Jul. 26, 2009 - And I thought I was being rather stoic.
Why does every person greet a pregnant lady with a "How are you feeling?"
There is no good answer to that question. It is not a nice or solicitous question to the pregnant one. Trust me on this. To a pregnant lady, complete with pregnant hormones, this inquiry is nothing short of an all-out taunt. My heart is sideways in my chest. My blood volume has doubled. My intestines are pushed way up past my belly button. How do you imagine I feel? A whole range of ungodly though wickedly funny replies play through my head as I struggle to compose a socially acceptable response that is neither an outright lie nor the litany of complaint that no one, not even me, really wants to hear.
I was beginning to sputter out a reply to one well-intentioned inquiry this evening. "Oh, well, you know, I guess pretty good..." when Mr. Wonderful cut me off, "She's miserable," he told the person. Which when it comes from your husband sounds solicitous of his wife and yet subtly conveys the idiocy of the question. How would one expect a person who looks like a Macy's Day parade balloon to feel, afterall?
Too bad the fella has to work for a living as I would love to have him around as my spokesperson on a full-time basis.
Blessings, Holly
Comments
Jul. 27, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
My standard answer during the third trimester always was "Like a beached whale", LOL!
Birgit (from teachingmom)
Jul. 28, 2009 - :)
Posted by CarpeBanana
Woohoo for your husband! No wonder you married him.
