Friend made a comment that kind of irked me...

[haggardhouseelf]

Originally Posted by Gab12

So the girl had her baby and my friend wants me to go with her to see the baby and idk how to say no without sounding petty. I really don't know her well enough though to do that and I feel weird being around a new baby that's not mine lol

My 20 y/o son feels that way - he does not like being around babies that are not family. I didn't know this until we were seated next to a family with a new baby on an airplane... my son became really uncomfortable and unhappy. He would not tell us what was wrong until we were off the plane, because he didn't want the other people to hear. Anyway - it's totally OK and might even be more normal than people realize to not like being around other people's babies.

I'm a mom of two kids and when my kids were little I loved little kids... now my kids are older and it's like that part of me has changed and I really don't like being around little kids anymore. I never thought that would happen because I'm such a "mom" and I always loved kids. But that part of me just switched or changed for some reason. It's like that chapter closed and I'm done.

Anyway - if you don't want to go, just don't go. You're an adult and what you do with your time is up to you. Don't allow anyone to guilt-trip you into doing anything you don't feel like doing.

If it were me I would just be honest and say, "I really don't feel the need to go, and I really have a lot on my plate right now that I need to focus on, but thanks for thinking to invite me along..." or something along those lines.