Honey, I think I'm pregnant
Everywhere I go, total strangers make lovely comments such as, "You're due any minute, right?" and the infamous, "Is it just one in there??" Thanks, folks. I already knew I was huge without any comments from the peanut gallery. It is a fairly widespread taboo in this culture to comment on a woman's weight and/or size; I cannot fathom why the rules go out the window for pregnant women. I suppose it's related to the phenomenon of strangers suddenly thinking they are allowed to touch a woman's belly if there appears to be a baby in it. Oh, wouldn't I just love to be a fly on the wall if some non-pregnant woman were to have that happen, and she hauls off and decks the person in response! Ahh, pregnancy hormones...
Labels: pregnancy