How Bad Is Your FOMO?

After reading your article 'How Bad Is Your FOMO?' (November 2011), a part of me that I've been searching for woke up. About two months ago I found out I was pregnant, and still being in my teens and in the middle of my varsity years, this obviously shattered me. My friends became distant and my boyfriend and I were on the brink of a breakup because I accused him of me being so alone now.

I was no longer the friend they called to enjoy a great night out because I of course couldn't drink and most of all I had the belly that no one wanted to answer to. I sat at home crying, went depressed for weeks because I felt alone and was experiencing the worst kind of social abandonment. Everyone was out having a good time and I was stuck with my pregnant omegas and the TV. It wasn't until I read your article and got inspired to lift myself up and take this opportunity to focus on me. Good times and great nights will always come around and, anyway, I have something greater than all of that brewing in me; I have a life that I'll be able to focus on.

So bye bye tears and depression, I know I'm strong enough to live without the late nights and aching heels... I just look in the mirror, hold my belly and thank the great Man upstairs for all the joy he's brought me.

Thank you COSMO :)

Author: A Thondlana, Johannesburg