Remind me why I wanted to go to lunch
Several of my co-workers have a tradition of going out for lunch together on Fridays. I used to go with them almost all the time, but the last few months I haven't. Since today is my last Friday here, I thought I'd join them one last time.
My co-workers know that we have been trying to have kids forever, so having a pg baby sister is kind of a painful thing, especially when we can't even proceed with adoption right now. So at lunch, I mentioned that my sister only has 5 weeks left to go in her pregnancy. What was I thinking? Here's the bulk of the remaining conversation:
J: You know what?! For some reason I keep having NIGHTMARES that I'm pregnant. I don't know why it keeps coming up, but I keep having NIGHTMARES that I'm pregnant.
R: Maybe your body's trying to tell you something.
J: No, seriously. There is no way that I'm pregnant, but I keep having these NIGHTMARES!
Me - thinking: I have nightmares that I'm pregnant, too. Only the nightmare starts when I wake up and realize it's not true BECAUSE I CAN'T GET PREGNANT.
K: Maybe we should tell Boss so he could ask you every day how you're feeling.
R: Yeah, he'd believe it too because remember when we told him that I was pregnant? He thought we were for real.
J: Yeah, what was up with that? Was he afraid you were going to leave or something?
R: I don't know what his problem was. I've already had one pregnancy while working here. No, actually, I had two, only one of them was a miscarriage.
J: You were pregnant twice while working here?
R: Yeah, but I had a miscarriage the one time. God must have really wanted me to have Son 2. He said, "This one is an angel, so I'll take him straight to heaven to be with Me. Here, give her the next one. He'll cause a lot of headaches. A trouble child."
S: You don't have to have a miscarriage to end up with that.
Me - thinking: You know, someone sent a postcard to PostSecret that said, "I get angry at every mother who doesn't love her children as much as I would love mine if I could have them."
Later...
J: Oh, I almost forgot to tell you all something!
R: What? You're PREGNANT!
J: Oh, THANK GOODNESS NO...
I was really happy to get back to the office so I didn't have to endure any more. I'm hoping and praying that my next co-workers will be a little more sensitive.
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