My boss is constantly talking to me about her newborn daughter. I get that she’s excited, but it’s driving me crazy. My husband and I have been trying for about five years now to have children, so her constant chatter about her new baby is emotionally digging under my skin. How do I tell her to stop without things getting really awkward?

Brynn – Colorado

I don’t think there is a way to handle this without it being awkward. You have a couple of options but it’s up to you which one will suit you best.

You can politely tell your boss the truth. I think this would be the most affective. The easiest way to do this is use her own conversation to gradually bring up your issues with conceiving. Hopefully she’ll feel guilty enough to stop talking about her daughter constantly. Once she realizes she’s been unknowingly rubbing it in your face, she’ll probably stop.

If you try that and it doesn’t work or you would just like to take the more direct approach, flat out tell her that her constant talk about her new baby is hurting your feelings and that you’d like her to stop.

Or if you just feel like being a bitch, talk about your dog or cat constantly. Yeah… be that woman.