Yes, it's a pride thing for me too! I feel so much shame... But I know that I shouldn't.
We are going out tonight with a few other couples, and I'm already trying to think of how to cancel! One of the moms I've known since my college years, and our oldest are the same age, when they were young they played together. Now her daughter is on her second degree and is doing an internship over in China. Makes me cringe when she talks about her. And she has a way of making me feel terrible about my son. She makes small comments that are "supportive" but feel like judgement. Another of the moms is one of my best friends and I'm going for her. She lost her youngest to suicide last summer, and is one of the most loving, un judgmental people I know. Her strength is amazing, an inspiration.
I will just have to ignore any conversation about kids....my hurt heart can't take it.
