Feeling zen
Since I’ve been Buddha-shaped now for several weeks, it’s good that the attitude has started to catch up.
It all started when I read the ‘Smile and Wave’ part of this post over at Simple Mom — her take on how to handle others’ unsolicited advice and commentary during the last stages of pregnancy.
Like Tsh, I cannot imagine what makes some people think it’s appropriate to say the things they do, but I hear crap often enough and from total strangers, that it seems to be a cultural phenomenon. Since about 30 weeks, I can’t walk three feet anywhere in public without someone cracking wise.
“When are you due? Really!? You’re huge! Are you sure there’s just one in there?!”
“You look like you could go any minute!”
” My [wife, daughter, sister, cousin] is due before you and she’s not that big!”
“You’re not going to make it [to due date].”
And, my personal favorite, from my the director at my daughter’s preschool.
“There must be two of them in there! Do me a favor, just don’t drop it in here, OK?”
OK.
