Just a note to you all out there who encounter a large pregnant woman in the hot dog aisle of the grocery store
Do NOT tell her, “You look great!”
She knows that is code for, “Holy shit, lady, should you really be waddling down the hot dog aisle? Because you are fucking HUGE!”
Seriously. Never in my life have so many people told me I look great. Actually, I look like I ate the prize giant pumpkin at the county fair.
I don’t look great. I look 29 weeks pregnant. You and I both know it. So save the platitudes, dudes, and point this cranky, diabetic, overworked, underpaid woman to the sugar-free ice cream.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Agreed. I’m not pregnant, but when i was, I wanted to jackslap people who said things like, “your complexion is wonderful today.” Um, yeah, I knew that was code for, ‘at least you have a nice face, because the rest of you looks like it has been stuffed with Helium balloons.”
May 31st, 2008 at 12:10 am
ok careful on the SF too, babe. It’s carby and will make you fart like crazy…um not that I would know….
May 31st, 2008 at 4:57 am
you see I’m quite torn here…. because when you posted the picture of you the other week I seriously couldn’t believe how great you looked because when I was pregnant… I looked like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlenuttree/305856542/
that is me at 29 weeks…
this was me at 40 and I was a W H A L E I tell you!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlenuttree/302735135/
Seriously… I bet you do look great even if you’re not feeling so hot… wishing you well x
May 31st, 2008 at 7:26 am
I KNOW! I keep getting, “you look great for carrying twins.” What does that mean?! Congrats that I’m not as big as a McMansion? Or I alternately freak that I’m not big enough and will have micro preemies. UGH. People should just keep their mouths shut.
May 31st, 2008 at 7:28 am
So, does this mean you’re not going to share a belly pic then? : )
Steph
May 31st, 2008 at 8:45 am
I just saw you last week and you *do* look great. Take the compliment. I mean it. You look 29 weeks pregnant. But that is not a code word for fat. You’re big where you should be: in your belly.
Embrace the pregnant body. It’s beautiful and so are you!
I saw a pregnant woman at the library the other day who’s shirt said “Touch the belly, lose a hand.” Kind of extreme, but humorous.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:55 am
omg i love the hot dog aisle!!
will you eat a couple for me??
May 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
It’s best to not say anything to pregnant women except, perhaps, “Is there anything I can do for you?”
May 31st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Zip it! You are gorgeous, you just can’t see it…not a big belly pun.
Revel in the magic, it’ll truly be over before you know it.
May 31st, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Hey, I know you don’t feel like you look good but apparently you do, take it and run with it.
One thing I’ve seen lately though that I so wish I had done since my first baby was only 22 months old when the second was born…..let him paint my belly with washable stuff.
I’ve seen about 5 people do it since I had my babies and I just know the Poo would love to do that. Something the two of you can do together when you have no get up and go left and she is wants to do “something” new and exciting.
You could even do it several times between now and baby birth time if you plan ahead. For real, it really looks like it would be fun…if the poo doesn’t want to do it, give me a call, I’ll find Chambana somehow and paint your up a belly!
May 31st, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Thank-you! People keep telling me how great I look and how I’m not showing at all. The truth is I’ve gained ten pounds more than I should and I have huge dark circles under my eyes. I’m gross and I wish they could just say congratulations and move on.
June 1st, 2008 at 5:37 pm
people are telling me they can’t comment. this is a test.
June 1st, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Stop. It.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hmmm. I do tend to say that to a lot of pregnant women, but I always believe it! I think pregnant women are beautiful, but when I was preggo, I felt like the Michelin Man, so I get what you’re saying.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Now, now Mrs. C…are you sure it’s not pregnancy hormones talking?
I’m sure YOU don’t think you look great, but I suspect you look beautiful.
Please don’t hurt me.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Great Post! Thanks for letting me comment.