Mother Uninvites Niece From Trick-Or-Treating For Making A Hurtful Comment About Her Miscarriage

"I asked her where she heard that and her direct response was, “My mom told me that’s what happened.”"

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• November 8, 2022

In many cases, miscarriage can be a traumatic experience that has serious impacts on the mother's mental health. There's always a sort of discomfort tied to discussing the topic, which makes mothers feel excluded and ignored.

A new study shows that almost one in three women develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) after losing a pregnancy in the early stages. Signs of PTSD are still prominent for some, even after nine months.

The impacts of pregnancy losses are often neglected, despite being quite common. Most women never receive any kind of formal psychological support and often opt for patient support groups for guidance and information.

In the UK, each year, an estimated 10,000 ectopic pregnancies (when an embryo grows outside the uterus) and 250,000 miscarriages occur. As a result, young women are most likely to visit their family doctor or go to the hospital for this reason.

A Redditor who goes by the username u/IronFancy9420 made a post on the r/AmItheA**hole subReddit where she explained how she uninvited her "niece" to go trick-or-treating, after hearing the hurtful comment she made to her daughter. Scroll down to check out the full Reddit post, and scroll a little further to read the comments from the original post.

Here's the original post by Reddit user u/IronFancy9420:

OP was shocked after hearing what her niece dared to say to her daughter.

Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/IronFancy9420's post:

There are so many better ways to say it, but she decided to go with THAT.

No matter how she said it, it's not something you discuss with a 10-year-old.

That's a deal breaker, and OP should reconsider the whole relationship.

OP's mother should be backing her up on this issue.

OP's daughter knew what her niece was saying was not the truth.

OP doesn't need this kind of negativity in her life.

The miscarriage was not OP's fault, and the "friend" is horrible for saying that.

10-year-olds can understand empathy.

OP had to use another term to make sure her post went through.

OP shouldn't waste any more time on these people.

It's not a normal thing for a kid to say.

It's sad how casually cruel OP's "sister" can be.

The mom should stay out of it.

OP's daughter is feeling much better now.

The kid was simply repeating what her mom said.

They are putting the blame on OP.

OP should protect her kid from these kinds of things.

It's such a cruel thing to say, especially about your friend.

OP should cut ties with this "friend," who is obviously completely indifferent to her suffering and the pain and trauma she went through. Saying something like that so casually proves how little she cares about her friend and her well-being.

The mom should stay out of it and realize how deeply this could have affected OP. If you enjoyed reading this story, make sure to check out similar content on our platform.

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