Maybe some little sprite affixed a sign to my forehead that says "I'm already down. Please make me feel worse about myself."
Who on EARTH asks you to your face if you are pregnant? WHO does that?! Within the past year, I've had two people say something to me. The one last year was flat out "Are you pregnant?" to which I, no doubt looking horrified, answered, "No way." Then she tried to cover her rear by saying I just had that "glow." Really? You ever heard of the sun? And from the time I had met her to when she asked me, I had maybe gained 5 pounds over the course of a year... (the first year of my cubicle job... mmhmm)
Then yesterday this other lady, ALREADY turning red before she even speaks, says, "Did I overhear you saying you were buying paternity clothes?" Okay, first of all, what are "paternity clothes"? And second, if she means clothes for a baby boy, how the HECK does she think I look pregnant enough to even know what I'm having. And third, I was NOT talking about any sort of clothes regarding said mythical unborn child.
I almost had a meltdown. Hubs, as well as several friends, have reassured me that I in no way look pregnant and those people are off their nut. Nice try, but the damage has been done.
It's not only dangerous from a "you could be completely offending their self-image" standpoint, but they have no clue what I have or haven't been through. My best friend had a miscarriage last year, and several days later, a friend had emailed her to catch up and asked comedically casually "So, are you pregnant yet?" Bad move. This sent her spinning deeper into mourning and she couldn't talk to that friend for a while. It was a relatively innocent question, but you never know, and you should be careful about potentially sensitive subjects like that.
All that being said, I was angry that I already had plans last night and they did not involve working out. But TODAY! That will be a much better story. I will channel this negative energy from misunderstandings by way of idiocy (that's a little harsh... but deserved at the moment) into the second wind of my health kick, and I shall adopt my strategies I planned to introduce in June, effective immediately. These being no candy and a dramatic cut-back in wheat products (In addition to the continuity of May's strategies: limited dairy and no eating after 7:30pm which have both actually been going quite well).
There were a lot of health related New Year's resolutions out there this year. How are y'all coming on those? I pretty much weigh the same as I did January 1, unfortunately. But hey, at least the scale isn't going the other way. And we still have over half a year left!!!
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