For Thanksgiving DH and I went out of town to stay with his family, who we haven't seen since September (we both work so it's hard to work travel around both our schedules). I knew before even getting down there that his family was probably going to have a cow when they seen me b/c I wasn't even showing the last time and now...well, I'm sure you all know. Sure enough, I got the crazy bugged eyed expressions I was expecting and a couple not so terrible comments - all stuff I had been expecting and completely tolerable. I was glad to see that though it was a big difference that no one over reacted and were weird about it.
Apparently I under estimated the power of this big ol' belly though b/c the very next day, my BIL - who is not a baby guy and seemed completely disinterested, goes out and buys us a bag full of baby clothes, shoes, etc. It was really sweet but when he brings the stuff in, he is followed by his girlfriend and one of their mutal friends. The girlfiriend I've met before and yes she made a couple cute comments about the baby and my belly and all, but the friend was a complete stranger to me. As I was looking through what BIL bought, the friend comes over and is literally standing shoulder to shoulder iwth me and just staring me down. I'm already uncomfortable just having her that close to me but then she asked if she can feel the baby and already had her hands moving into position. I felt like it would have been really rude of me to back away and say no (like I wanted to do) so I let it go and figured that she just wanted to do a quick rub and move on. She didn't just move on. She rubbed and rubbed and rubbed like she thought a genie was going to eventually come out and grant her some wishes...and I mean she was touching every speck of my belly - even got a little too close for comfort to the boobers.
The whole time my DH is sitting over in the corner watching all of this with huge bulging eyes and my BIL had to walk outside to keep from busting out laughing. Finally I just had to back away and put some space between me and her and afterwards when they got ready to leave and BIL's girlfriend and the weird friend head outside, BIL dies laughing saying he couldn't believe that just happened and that he thought that girl was really enjoying herself. I was already weired out by it but then he adds the icing to the cake by telling us that she is a lesbian and was probably trying to feel more than just that baby (which is why she kept creeping closer and closer to the boobs). So basically I totally let this girl feel me up this weekend under the impression that she just wanted to feel the baby.
Re: Weird 'stranger touching belly' story....(sorta long)
Wow I really wasn't expecting the lesbian part at the end! That's pretty funny though.
I do this too but it doesn't always work...I think some people just want to feel the tightness of my belly to know that there is really someone in there!