The Cuban Yenisleidys Solís, originally from Cienfuegos and residing in the United States with her American partner, John, explained why she decided to cancel the baby shower she had planned to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her daughter Catalina.
The reason has surprised her followers: none of the approximately 30 people she thought to invite showed any interest in her during her difficult pregnancy. She also explained that John is not from Miami and that his whole family lives in Ohio.
In a video shared on TikTok, the young woman explained that she initially prepared a guest list to celebrate the arrival of her baby but ended up changing her mind upon realizing that many of those people, whom she considered friends, hadn't even sent her a message to ask how she was doing.
"I've had a difficult pregnancy, it doesn't have a name, and none of those thirty people we were going to invite have been able to send me a message asking how I am, how I feel," she lamented.
The Cuban woman confessed that she found it difficult to understand why she should spend a significant amount of money organizing a party for people who, in her view, had shown the slightest interest in her well-being.
"Why are we going to spend the four thousand we're saving to throw a party just to fill people's stomachs and call it a baby shower, when half of those people who were going to come to the event don't even care about us?" she questioned.
That’s why Yenisleidys and her partner decided to allocate the money they had set aside for the celebration to buy the things they need for their daughter, Catalina.
The young woman wanted to make it clear that her annoyance had nothing to do with receiving gifts. "They are not obliged to give us anything because that is not mandatory, but no one has shown any concern," she explained, insisting that all she was hoping for was a bit of attention during a particularly difficult time in her life.
The most curious thing is that, while some people around her were not interested in her, her followers on social media did show their affection. As she mentioned, for two months they kept asking her to share a gift list for the baby, until a follower ended up helping her to put it together.
"People, the followers, do more for us than the very individuals we knew or who we supposedly thought were friends," he stated.
Yenisleidys has previously shared with her followers some of the toughest moments of her life. In July, she recounted her harrowing 42-day migration journey to reach Miami, during which she was detained and nearly lost her life while crossing the Rio Grande.
She also mentioned that, while she was 17 weeks pregnant, she had to go to the emergency room due to severe dehydration and received a medical bill of $2,400, of which she had to pay $950 out of pocket despite having health insurance.
His testimony also connects with a reality faced by other Cuban emigrants: the difficulty of building support networks and facing loneliness far from Cuba.
After everything she has experienced, the future mom seems to have a clearer understanding of who is truly by her side. She summed it up in the description of her video with a phrase that reflects her disappointment: “Every day I learn more and walk more alone”.
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