Time to Vent...

Ok I need to get this off my chest...

There is this guy at my work who is married and has a 6 month old baby girl. It seems like ever since she was born he has complained and whined everytime his wife has left him alone to watch the baby for the night or weekend. He complains that his nights/weekends are ruined when he has to watch her because he can't do what "he" wants to do. He says he can't sleep at night because he wakes up to her crying and that her crib monitor is too sensitive and he can hear her breathing. He goes on and on whining and bitching every other day.

Before Katlyn died it was annoying, but tolerable. But now that Katlyn has died, I just can't listen to him bitch anymore! So many people (like Josh and me) would do anything to be in his position and have a baby wake them up in the middle of the night and consume their nights and weekends. Sometimes people with children just don't realize how lucky they are. Children are truly a blessing!

Also I don't understand how this guy can complain and whine all the time, when him and his wife tried forever just to have a child (fertility issues). So now they finally have their baby and all he does is bitch whenever he has to lift a finger to watch her. He is in his early 30's and you think he'd be grown-up and mature enough to take on the responsiblity, but obviously not.

He is well aware of what I have been through the past couple months, but since I have come back to work he'll still come over to my desk and talk about his daughter saying how she is crawling now, and she only crawls backwards and the rolls over to get to where she wants to go. He talks about how she likes to splash in the bathtub and stuff. I have been considerate and listening intently to his descriptions, putting on a fake smile... But today I just couldn't handle it.

I heard him talking on the other side of my cube to another co-worker saying how he wasn't gonna get any sleep this weekend, because his wife is making him watch his daughter and she is gonna keep him up. His weekend is now shot... yada yada yada. I just couldn't hear anymore. I went over and pulled him aside and told him to stop f*cking complaining about watching his daughter all the time. And how I would kill to be in his position. Then I broke down. Luckily my friend saw what was going on and quickly pulled me into the stairwell. *Thanks Melissa*

I was gonna try to ignore him because he has a new job and is only working 1/2 days in my department for the next week, but I just couldn't hear it anymore. All I think about is how I'll never get to hear Katlyn crying in the middle of the night or hear her breathing on the baby monitor. Josh and I won't be able to spend our nights and weekends with our baby girl.

Anyways, after about an hour I felt better. And my friend told the guy to not talk to me the rest of the day. A while later I hear him talking about life in the 1800's and how the infant mortality rate has dropped dramatically since then. Doesn't he have any CLASS???? He knows what I've been through and we were even kind of friends. Now I hate him and can't even stand to look at him anymore. I am going to try my best to ignore him the next week. But I know it will be hard.

Anyways, Thanks for listening...

-Jenny