When a Women’s Group Turns into a Battle Zone: Who’s the Real Villain Here?

In the world of women’s support groups, things can get heated, especially when contrasting views on motherhood come into play. This is a tale of a group of eight women, a mix of mothers and childfree members, who found themselves in a whirlwind of drama and controversy. When a discussion on the ‘natural instinct’ of motherhood turned sour, two childfree members found themselves ousted from the group. But was their expulsion justified? Let’s delve into the story…

Setting the Stage: The Women’s Group

The Mix: Mothers and Childfree Women ‍ ‍

Enter Janet: The Mother of Controversy ‍ ‍

The Clash: A Battle of Beliefs

The Fallout: A Two-Week Ban

The Reasoning: ‘Lifestyle Shaming’ or Miscommunication?

The Aftermath: To Rejoin or Not to Rejoin?

A Clash of Beliefs: Unraveling the Drama in a Women’s Group

In a women’s support group, a heated discussion on motherhood led to a rift between the members. Janet, a mother of three, sparked controversy by suggesting that motherhood was a ‘natural instinct’ for women. This didn’t sit well with two childfree members who felt Janet was projecting her own insecurities onto them. The fallout? A two-week ban for the childfree members, accused of ‘lifestyle shaming’ Janet. Now, they face a dilemma: Should they seek forgiveness and rejoin the group, or find a new social circle? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this emotionally-charged situation…

NTA. Find a better group of women for real support

NTA. Non-moms being ganged up on. Janet’s shaming was messed up.

NTA. Standing up to lifestyle shaming and group-gaslighting. Bye, haters!

“NTA. Society’s pressure on women to have children is overrated. “

NTA. Group leader failed to address rude comments and favoritism.

NTA. Raw honesty can be uncomfortable but necessary for growth.

NTA. Choose your own path, don’t force it on others.

“NTA stands up against discrimination in women’s group. Mic drop!”

NTA. Support group drama: Delusions and inappropriate comments.

Lmaooooooooo! Who’s the real villain here? NTA

“NTA. Congrats on becoming a mom soon! You’re amazing “

Janet’s behavior was unacceptable. You’re definitely not the a**hole.

NTA. Janet lifestyle-shamed you and now you’re banned?

Dodging bullets and lifestyle shaming? Janet’s got some explaining to do!

NTA. Stand your ground against Janet’s warped views.

OP excluded from vote and disrespected. NTA. Leave toxic group.

Validating both sides: NTA, but let’s choose kindness over hurtfulness.

NTA. Rude comments, group ganged up, relationship won’t be same.

NTA. Clapback karma strikes! She can’t handle her own medicine

Find a group that truly accepts you, this one’s biased.

NTA. Disrespectful and ridiculous! Make your own supportive group

“NTA. Janet wasn’t saying that at all.”

Strong feelings towards Janet, let’s find out what happened!

NTA. Childfree women face judgment and offensive comments. No regrets.

Shamed for not having kids, accused of lifestyle shaming.

Moms putting you in timeout?

Parent who enjoys parenting defends against criticism from child-free friend

NTA, but this sounds like a weird cult. Get out!

NTA for calling out the group’s hypocrisy and finding freedom

Childfree woman vents frustrations with moms, sparks heated debate.

Do women’s support groups really support each other?

NTA: No regrets on not being a mother at 50!

The battle zone erupted, but what really went down?

Creating a CF women’s support group to celebrate personal choices!

Is it a mother’s group? If not, NTA!

NTA criticizes women’s group for pushing traditional lifestyle choices.

Supportive comment defends choice to not have kids.

NTA. Group dynamics gone wrong. Time to find a new tribe.

NTA. Janet tried to shame you for not having kids. Find a different group.

Gender doesn’t determine desire to raise children. NTA for calling out jerk.

NTA – CF person defends choice not to have kids.

NTA. Janet shamed childless women, group lacks respect for them.

Engaging response to a judgmental comment about being child-free

Engaging in a group that can ‘vote you off’

Join the supportive r/childfree community for a**hole-free discussions!

Engaging battle of mombies and cf person, high school tactics

A fiery comment, but who’s really at fault here?

NTA: Friendship with delusional people is not worth it.

NTA. Not wanting kids doesn’t make you delusional. ‍♀️

NTA calls out hypocrisy in toxic mothers group. Good riddance!

Mommy group drama: NTA calls out mom-shaming and double standards

Debate over excluding childless women from a women’s support group.

NTA. You do you. She can rejoin if she wants.

NTA. Toxic group dynamics? Try Woman Within International for support.

NTA. Group bullying? That’s not cool. Stand your ground!

NTA for not wanting kids, but be supportive of your friend