Are you still curious to know if I’m pregnant?
Posted by Isabel on August 18th, 2008. Filed under: City Living, Random.Man, a blogger even mentions ovulation and y’all think she’s done gone and got herself knocked up.
Lesson learned:
It wasn’t until Sunday afternoon when I got a text message from Heidikins asking me if I was really pregnant that I realized, “crap, the interweb thinks I’m pregnant!”
Oopsie.
So yeah, not pregnant.
Not even thinking about becoming pregnant.
But, thanks for being so excited about the thought of me being pregnant.
At least someone is!
Here’s the thing, I spent last week reading my latest SDBBE book, “A Midwife’s Story”. It was about, you guessed it, natural births. And not just any natural birth, but natural births in the early 1980’s.
Oh yeah, and they ladies giving birth were Amish. And it was a true story.
Needless to say, I had babies on the brain.
(While I totally think the Amish rock, I must say that I’m glad I’m not one. I’m a lazy sack of crap and wouldn’t last 2 days in their world. I’m just saying.)
I finished the book yesterday afternoon. Which is good. Now I can turn my attention off of natural childbirths on back onto more important things like…
This morning the bus was full. I ended up sitting next to a nice business man. Once we got into the city the bus riders began to exit at each stop. This left the bus virtually empty. And yet, I didn’t get up and move to my own seat. I sat there next to the nice business man.
Is this weird?
Should I have gotten up and moved to my own seat? I mean there were like 30 empty seats.
Seriously, does anyone know the proper bus etiquette for this situation?
August 19th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I didn’t think you were pregnant after reading your last post, didn’t realize some people did.
As for the bus situation, I don’t think you have to get up and sit somewhere else, I would probably decide based on whether I want to sit next to the person next to me, or whether I’d prefer sitting by myself, not based on what the other person may or may not want.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Dude, it was pretty obvious you WERENT pregnant. You were saying that ovulation occurs on the 21st day for you – and it was the 21st day, right? So you COULD get pregnant if you really wanted to. LOL. However; I was envisioning those itty bitty bikini’s you’ve been working so hard to wear and I’m thinking you will get knocked up on vacation in Europe.
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August 19th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I think u did the right thing sitting where u were till the end of the journey. I would have done the same. I mean if u moved, it would have been like u thought he stunk of something bad and couldn’t wait to get away or something…
if he wanted to move, he would have….u must have smelled like sweet sweet roses.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I actually didn’t get the pregnancy vibe from the last post, but then when I went to comment and saw everyone else’s response I thought maybe I’d missed something…so I figured I’d just leave it alone until your next post, lol.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I ride a train to work and I have been faced with similar situations to your bus situation. I sometimes stay in the seat with the other person and sometimes don’t. Of course this usually has to do with my comfort level sitting next to that person and my level of awakeness. More awake = more likely to move (unless I’m super comfy)
August 20th, 2008 at 3:34 am
I don’t know a whole lot about bus etiquette (shouldn’t there be a book on this somewhere? Emily Post is slacking) but had I been in your seat, I would have been thinking, “If I get up and move, will he think I’m moving because of him?” Since he was a very nice businessman, I wouldn’t want to offend. And even though he may not have given it a second thought, I would have been parked in that seat until my stop.
August 20th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hi Isabel,
Quick question unrelated to this post, but your categories are all “numbers” now – is there any significance to this ?
August 20th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I would move if the biz man looked like he wanted to work/use cell phone/laptop etc. But you don’t have to move. Didn’t you want to, though?
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
I would have moved, FOR SURE.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
i always wonder why people don’t get up and move when the crowded subway car empties. i often figure they’re just messing with me.
also: i always ALWAYS wind up with the guys who sit with their legs WIDE OPEN and take up a seat and a half.
once, when i was HUGELY pregnant and couldn’t get a seat on the subway but there was this young kid/wannabe badass sitting like that and taking up space…well i walked right over to him and asked him to close his legs so i could have a seat. he gave me some BS nasty “you aint the boss of me” response. i told him his penis wasn’t that big, LEARN SOME MANNERS AND CLOSE YOUR LEGS.
anyhoo: did you think about moving but just decide not to, to mess with the guy? i guess there’s no rule that says you have to move. i always do. i’m a personal space person like that.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:06 am
Predicitable ovulation is so overrated. All I have to say, i’m knocked up from knowing my cycle all so well.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:17 am
I’ve been in situations like that and I’m always afraid to move because I don’t want the person to think I’m wanting to get away from them.
I’ll have to check out that book. Sounds interesting.
Why is if a woman talks about ovulating everyone assumes she is pregnant or is trying to get pregnant?
August 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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