Good for you for being able to do that.......would love to see the ignoramus' faces after one of those zingers. They deserve it!!!
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], KaeLee Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jenn S. wrote: > > > >>Rachel asked: I have been asked by strangers if I > > was pregnant since I was 16! (Very embarassing. To all > > of you, never ask a woman if she is pregnant unless > > you see a baby coming out of her!) > > > > ** Amen! Thank you! Last summer, at my husband's > > family reunion, THREE of his aunts asked me (at > > separate times during the three hours we were there) > > when I was due! I was sooo humiliated! > > And, I've had others do that to me, too! I seem to > > carry most of my weight in my belly, so if I'm not > > suckin' it in, it does look like I'm about 5 mos. > > along. But, sheesh! YES, I need to lose > > weight/exercise, but goodness gracious, mind your > > manners and don't say anything unless you KNOW!!! Ugh! > > > Considering my size it is perhaps remarkable that I don't get asked more > often if I'm pregnant. When I do however, I generally opt to answer > "No, I'm sorry, I'm not pregnant but I *am* enjoying trying to not > conceive as much as possible." Or "The baby will probably arrive around > 2010 with any luck." > > I have had a few people, sometimes children, sometimes not, look at me > and say "you're fat." If a child says it I will often reply something > along the lines of "yes I am. and you aren't (assuming they aren't of > course). and that's okay because it takes a lot of different kinds of > people to live in this world otherwise it would get boring." If an > adult or "older" child (who should know better) tells me that I will > look down, gasp in shock, and say "oh my god! when did *that* happen?! > I was thin when I left my house this morning!" It seems to confuse them. > > KaeLee > BCSN: Soraidh > StL, MO > > -- > > The karma of literature: http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/soraidh > -- > What's so remarkable about Love at first sight? It's when people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes remarkable. -- Unknown ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
