Why are people so frustrating?
The one thing that has been so frustrating on this journey is the way that people you think are your friends just don't check in.
I completely understand that people have lives, they get busy, everyone is dealing with something. I completely get that IVF is difficult to speak about and sometimes people don't want to say the wrong thing.
But to just not say anything at all?!
For context, I just had my second egg retrieval a number of days ago. Some friends (who we usually catch up with for weekly dinners and who know all about our journey) had checked in and asked how myself and my husband were doing so I told them about what was going on and how I was uncomfortable with my swollen ovaries and that I was going in for egg collection the next day. It has been almost a week now and neither of these friends have written back or even acknowledged my message.
My husband and I are always the first to reach out when we know they are going through something or are sick or are having a hard time with their young son.
Am I asking too much?
I always tell myself not to expect too much of people, that not everyone has the same mindset as myself but sometimes I just get over always being the one to be there for others and it isn't reciprocated.
Especially when you are vulnerable and share something difficult you are going through.