Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing
So I actually wrote this quite a while ago, but wanted to wait a couple of weeks in an attempt to make sure that the Pregnant prey had time to tell others so that if for some reason, people put 2 and 2 together, I wasn’t going to be blamed for letting the cat out of the bag.
So a few weeks back, my mother called me to say how happy she was that my wife’s friend (who also happens to be the daughter of one of my mom’s good friends), was now pregnant. Now at this point she hadn’t told any of her friends, so when I mention this to my wife nonchalantly, I get a loud scream of “I KNEW IT, I’m like the pregnancy hunter.” The funny part is that after a few chance encounters with said friend for different reasons the previous month, and after a claim of some “no drinking in January story” for her and her husband, my wife the pregnancy hunter was assuming that she was just pregnant and not telling people. She was so convinced that she was going to try and trap her into some drinking strategy or try and get it out of her husband through me. Now I’m not saying that it’s because her hormones are crazy, or that she works with babies all day already and just knows what pregnant women act like, but I have to say I’m impressed. Apparently this is not her first correct guess, and while looking back at our attempts to hide our pregnancy until we were far enough along we realized that sometimes it’s not easy. Maybe it’s the way you look like you’re not feeling very well, or your last minute excuse why you can’t go out and get a drink with friends. Maybe it’s your “attempt to loose some weight” conversations as to why you’re not drinking during the week or your sudden interest in home cooking or seeing your family. Either way, she’ll figure it out, and just wait for the call when she says “I KNEW IT!” Either way, I just think that she’s been looking for friends in the non drinking club to join her for some mocktails and sober driving adventures.
So women beware, if you’re trying to hide your little miracle from your friends and family, steer clear of my wife…..or she will break you (in a Dolph Lundgren voice). Speaking of Dolph Lundgren:
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traveling daddy 