Sunday, May 24, 2009

Brian Regan

There is a comedian that Joey and I have on our iPod (thanks to Meredith) that has a skit about asking someone "When's the baby due?"  The girl's response is, "What baby?"  So he says never, ever, ever, ever, ever....ever GUESS at that!
I pretty much share this philosophy.  We went to a recruiting dinner for our hospital and one of the medical students who came was approximately 10.5 months pregnant.  As a doctor, I don't know what else in the world could have possibly made her belly that big EXCEPT pregnancy.  But alas, I absolutely refused to say ANYTHING about her being with child until she stated so herself.  I just NEVER want to be in that little guessing game.

Well, evidently not all people feel the same way.  I have had DOZENS of complete strangers ask me when the baby is due.  Does it offend me?  No.  Does it make me wonder how many people they would ask this to before someone says, "What baby?" Yes.

The way I am choosing to think about it is this:  I must look so thin everywhere else on my body that my belly being big looks so out of place that I must be pregnant!  And if you disagree just don't tell me ;)

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