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January 2019 Moms
KLS123
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Random Acts of Kindness (or Sympathy lol)
KLS123
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Every now and then you get "special treatment" for growing another human when random strangers or co-workers go out of their way to give you a break. Yes, yes i know not everyone wants to be treated "different" or "special" for being pregnant but hey, sometimes it has perks and you bet I'm going to milk that for all it's worth (looking at you designated expectant mom parking spots at the grocery store).
Has this happened to you yet? Tell me about it! Because sometimes the "Say What?????" thread (while super amusing and necessary to rant on) gives me no hope for human kind and common courtesy...
Has this happened to you yet? Tell me about it! Because sometimes the "Say What?????" thread (while super amusing and necessary to rant on) gives me no hope for human kind and common courtesy...
Re: Random Acts of Kindness (or Sympathy lol)
Hey, it's the little things, you know?
Ooh, and the other day, I lugged my toddler and a big bin of clothing into a store to sell, and they told me they don't accept sales on Sundays. It was obvious that I was having trouble wrangling the bin and my kid, and another customer kindly offered to take it back to my car for me.
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
DS 05/29/2013
M/C 02/14/2017
M/C 06/05/2017
C/P 03/01/2018
BFP 05/17/2018 EDD 01/27/2019
And he is both of those things, but also a bit... I don't even know the word! I don't want to say odd or obsessive, but sort of a bit of those things.
Anyway, I put off telling him about the pregnancy forever until it started to become too apparent, because I didn't want him obsessively taking care of me. But here it is, that time. I was carrying some boxes, moving things around with a cart... He came in, saw it happening, RAN over and took over the entire operation! I also had a male security guard do the same thing with one of my equipment shipments - so there he was, old guy with one lung, insisting on moving my equipment for me.
On one hand I want to be all, "Wait just a minute - I'm not helpless!" On the other hand, it's getting harder to breathe well, I can't use my belly area to help with lifting anymore (which apparently I did before, but never noticed because my belly has always been nondescript), and I'm just tired. Let 'em do the lifting. lol
Today was a moment where I almost cried though. I work in a central kitchen for a school district but as admin and I was grabbing the morning staff meal and they had orange juice out. I was in a rush and the minute I sat down with my orange juice in my office the payroll clerk came up to me and told me every woman in the kitchen urged her to come tell me not to drink the orange juice cause it was a day old and they were worried about the baby. I almost cried just because I have worked a lot of jobs where my health came last but these ladies were sweet enough to be looking out for me in such a small way.
Thank you kind stranger for saving my dignity from a near miss of pissing my pants.
1. During intermission for Hamilton, the line to the ladies’ room was wrapped around twice. I was at the end. Someone saw me and said “let’s let the pregnant lady go first!” Everyone seemed cool with it and told me to go. Even the security people helped get me through the maze. No one rolled their eyes at me. It felt really amazing to see that not just one but a lot of women seemed so understanding.
2. DH & I were at a food court when this lady in front of him paid for his drink. No reason but to just enjoy it. He thanked her and we agreed to pay it forward!