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| Friendship / 10:26 PM - Friday November 20, 2009 |
My friend is pregnant. How do I properly support her, when no one else will?I just go back from vacation to find out that one of my friends is pregnant. We aren't like best friends, but we still talk and everything. Her best friends aren't really being supportive and even though her and I have our differences every once and a while, I still want to support, because if I was in that situation I would want to be supported. Everyone in school knows, and she is only 16. I don't know how to help her. - Asked by A Hip Hop Girl, Female, Who Cares? |
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Start by giving her a heartfelt hug and telling her that you are there for her no matter what (and mean it.) Assuming she's decided to have the baby, tell her that you admire her for choosing to give the baby life. Then, just be there..to listen..to give a shoulder to cry on..to accompany to doctor's appointments...to defend her honor..to help her out with school stuff, family issues, baby daddy issues...Do what you can to help ease her emotional, physical and financial stress, and help her to see that there CAN be a bright future for her and the baby. In other words, be a true, caring, non-judgemental and enccouraging friend in every sense of the word.
- Response by uniquelyme2, A Creative, Female, 46-55, Artist / Musician / Writer
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The fact that nobody else wants to support her should have nothing to do with whether you can be supportive. She's the best person to tell you what she needs and right now she might not even know what she needs. Just ve her friend. Talk to her, not about her, ask if she needs help with anything. Listen to her when she needs someone to do that.
- Response by mikehug, An Intellectual Guy, Male, 36-45, Cleveland
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