[evanleighorion]

Just thought I'd share a conversation that I had with my MIL on Thanksgiving. Now, we're planning on waiting to share the news that we're pregnant until Christmas (you know, wrap up the news as a gift.) I'm due June 10th and there's an out-of-state family wedding that we're expected to attend on June 1st. MIL was asking me if DH and I plan to attend because she would reserve the plane tickets together. I blew it off and said we'd figure it out once we received the actual invitation (so far we just received a save the date card.) She then started complaining about how she didn't want to go to this wedding and she really needed excuses not to go. Then, out of the blue, she said "I know! You should have a baby on June 1st!" I have no idea why she thought of that. She has no idea that I'm pregnant - we never told her when we planned to TTC. She then went on to calculate when I would be due if I got pregnant now and she realized that if I got pregnant this week there's no way I'd be due June 1st. She laughed a little and then moved on to other excuses she could come up with for skipping the wedding. I was trying so hard not to laugh and she must have thought I loved all her other ideas because I know I was sitting there with a big grin on my face!

 

[amandaleigh37]

Haha that is too funny! I bet she will be thrilled to get her "excuse" to miss the wedding

I'm due June 30, which couldn't have been more perfect because we are expected to go on vacation with my in-laws the last week in June. This will be the 3rd year, but after last year we hated it so much we knew we couldn't go again... not we have our out

 

[ghuaghua]

Thats great!
My MIL, who also doesn't know I'm pregnant (at least not to my knowledge) was talking about baby names for our next one at Thanksgiving.

 

[ErinsJuneBug]

Oh man - how could you have NOT told her right then! Too funny - i guess she'll get her wish!

 

[jenneology]

I'm seriously impressed that you didn't tell her then that she was getting what she wanted. Wow. She'll be so happy when she finds out, make sure to remind her of that conversation. She'll probably get a really good laugh out of it.

 

[KJRSMR]

I would have told her at that moment. You are very strong. We have the same due date.. I would love to have them on June 1st. That is my aunts birthday. My mother's sister. She lost her life very young. My mother raised my nieces as her own.

 

[evanleighorion]

I'm hoping she'll actually remember the conversation once we do tell her!

amandaleigh - I know what you mean about the vacation. Sometimes it's nice to have an excuse that's not really an excuse, you know what I mean?

 

[WeasleyMum]

Oh, how did you not just spill the beans right then! I would not have been able to keep quiet, without an "well ACTUALLY..."

 

[Girlo]

That's amazing!

We're also invited to a family wedding in CO on June 27th.....I'm due on the 25th. We didn't want to go anyway (we live in WA and it's just too far)....now we have the perfect excuse! I'm glad you do as well.....

 

[because]

Just don't let her buy that plane ticket before Christmas!

 

[BlissfullyLoving]

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[boscopup]

Tell her to wait until after the new year to buy the plane tickets, as the prices might go down by then. That would probably keep her from buying it before you tell her the news of how she can get out of going!

 

[evanleighorion]

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Originally Posted by because Just don't let her buy that plane ticket before Christmas!

Haha! Luckily she's not the type of person who would buy them without getting the okay from us. I don't expect the actual invitation to arrive until after Christmas and it made sense to her that we didn't want to make plans until we received the actual invitation.

 

[Maggirayne]

My mom totally suspects, and I haven't said anything. I would have died laughing or said something!