Frenchkitty
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Does anyone have any Copycat Mommy friends?
I wanna share my story and rant here since she reads my Blog so I cant do it there.
I have a friend who is the copycat kind.. When she knew I was preggy, she also tried for a baby. And when she knew she was also gonna have a boy, she wanted to use the same Chinese name as my son's!
I thought it was weird enough that anyone would wanna name their kid same as their good friend's, but the copying didnt stop at that.
For my son's Full month, we used his hair to make calligraphy brush. When her son turned Full month, she did the same too - but what was infuriating was she actually chose the same brush material, design and right down to the same Chinese proverbs we engraved on my son's brush!
She claimed it was a coincidence but I am dead sure it was deliberate because she saw it on my blog.
Now, she wants to buy the same stroller my son has.. Nothing wrong with fiends having same strollers, but the thing is - she cant afford it and asked me if the shop accepts installments, whereby she already has one stroller given by her sis-in-law, with the same reversible handle functions, same weight specs etc. I can understand if she has a lightweight one and wanna buy say, all-terrain buggy, but why buy 2 strollers of the same design & specs but diff brand just because I have 1??
I think if she knows where Im throwing my son;s 1st B-day party, she will def copy the venue and every detail as well!
She is those type who wont thank you for the things you do for her, but likes to complain about everyone else behind their backs and is the sour grapes kind.
When I knew she was gonna have a boy, even though I knew she was a Copycat, I still gave her all my son's brand new stuff which he never got a chance to wear.
And she still has the nerve to complain that some hand-me-downs her sis-in-law gave her were stained with yellow milk stains, and why give her Disney playgym when both she & her hubby hates Disney, and the stroller her sis-in-law gave her is bulky blah blah.. (though same weight as Combi )..
This is how unappreciative she is as a person.
To tell you the truth, I'd be more than grateful if anyone had me in their thoughts to wanna give me their kids' stuff - free of charge!
Whenever I share with her my happy news, she doesnt seem to share my joy but rather like to be wet blanket and find fault with my "good news". For eg. when she found out we sold our 3yr old Manual transmission performance car for a Continental car for the sake of me ferrying our son, I could sense her unhappiness and she told me that if she had that much $$, she rather buy a Jap car and hire a Ahmad to drive her around. :err:
And with her constantly copying what I do/buy for my son, it's really pissing me off.
I'm thinking of dropping this fair-weathered copycat friend.
what do you Moms think?
I wanna share my story and rant here since she reads my Blog so I cant do it there.
I have a friend who is the copycat kind.. When she knew I was preggy, she also tried for a baby. And when she knew she was also gonna have a boy, she wanted to use the same Chinese name as my son's!
I thought it was weird enough that anyone would wanna name their kid same as their good friend's, but the copying didnt stop at that.
For my son's Full month, we used his hair to make calligraphy brush. When her son turned Full month, she did the same too - but what was infuriating was she actually chose the same brush material, design and right down to the same Chinese proverbs we engraved on my son's brush!
She claimed it was a coincidence but I am dead sure it was deliberate because she saw it on my blog.
Now, she wants to buy the same stroller my son has.. Nothing wrong with fiends having same strollers, but the thing is - she cant afford it and asked me if the shop accepts installments, whereby she already has one stroller given by her sis-in-law, with the same reversible handle functions, same weight specs etc. I can understand if she has a lightweight one and wanna buy say, all-terrain buggy, but why buy 2 strollers of the same design & specs but diff brand just because I have 1??
I think if she knows where Im throwing my son;s 1st B-day party, she will def copy the venue and every detail as well!
She is those type who wont thank you for the things you do for her, but likes to complain about everyone else behind their backs and is the sour grapes kind.
When I knew she was gonna have a boy, even though I knew she was a Copycat, I still gave her all my son's brand new stuff which he never got a chance to wear.
And she still has the nerve to complain that some hand-me-downs her sis-in-law gave her were stained with yellow milk stains, and why give her Disney playgym when both she & her hubby hates Disney, and the stroller her sis-in-law gave her is bulky blah blah.. (though same weight as Combi )..
This is how unappreciative she is as a person.
To tell you the truth, I'd be more than grateful if anyone had me in their thoughts to wanna give me their kids' stuff - free of charge!
Whenever I share with her my happy news, she doesnt seem to share my joy but rather like to be wet blanket and find fault with my "good news". For eg. when she found out we sold our 3yr old Manual transmission performance car for a Continental car for the sake of me ferrying our son, I could sense her unhappiness and she told me that if she had that much $$, she rather buy a Jap car and hire a Ahmad to drive her around. :err:
And with her constantly copying what I do/buy for my son, it's really pissing me off.
I'm thinking of dropping this fair-weathered copycat friend.
what do you Moms think?
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Just share with those who's willing to share my joy and sorrows instead of pouring wet blanket friends. (Forgive and Forget) It's a brand new year! :001_302: