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So...dh and I are going to NYC (our former home) this weekend to visit friends and family. We have dinner plans on Friday night with a couple with whom we are very close (my bf from high school, now married to a mutual friend of dh's from college--he's the one who introduced me and dh; we introduced him to his wife, my friend) and another couple. We're not so close with couple number 2--the woman and dh were very good friends in college, but now we see them only 2-3 times a year at most and dh talks to her VERY occassionally. We really wanted to tell couple 1 about the pregnancy, even though I'll be just shy of 11 weeks and we haven't heard a heartbeat or anything yet. They are people whom we would definitely tell if we had any problems or a m/c. We did not, however, plan to tell couple #2.

What to do? We only get to NYC once a month or so, and we'd really prefer to tell people in person. We probably can't arrange to meet couple #1 early, since we're driving in from DC and everyone else will be coming straight from work--it's too many schedules to coordinate. Couple #1 is also going out of town first thing the next morning, so we won't have a chance to see them again.

So...tell everyone, even though we hadn't wanted to tell couple #2? Hold off on telling couple #1, even though we really wanted to? Secret option #3?
post #2 of 6

Could you...

Have couple #2 meet you 15 or 20 minutes later than couple #1? You could tell them before couple #2 got there.
post #3 of 6
Is it possible that you could catch couple #1 on the phone on their way over to dinner? I would tell them on the phone and explain that you wanted to tell them in person, but don't feel comfortable sharing with the other couple just yet. I would love to see the knowing looks in their eyes when they hug you "hello", sharing your secret with you.

But, of course, that's just what I would do. I suppose another solution would be to schedule in advance "grabbing a drink" with them after dinner (without the other couple knowing), and tell them then. Let us know how you do it and enjoy your weekend...it's going to be such warm weather for November!
post #4 of 6
I'm with dshields. I think it would be good to try and get couple #1 alone - maybe after the dinner would work? Tell them now that you want to catch them for a bit of alone time - meet at a new place briefly after dinner or something like that? Can you ask to go back to their place? Maybe you could say you need a ride somewhere and they could take you?

good luck and have fun!!
post #5 of 6
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Okay...never mind! Couple #2 had to pull out of dinner at the last minute...so it's a moot point.
post #6 of 6
Hey Mama...I see your dilemma has been solved, but we also go up to NYC about once a month - We lived in Hoboken, NJ for a few years (and I'm missing it like crazy - sooooooooooo homesick) and now we're in the DC metro area like you

Okay, yeah. Probably not as interesting to you as it was to me...I'll stop talking now lol
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