Tuesday, February 10, 2009

two cent's tuesday!

I almost decided to type this entire post without capital letters since the shift button is annoying...but I changed my mind. Mostly since it pains me to not capitalize my "I's". Ok but on to the show!

Tutu's bliss has a little discussion of Romance and "Snuggle time" going on for her two cents. A vary valid discussion for the week of Valentine's day.


My two sense...Privacy!

I am newly pregnant. Not yet showing and just barely getting sickly. Only a little bit. Why does that fact mean that I am no longer allowed to have privacy? I realize I'm gonna have a random German doctor all up in my business, but that's his job, and his job affects my baby's health and welfare so it's all good. Other people though...those people that don't need to be all up in my business, why is it suddenly OK for them to get all touchy-feely and tell anyone they feel the urge to. I have space issues and when people start doing the Buddha rub on my belly it might get ugly.

My two cents--I'm going to go kung-fu pregnant **beep** on the first person that Buddha's my belly. Seriously...you're gonna see headlines. "Crazy Pregnant Lady Sit's on Skinny Woman for Poking her Baby in the Head."

Post your own two cent's and go play with Tutu's Bliss and all the other fun people that have an opinion or two to share!

15 comments:

  1. LOL I gave birth in a "learning" hospital and felt like I needed a sign that for my business that said "Private Party" or maybe "Customer Parking ONLY violaters will be towed". I learned very quickly that cervix checks were optional..."keep it moving, nothing to see here". I just looked chunky, never pregnant so at least I didn't get random belly rubs.

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  2. Too funny....and it only gets worse the bigger you get!! ANd by that I mean that, the bigger your belly is, the MORE people will want to buddha rub on you!!

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  3. I didn't really ever have that problem. Maybe my CLOSE family or very close friends but not until almost the end but no one really wants to touch a big girls belly just in case they are wrong and we aren't pregnant! LOLOLOL

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  4. I'll be interested to hear how things go there. In WA I got felt up all the time, but here in GA, not a single person touched my belly...I don't know if it was location or the fact that here I was already an only-occasionally-showered, frequently-frazzled mother of two. Maybe I had a look about me...

    Get a look! And a t-shirt that says "Toucha my belly, I breaka your hand :)" The smilely face is very important. I've also heard of women returning the favor. If someone asks if they can touch your belly you can simply say "can I touch yours?"

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  5. I wonder how I skipped the whole "touch the belly" thing. Only one person ever asked to rub my belly and that was one of Beloved's friends who just loves pregnant people. Then his wife had a baby and I think the glow wore off. I say kung fu away. Pregnant people can get away with it!

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  6. Oh no :o lol I barely like being touched in general and I especially hated the belly rub each time I was pregnant so I feel your anger. I don't know how to make them stop or why they think it's ok so I would go with the kung fu too :) Oh yeah, I always say buddha belly and I rarely use my capital letters lol we might be twinkies..

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  7. So funny...I have to admit, when my bff was preggo I touched her big belly all the time. But I generally keep my distance from strangers and acquaintances.

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  8. I totally agree with you!!! I hate when people are all in my business also. Once the baby comes, it continues.....very annoying!! BYW...Congrats!!

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  9. Hi! I hopped over from MckMama's to say congratulations to you....I am so glad I stopped by! This is a topic I was discussing with someone just yesterday! I, too, have problems with people invading my space. When I was pregnant with my two, it was a biiiig issue if strangers...or even people I vaguely knew... wanted to rub my belly.

    The biggest insult I had, though, was with my first pregnancy. A woman I worked with (the wife of my boss) came up to me one day while I was in the front office, PULLED UP MY BLOUSE, and said (loudly), "Wellll...let's see how BIG that belly is getting!" I was furious!

    You could also have a t-shirt that says, "You can't touch this!" LOL

    Good luck!
    Beth

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  10. I agree!! Besides the "Look at that belly!' comments, the random belly rubs drive me CRAZY! I am not a dog and I DO NOT crave belly rubs. Hands off!! Great post for all us belly-rub-hating pregnant women out there!

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  11. Congrats on your "big win" through MckMama! Fun!!!!

    :)

    Courtney

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  12. Hee hee...congrats on being newly pregnant! I'm 21 weeks, and still feel offended when someone has the nerve to ask me when I'm due...as if I still believe that even though I've had to wear maternity pants, shirts, and now bras for the past several weeks still somehow leaves me looking just a little bigger than before, and not actually pregnant! Oh the joy! And yep, I hear ya on the touching! I do NOT appreciate having my belly touched at all!

    Good luck!

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  13. I felt the same way...I hated it when people touched my belly and for this I use the word hate when I dont normally use it because it is the God spoken truth out of my mouth. In fact I got a shirt I think I got it from www.abbyslane.com that said "don't touch the belly." it had one of the circles with the strip through it with a hand in the center. It was adorable and I got laughs when ever I wore it. Even more truth I really bought the shirt with my mother in law in mind because she so bothered me with her fondling of my belly. Yuck!!!! Good luck and congrats on the win from MCK Mama.

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  14. I HATED the belly touching as well. While I'm at it, I also hated the "you're getting so big" comments too. Thanks, as if I didn't realize that I was growing exponentially.

    As far as a solution for the belly touching...whenever someone reached out and touched my belly, I just reached over and put my hand on theirs. Didn't say a word, just touched right back. Unless it was someone who I didn't mind, but I got a LOT of rubs from random strangers and people at work. I got one "but I'm not pregnant!" to which I replied "yes, but you see how weird this is". It made the rubbing stop pretty quickly ;) Hope it helps!

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  15. you are a funny funny girl!

    One of the perks of being pregnant is using it as an excuse to speak your mind--if you even feel like you need one!

    I had no problems telling people where to bleepity bleep whenever they felt the need to comment--on my size, the food I was eating, the name of my child to be, how much sleep I was getting, what feeding method I was planning to take, which shoes I wore...let 'er rip sista!
    And congrats on the win! Hope to see a pic of the finished result!

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