I am just relaxing on the bench at church after the banquet (cub scout meetings are exhausting), when a stranger walks up to me and asks me when I am due. I tell her not till May so I definitely have a little bit of time left. She then asks me if this is my first one which I, of course, answered back with a yes.
Then I hear a "wow, you are really big, especially for your first one. I was barely showing at seven months with my first one. Most people did not even believe me when I told them I was pregnant."
Elephants like to be huge so they can step on things, Giraffes like to be huge so they can kill other giraffes with their necks (see Sam I do listen to you), boys like to be huge so they can show their muscles and drive around in their big trucks, but no girl, pregnant or not will ever enjoy being called big, huge, large, ginormous etc...ESPECIALLY BY A STRANGER!
I know I am huge, you do not need to tell me. All that does is effectively make me not like you that much. Unless of course you are one of my brothers or sisters. Then you are allowed to tell me I look fat, because I will also be calling you all hippos when you gain weight.
4 comments:
ummm - you are NOT huge. Look at your tiny belly! And seriously, I gained 47 pounds with Brigitte and it was all in my face :)
My hair dresser actually offered to cut my hair to hide my chins. true story.
The beautiful thing is - the weight magically disappears all on its own within a few weeks. So live it up - get huge - and enjoy the time off from caring about being skinny! (believe me when I tell you YOU ARE SMALL!!!!) MOST women weigh over 200 lbs at delivery.
Relish in the fact that your Dr probably only has a handful of cute young patients who weigh under 180 pounds to start with. Whenever I feel so gross I want to die, I go to my appointment and take a good look around me...and realize - hey, im not as bad as some!
WHATEVER! that lady is crazy! you are NOT huge! you have an adorable little pregnant belly but you would never think you were pregnant when looking at any other part of your body! i know what you mean though about how even when you're pregnant you don't want someone telling you you are big. with both of my pregnancies i got the comment "wow, you are huge! are you pregnant with twins?" more times than i can count. makes you wonder if the people who say that are also the people asking people who are over weight, but not pregnant, if they are pregnant. open mouth...insert foot. :)
You are NOT huge! You look GREAT! But I totally know what you mean...people told me that ALL THE TIME. The other thing they would say is 'wow...you are having a baby and going to grad school (pause) ...that's not going to work.' I couldn't believe it! Don't tell me that! How rude!!
Anyway, you look great! Congratualations on being more than 1/2 way there! YAY!
Um, do sisters-in-law count? 'Cuz I will definitely say you've gotten, um, larger, since I saw you last. But in a good way, like you won't have a tiny, scrawny, malnourished baby :)
P.S. When I read about the elephants and giraffes I thought you were going to say that you told the lady you were going to step on her or kill her with your neck. That would have been funny!!
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