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I know I sound totally anti-social, and that's besically how I feel. Why, when you're pregnant, do total stranger think they can start random conversations with you?
Tuesday I went to the grocery store with one of my sons. The woman checking me out goes on and on about how she hopes for my sake this one is a girl. Good thing my other son was with my husband - can't imagine what she would have said then.
Wednesday I went to a chiropractor for the first time. Never seen them before. The receptionist asks if they've done an us to find out how big the baby is. When I told her I hadn't had an us, I had to hear all about how her last baby was 10lb 14 oz and blah, blah, blah.
I went to the dentist yesterday to get my teeth cleaned. So I'm sitting there, stuck in a chair, mouth full of stuff, and the dental hygenist spends the entire time telling me all this - uggh - crap. When she'd take all the stuff out of my mouth I could manage a brief response. When I said we weren't going to find out what the sex was I had to hear how she knew one person who's us was wrong about the sex and that girl had better be a tomgirl because all the stuff they had was for a boy. (The gender stereotypes and expectations is why we don't find out!) She wanted to know how far apart my kids would be in school. When I said I was homeschooling she told me she knew people who did that and their kids were up with everyone academically but socially were very far behind. Ugggh!
I know, I know, these are minor things by people who don't mean any harm. I'm just really grumpy this pregnancy and it's driving me nuts. To stand there with the polite look on my face while they ramble is difficult. But it seems worthless to try to explain any of my positions to total strangers - hell I usually can't explain them to my friends.
OK rant over. Thank you.
Tuesday I went to the grocery store with one of my sons. The woman checking me out goes on and on about how she hopes for my sake this one is a girl. Good thing my other son was with my husband - can't imagine what she would have said then.
Wednesday I went to a chiropractor for the first time. Never seen them before. The receptionist asks if they've done an us to find out how big the baby is. When I told her I hadn't had an us, I had to hear all about how her last baby was 10lb 14 oz and blah, blah, blah.
I went to the dentist yesterday to get my teeth cleaned. So I'm sitting there, stuck in a chair, mouth full of stuff, and the dental hygenist spends the entire time telling me all this - uggh - crap. When she'd take all the stuff out of my mouth I could manage a brief response. When I said we weren't going to find out what the sex was I had to hear how she knew one person who's us was wrong about the sex and that girl had better be a tomgirl because all the stuff they had was for a boy. (The gender stereotypes and expectations is why we don't find out!) She wanted to know how far apart my kids would be in school. When I said I was homeschooling she told me she knew people who did that and their kids were up with everyone academically but socially were very far behind. Ugggh!
I know, I know, these are minor things by people who don't mean any harm. I'm just really grumpy this pregnancy and it's driving me nuts. To stand there with the polite look on my face while they ramble is difficult. But it seems worthless to try to explain any of my positions to total strangers - hell I usually can't explain them to my friends.
OK rant over. Thank you.