more as a comment on the constant oversharing, not an outright judgment on her baby, but it came out completely wrong. Everyone went silent, and my friend was visibly hurt.
Since then, she hasn't spoken to me. I've tried reaching out to apologise and explain, but she blocked me. 3 of my friends called me a jerk and said they didn’t want to talk to me, Elizabeth decided to kick me out of their WhatsApp group chat as she is the admin, now only one wants to hang out with me,
I feel terrible and I regret my choice of words. I miss my friends and I wish they could understand where I was coming from. I hope they forgive me and let me hang out with them. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? Any advice on how I can fix this?
TL;DR: I lost most of my friends because I called one of their babies ugly due to frustration over constant social media posts. I feel awful and want to make amends, but she blocked me.
My friend, I’ll call her Elizabeth, has a newborn and like any proud mom, she's been posting pictures of her baby all over Instagram. To put it bluntly, her baby isn’t very cute, his nose is very big and he has very puffy eyes,
At first, it was cute and I was happy for her. But over time, the constant flood of baby photos started to wear on me
During a group hangout, No one talked about anything other than Elizabeth’s baby, I already was in a bad mood and this made it worse. out of frustration, when she was showing us the photos that she already posted on her instagram, I blurted out, "Not every baby is cute, and honestly, yours isn't." I meant it more as a comment on the constant oversharing, not an outright judgment on her baby, but it came out completely wrong. Everyone went silent, and my friend was visibly hurt.
Since then, she hasn't spoken to me. I've tried reaching out to apologise and explain, but she blocked me. 3 of my friends called me a jerk and said they didn’t want to talk to me, Elizabeth decided to kick me out of their WhatsApp group chat as she is the admin, now only one wants to hang out with me,
I feel terrible and I regret my choice of words. I miss my friends and I wish they could understand where I was coming from. I hope they forgive me and let me hang out with them. Has anyone else been in a similar situation? How did you handle it? Any advice on how I can fix this?
TL;DR: I lost most of my friends because I called one of their babies ugly due to frustration over constant social media posts. I feel awful and want to make amends, but she blocked me.
