So DH and I are expecting again. We are of course thrilled. We've told the people we care to tell first hand...... Except of course for SD.

I knew it was going to bother him, but he's been good at keeping it to himself so far. He called the siblings and his mother and I think he was a little disappointed in general at the responses he got. His mom spent maybe 3 minutes on the phone with him. But the fact that he has no number to call Sd and doesn't think that email would be good enough, she's probably going to find out from her cousin. So he's sad. He's sad he can't tell her himself and that even if he somehow did, he doesn't feel that he could be really Excited about it.

To some extent, I get it. On the other hand, I don't have a child I don't speak to so I can never really understand it. I feel bad for him, I don't know how to help him or if there's any help to give.

I can't say I'm all that upset about it myself given her response to DD1's birth and the rest.

I think since we moved away, dh's eyes have been opened to the amount of effort his family is willing to put into relationships, which really isn't much. His mom doesn't even call on his birthday, his siblings get annoyed that he doesn't call them.

I don't really have a point. I'm just sad for DH that he's sad.