She goes on to apologize for being insensitive to her friends’ birth plans and for not being more understanding of their struggles. “I’m sorry for not asking more how you were feeling during your pregnancy and after you had the baby,” she wrote.
The apology was a testament to how much she had to learn about being a parent. “I’m sorry for thinking ‘it must be easy’ being at home all day with a baby,” she wrote.
It’s easy to forget the difficult realities of being a parent until you’re in the same position. This new mother’s apology to her friends who had gone through the experience before.
Another completely agreed with the apology. “Yes to all of this! I thought I knew but had no clue until I was a mom myself,” a woman said. “And now that I’m on the other side, I see a huge difference between my friends with kids and my friends without.