but i don't say any of the above things, because although most of these people had their kids 30 years ago, they seem to remember and know "exactly" how I feel, and are just trying to offer their words of advice and encouragement.
Lately I seem to have this exact conversation about 27 times per day.
Person: "Oh wow.. Look at you, when are you due?"
Me: "12 days, August 7th" (or some variety of that)
Person: "You look so ..." (fill in blank here- great, huge, tiny, like you've dropped, not dropped and many other responses of that variety)
Me: "Thanks... I feel really good, just getting excited"
Person: "So, do you know what you are having"
Me: "No, we decided not to find out, we wanted the surprise"
Person: "Good for you!" (everyone says that, who determined it was "not good" to find out the gender?)
Person: "Do you have names picked out?"
Me: "Not yet, we are still deciding" (even if we did, would i want to tell you? you are a stranger)
Person: "Well you should probably decide on one, the baby is almost here"
Me: (Thinking: wow, what a great idea, i didn't think that my baby should have a name) but saying "yeah, you're right. We really do need to decide"
and then that happens over and over... I should just wear a sign with the above dialouge.
I know this may sound a little rude and I know people only ask because they care and love babies, but I only have 12 days left (ok, probably more) and I feel like venting, so I vent. Yesterday I felt like ice cream, so I ate ice cream!
5 comments:
I remember avoiding church when I was past my due date with Madalyn because I just COULD NOT endure the questions of "When are you do again? Oh, you're OVERDUE? Oh, my, well, let's hope the baby comes soon!" I think I would have punched someone at that point, so I kept my distance. My mom did come over and tell me about someone who had just delivered EARLY when I was 5 days overdue. But I couldn't punch her since she is my mom :) Hang in there! You're looking beautiful! Kudos for going to a waterpark...fun!
LOL. I love you. And believe me I UNDERSTAND annoying questions! For sanity sake, I hope you pop that baby out sooner than later! :)
looks like that waterpark was SO much fun! enjoy this time with drew and the ability to go out and do whatever you want!! i miss that so much! i totally hear you about the comments - i am sure there is some special grace god wants to give us to handle these inevitable comments but at the end of pregnancy i couldn't seem to conjure any up (:
One more thing, yes, Amy has a GREAT point...lay on the couch, ENJOY being able to watch a whole movie uninterrupted, etc. You will miss those things! As far as the burp cloths...sell? Please! I'm not that talented :). Tell you what, once you deliver, you can be my guinea pig and I'll send you some boy or girl-themed ones! You'll have to e-mail me your address!
I LOVE the way you wrote that! I think anyone who's been pregnant can relate! Can't wait to see pics of the little cutie. We'll be praying for a smooth delivery & for a baby who sleeps! =) We're so excited for you guys!
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