I had a strange encounter at the beach yesterday and thought I'd share. I was there with DD and two friends of mine. I wore my bikini with a cover up for when I was out of the water. I was feeling quite self conscious of my big pregnant self especially being as pale as I am right now and hobbling around the beach. But we HAD to get some beach time (it's been way too hot). Well, I got out of the water and decided to leave my cover up off to try and catch a little sun. Just then, two ladies walked by me as they were leaving the beach. One of them stopped, bent down and handed me an orange. She said, "Do you want this orange? I think your baby needs this orange." 
I said thank you very much and graciously took the orange, but I couldn't help but feel like I had just somehow been insulted.
One of the friends I was with tends to have a very positive outlook on these things. I asked him what he thought and he said not to worry, that to him it seemed totally innocent. He thought she was being kind and it was one of those things when she was happy to help out a pregnant woman. He said that all people should be so gracious and it was an act of community, rallying around the expectant mother so to speak. He made me smile and realize that maybe I had simply allowed my pregnant hormones to get in the way of seeing a truly kind act.
Just for the record, she didn't exactly say it in a rude way, but I also didn't get the 'act of pure kindness' from her either. The way she said, "I think your baby NEEDS this orange" struck me as kind of off. Like she was making a backhanded comment about my nutrition/weight. So what do you guys think? Nice? Rude? Something else?
I said thank you very much and graciously took the orange, but I couldn't help but feel like I had just somehow been insulted.One of the friends I was with tends to have a very positive outlook on these things. I asked him what he thought and he said not to worry, that to him it seemed totally innocent. He thought she was being kind and it was one of those things when she was happy to help out a pregnant woman. He said that all people should be so gracious and it was an act of community, rallying around the expectant mother so to speak. He made me smile and realize that maybe I had simply allowed my pregnant hormones to get in the way of seeing a truly kind act.
Just for the record, she didn't exactly say it in a rude way, but I also didn't get the 'act of pure kindness' from her either. The way she said, "I think your baby NEEDS this orange" struck me as kind of off. Like she was making a backhanded comment about my nutrition/weight. So what do you guys think? Nice? Rude? Something else?
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