Solar Eclipse

alemarie1 · August 2017

Hi Everyone,

Who's watching the solar eclipse today?

Have you heard of any of the superstitions around pregnant women staying indoors?

JaymeMac · August 2017

I live in Mexico and this is a commom superstition..
ive heard its all myths...but i wont be out during eclipse im on vacation and resting today!!

eggplantface · August 2017

I'm planning on staying indoors but I wonder if there will be a mass exodus from my building when it happens. I may be an outlier, I just don't care about the eclipse at all.

jennifer_m21 · August 2017

Not interested in the eclipse! Didn't get glasses, and not making one out of cardboard. Bet these glasses won't work, either

ldawngirl781 · August 2017

It's raining and extremely cloudy here right now, so I'll be missing it.

alemarie1 · August 2017

I have to run errands and husband is worried that all the wackos will be out...

I'm sure it will be fine, but his worry is freaking me out! I cant help but think of the purge movies thanks to him...

smorzandoj · August 2017

I wouldn't look at the sun on a normal day and don't plan to today. We are staying inside bc I know one of my kids would be the one to go blind.

fishyfishfish234 · August 2017

Oh I got my glasses weeks ago and I am impatiently waiting for it to begin! I'm making my husband leave work early to come watch too. We don't live in the totality area, but science is fun!

mayapple44 · August 2017

@fishyfishfish234 I love your excitement about it!!! Im not at all interested in it and have no idea why, but science is fun and these events should be celebrated. Maybe next time I will be on board

Ashoes123 · August 2017

@fishyfishfish234 how did you score glasses?? So jealous, everywhere within 20 miles of me has been sold out for many weeks. I'm going to make a cereal box thing soon and will try that. NASA is streaming it live on their FB page too. I love anything to do with astronomy.

winnie1122 · August 2017

I teach so our school has a bunch of glasses for the kids to go out and see it in groups (though they made us come in late and stay late today for the whole thing....) I did get to go see the early bit of it a few minutes ago and it was pretty cool! I doubt I'll be able to go out during the peak time though since I'll have a class.

spb27 · August 2017

I'll go out to see it bc I happened to get a free pair of glasses otherwise I probably wouldn't of gone. It's only about 70% by me

magnolia305 · August 2017

We are in the path of totality-- school was cancelled for "increased insurance risk". I put DS down for a nap and hung out with DH and some guys that work for him. We had a little eclipse gathering--grilled, sun chips, moon pies, and brownies (not the theme, but I am pregnant and wanted them). I wasn't super excited about it--but it was hilarious to see these guys in their mid 20's and 30's freaking out over how cool it was. It was neat--but I am not someone that would be an "eclipse chaser" by any means!

alice0218 · August 2017

I'm in the "don't really care" care camp too.

It's crazy how many people are freaking out about it! I think it's over here. Facebook/Instagram are littered with poor quality photos of it. I think it's cool in general for astronomy and such, but I'm not that interested in astronomy and not any more so today vs. other days. And ditto to I don't look at the sun other days, wasn't planning to today either.

kaitie12-27 · August 2017

I liked the opportunity to see something like that.
I was at work at the time and one of our customers brought in a welders mask and let us all use it so we could see the eclipse. Was pretty neat to see.
I wasn't gunho about it by any means but i love seeing stuff like that that you wouldn't get to see on an everyday basis.

farmrose · August 2017

We live where it was 100% but at the time there was a huge cloud covering the sun. Kinda disappointing. We saw it right before totality. It got really dark outside so it was a cool experience. But if it didn't happen where I live...I wouldn't have cared a lick honestly.

ash0625 · August 2017

I went to an eclipse party and it was fun! Had glasses and lunch and was with lots of friends. It was fun, but now I feel kind of sick from being out in the heat.

awb1216 · August 2017

We don't live in the path of totality, but I still had my glasses and pretty much my whole office was outside watching it. I thought it was pretty cool and definitely worth seeing.

meatballs37 · August 2017

I don't care much about it either. But it's nice to finally hear about something in the news and on social media that isn't hatred/politically charged/depressing!

mblomq2 · August 2017

So I was one of the super excited eclipse nerds. DH and I planned our trip to the path of totality before I even knew I was pregnant. We drove 5 hours and spent the wknd in St. Louis. It was so amazing and the weather was perfect for viewing (just HOT whew). Seeing the sun's coronas was beautiful. Of course a few weeks before the trip I start hearing about these pregnancy/eclipse superstitions. I am not a very superstitious person at all but I ended up wearing red underwear and a metal safety pin 'just in case' lol.

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