Randloar, WELCOME!!!
Nice to see a new type of situation!! I can't imagine the frustration with International adoptions...sometimes soooo smooth, and sometimes
So, I have a bit of a twist on the whole, jealous of friends with kids thing...When we were waiting to have a child (first infertility, than adoption waiting) many of our friends had kids....but one in particular, my BEST friend was harder than others. First off, when she started trying to get pregnant, we had JUST decided to quit infertility treatments...and all she could talk about was ovulating and fertility things...yeah, the LAST thing i wanted to hear about at this point in my life. Then, once she was pregnant her due date ended up being very close to the due date of one of our failed matches, so it just kinda rubbed salt in the wound, kwim? Well, I never let on that anything was difficult for me ...I hosted the baby shower (looking for the make me puke smiley) bought tons of presents, baby sat, made gifts...yada yada yada...
Well, anyhoo...fast forward to my son arriving...and GUESS who was jealous THEN?? My friend was jealous that I had a baby and she now had a toddler. AND to add to this, I stayed at home, she went back to work...again, very jealous...to the point that she doesnt even talk to me much anymore. And now that we are hoping to adopt another child, she's jealous cause she isnt having any more and we (hopefully) will have another baby (someday). It's VERY weird to see it from the other end...