Friday, October 10, 2008
What do you do?
Lately people, people I haven't ever met before, have started coming up to me and asking what sounds to me like "What do you do?" I think, "how nice" or on my good days, "I guess I look really interesting and artsy and they want to get to know me better." Then I launch into an explanation of my job and what it involves and as I elaborate I see them begin to look confused and their smile fades away. Then I realize that once again, someone has asked me not "What do you do?" but "When are you due?" And I tell them mid-November and try to think of an equivalent question for them, like "So when is your next big, life changing event?" or "Any personal experience coming up that you would like to discuss with a stranger?"
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that's hilarious
Where's the picture?
Have you tried letterboxing? You'd probably love carving stamps and planting letterboxes. We just got into it, and I carved a stamp, and we went out in search of our first, only to find it was gone, but we had fun looking! See letterboxing.org if you don't already know about this coolness!
Oh, and this post I'll reiterate is hilarious!
Don't you love the pregnancy awkward questions. I one time had a homeless woman rub my belly when I was pregnant, that was a little too much for me. And, really, what can you say?
what DO you do? :D besides produce a baby that is... what else is there? the rest are just extraneous details, right?
I remember trying to remind myself that people were just trying to be nice. I have to admit, I did always enjoy the postpartum period when I, once again, felt anonymous.
Huh. My history teacher said something funny but good how even if someone is pregnant, you don't touch their stomach. Do you touch a non-pregnant person's stomach?
In a lot of cultures, touching or rubbing a pregnant belly is supposed to be good luck. I dropped off clothes at a dry cleaners once and the Chinese lady behind the counter JUMPED over the counter to rub my belly. Completely caught me off guard and creeped me out.
I saw the funniest t-shirt in a t-shirt shop. It said, "I'm not pregnant I'm just fat." It made me laugh.
p.s.- I'm tired of people asking about my employment. So I wouldn't care for either question.
Once you become visibly pregnant, people no longer care about YOU, it's all about the baby... I've had some pretty strange people touch my belly. It's a little awkward.
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