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June 2012 Moms
the kindness of strangers
Confession time: I changed clothes 2 times yesterday morning before I felt like I looked better than awful - and I'm so big that I was out of breath when I was done. I've crept up from size M to size L and I feel like a total walrus. Rolling over in bed at night has become an Olympic sport, along with tying shoelaces.
So how did 3 separate stranger ladies at the gym last night know that telling me how "cute" and "adorable" I look pregnant would make me feel better? It did.
I'm definitely going to pay that one forward when I'm on the other side and I see a 3rd T woman in public.
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Re: the kindness of strangers
I KWYM! My DH has to help me get up off the sofa and picks up my shoes for me. In the gym, I was basically waddling on the treadmill so I'm not entirely sure what they thought was so cute...but I'll take the compliment.
Oh good I am glad. Is probably doesn't matter or make you feel better but I have those days, and am afraid that now that I swear I have like doubled in belly size in the last 3 weeks that all of my days from now on will be "those" days.
Yesterday I had a bad "fat" day too. It was my weekly weigh in day and I gained 3 pounds (well 2.5 but why bother, might as well round up). And then one of my co-workers who had been on vaca all last week came by to see me and said "oh wow you've expanded. I can tell in just the one week I haven't seen you that you got bigger" - yup, THANKS! Its called being pregnant. I get bigger by the hour sometimes lol. I got so depressed. On my way out though, two of my male co-workers were outside and simultaneously said "good night gorgeous" - I so needed that even though I dont believe them LOL
"expanded"? What an awful word to use!! It sounds like she's saying you've grown side to side, not frontwards!! (which Im sure is not the case)
I just keep telling myself that these hips will surely help me during labour! lol
The other day at the grocery store, DH and I just had a basket with a few things in it and there was only one cashier open. DH wanted to go get a hair cut after we were done and while we were standing in line I told him to go and get his haircut started (across the hall in the mall) and I would head over after I was cashed out. DH was resistent to leave me holding our groceries, but I mean, I could have put the basket down if it got too heavy, and I told him I would. So he went over to get his haircut. The guy ahead of me in line finally got his things on the conveyer and he turned around, saw that I was pregnant, apologized, piled all of his groceries on top of each other and even picked some of them back up. All to make room for me to put my few items down! It was so nice! Totally unnecessary, but really nice of him.
A few days later, in the grocery store again, I stopped to get just a few things, including a couple cans of soup. While I was grabbing something else, I dropped one of the cans and it started rolling away. I took a deep breath and was bending down trying to grab it, of course it continued to roll away and I was shuffling, bent over, trying to grab it. A stock man came running up and told me to stop and he'd get it. He asked if I was okay, which I was, and I thanked him. He asked if he could get me a basket or carry my things to the cash for me and I thanked him again but said I was okay. Again, super nice!
I love that people are so kind, but it's kind of a shame that you have to be pregnant or they have to see a pregnant woman to be that way.
Whoa where do you ladies live!?
Around SoCal people don't even give me a second look when I'm struggling to get something off the the bottom shelf at the store. Or even let me sit down in the waiting area of a restaurant when I'm obviously in pain.
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For real!! In NY no one gives a crap if you are pregnant.
My H got pretty upset when we were waiting in a restaurant and no one would offer their seat for me when I was having a hard time standing. But he's a gentleman who does that for pregnant women and elderly people on the bus or at restaurants. I don't think people like him are the norm around here.