Neighbour fears she’s come across as ‘weird’ in secret note she’s left for new mum – but what do you think?
BEING a new mum is certainly tough, so banding together with like-minded women can help you navigate the parenthood journey.
Which is why one woman decided to leave a note for her neighbour who’d recently welcomed a newborn offering her a friendly face for when times get tough.
But after writing the letter, which she planned on dropping into the neighbour’s mailbox, the women named Georgia second-guessed the gesture and wondered if it was “weird or nice”.
You see, Georgia didn’t actually know the new mum as they’d never met, but she wanted to invite her for a “cuppa” regardless – so she asked for advice.
“Need a judgement call, is this weird or nice,” she wrote on after sharing a snap of the hand-written note.
The letter read: “Hello! I hope you don’t find this super weird. I’m Georgia, I live over the road. I wanted to say congratulations on the arrival of your little one!
“I’ve been meaning to introduce myself for ages, but I’m a wuss. We had a little girl in Dec, so I know that you’re having a magical/exhausting time.
Need a judgement call, is this weird or nice.
Georgia
“If you ever fancy a cuppa or a walk or whatever, feel free to pop by.”
Georgia provided her contact number and also a voucher code for Just Eat to ensure the new mum is “eating well.”
The note continued: “I also know how difficult it can be to make sure you’re eating well with a newborn, so please enjoy takeaway on us.”
Georgia signed off with her name, as well as, presumably, her partner’s and their daughter’s name.
An overwhelming amount of people on Twitter agreed that the note was definitely “nice” and praised Georgia for the “lovely” act.
“Ok it seems we’re overwhelmingly in the ‘nice’ camp,” Georgia wrote on her post before confirming that she bit the bullet and gave her neighbour the letter.
“I’ve put it through their door, I’ll keep y’all posted. It’s also slightly self-serving in that I want a new pal.”
I’ve put it through their door, I’ll keep y’all posted. It’s also slightly self-serving in that I want a new pal.
Georgia
To her surprise, she got a text message soon after from the new mum who thanked Georgia for the note – she also took her up on the offer as well.
“Definitely up for a cuppa or a walk and I’m fully recovered from my c-section,” the new mum wrote in a text message, which Georgia shared on her Twitter thread.
People were blown away but the sweet gesture with Georgia’s thread since racking up thousands of likes, comments and re-tweets.
“This is great! I’m so glad you did that, what a lovely world it would be if there were more Georgias!” one person wrote.
While another said: “Oh I’m so emosh that’s made me do a little cry. Well done. My across the road neighbour had a lockdown baby and I thought for ages about reaching out but you know pandemic/strangers I wussed out. I’m glad to know you were brave enough to connect and it was so welcome.”
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