Well, it's that time again, folks. Horny and high on a Friday night.
The last 5 to 6 weeks has seen me working at a different center than the one I'm usually stationed to work at. In the time right before, I was frequently getting to see a co-worker who I could tell was really starting to blow up in her pregnancy. Small skinny white woman who married a huge dude. While I've been away, I keep thinking about how she must be doing. She was about 29 weeks when I left, and even then I didn't get to see her a lot in the weeks leading up to it because she was out a lot once she really started to progress in her pregnancy. I keep seeing her on the schedule at my regular center. She'd be about 34 or 35 weeks at this point and I'd really be curious to see just how she's doing. She misses a lot of days but is still working. I work at this center one more week before going back to my regular one where I can see her. I'm really hoping I'll be able to see what she looks like before she pops. This lead me to thinking about what singular word or phrase do I love hearing a pregnant woman called.
Let me set up the scenario for you:
If you were at a bar and someone who you didn't know was referenced as being pregnant (ex. a friend of a friend you don't know, somebody talking about a co-worker you don't know, a neighbor, etc...), what SINGULAR phrase would you love to hear being said about this woman.
I like a lot of the classics, of course, come to mind. "Huge, very pregnant, she's ready to pop." But I think the one I love hearing the most, and you very rarely hear it, is "exceptionally."
"How's your sister back home doing?"
"Oh my God, I don't know, but I've heard she's exceptionally pregnant at this point."
The idea that someone is doing exceptionally well at pregnancy, implying they are exceeding the expectations of what one would think pregnancy would look like on her, is such an interesting word choice that excited the imagination for me.
So let's hear it! What are your favorite ways to hear a pregnant woman described to you in general conversation?
One point of consideration is that I think the key aspect of this that makes it really interesting is that it's not how a pregnant woman herself is describing her. It's someone else having to describe a pregnant woman to you or a group of people in a casual and conversationally-acceptable sense.
The last 5 to 6 weeks has seen me working at a different center than the one I'm usually stationed to work at. In the time right before, I was frequently getting to see a co-worker who I could tell was really starting to blow up in her pregnancy. Small skinny white woman who married a huge dude. While I've been away, I keep thinking about how she must be doing. She was about 29 weeks when I left, and even then I didn't get to see her a lot in the weeks leading up to it because she was out a lot once she really started to progress in her pregnancy. I keep seeing her on the schedule at my regular center. She'd be about 34 or 35 weeks at this point and I'd really be curious to see just how she's doing. She misses a lot of days but is still working. I work at this center one more week before going back to my regular one where I can see her. I'm really hoping I'll be able to see what she looks like before she pops. This lead me to thinking about what singular word or phrase do I love hearing a pregnant woman called.
Let me set up the scenario for you:
If you were at a bar and someone who you didn't know was referenced as being pregnant (ex. a friend of a friend you don't know, somebody talking about a co-worker you don't know, a neighbor, etc...), what SINGULAR phrase would you love to hear being said about this woman.
I like a lot of the classics, of course, come to mind. "Huge, very pregnant, she's ready to pop." But I think the one I love hearing the most, and you very rarely hear it, is "exceptionally."
"How's your sister back home doing?"
"Oh my God, I don't know, but I've heard she's exceptionally pregnant at this point."
The idea that someone is doing exceptionally well at pregnancy, implying they are exceeding the expectations of what one would think pregnancy would look like on her, is such an interesting word choice that excited the imagination for me.
So let's hear it! What are your favorite ways to hear a pregnant woman described to you in general conversation?
One point of consideration is that I think the key aspect of this that makes it really interesting is that it's not how a pregnant woman herself is describing her. It's someone else having to describe a pregnant woman to you or a group of people in a casual and conversationally-acceptable sense.
