What is it about pregnancy that turns your average, everyday person (ya know, the kind that would typically ignore you and move on) to the chatty, wanna-be-your-best friend type of people?? Up until recently, I led a nice quiet existence. I could walk into a store, bank, etc and go pretty much unnoticed and unbothered. Now all of a sudden everyone and their mothers are striking up conversations.
Today was a perfect example. I head to the bank on my lunch time and the teller starts asking me if I'm pregnant and is it a boy or girl - blah, blah, blah. Then she asks when I'm due. I tell her March 1st and watch as her eyes go wide. Then she says "wow, you've got a ways to go yet...there's nothin to you so I guess the baby has nowhere to go but out." I'm not sure if that's a compliment or her way of telling me "DAMN GIRL, you're HUGE!"
Less then 5 minutes later I'm standing at the Subway counter ordering my lunch. This old guy enters (yes, unfortunately it's snowbird season and they're flocking back here by the dozens) and before he takes 2 steps into the place, he shouts out - for everyone to hear - "If that's what this place does to you when you eat here, maybe I should leave now" and proceeds to point at me.
Believe it or not, I'm not terribly upset by the growing number of conversations I'm having with perfect strangers. That's probably a shocker for those of you who know me as being super quiet and shy. It will definitely be a challenge for me though, as I'm not used to opening up to people I don't know.
Guess the next step is all the weirdos who will come up and just start touching my belly. Conversation is one thing - invading my bubble is something else entirely. Maybe I should have shirts printed that say "Back away from the belly!!"
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