Baby Proclamations by Men with Few Teeth
August 21, 2006
Oooo…my first post on our blog.
One thing Jeff and I have noticed during our little jaunt down pregnancy lane is that lots of people like to share information about our baby with us. Whether it’s the woman in the elevator who tells me it looks like I’m carrying twins or the ridiculous wealth of people who either tell me it looks like I’m carrying a boy or ask me insipid questions about my baby boy, I’ve come to enjoy these interactions with random people on the street. My favorite so far is the two men whose ratio of teeth to gummy vacancies is astounding. Yes, that’s right–even people who have no dental health like to share baby proclamations with me. I find this very entertaining. So far there have only been two such occurrences, but my hope is that prior to the baby being born, I’ll have the opportunity to engage in a few more conversations with these icons of dental hygiene.
Maybe I’m being too hard on these men. Or people in general–that wouldn’t be shocking coming from me. I don’t mean to be nasty–I smile politely and either correct or at the very least try not to backhand them (okay–that was really my reaction to just the one woman who was bigger than me and said it looked like I was carrying twins). And actually, the men without teeth were a lot more entertaining to talk to than a lot of the others. It occurred to me this morning, that the second man-with-lack-of-teeth that spoke to me may have actually been flirting with me a little bit. (Yes, I’m painfully slow in recognizing these things…) His comment was, “I hope it’s a girl.” (Followed by a rather dashing gummy smile and wink.)
Ahhh…the joys of pregnancy. I actually have enjoyed this for the most part. I find it a fascinating experiment in figuring out just how much disgusting information I can share with people about my personal body fluids/weight gain/fluid retention all in the name of pregnancy symptoms. And labor symptoms? Those are even better! I think I’ve already shared too much…but remember, it’s all in the name of a beautiful natural occurrence known as pregnancy!
