The other day at work I was asked by a customer, who is most likely
in his early 40s, if I was "in the family way." Wow, I cannot explain
the restraint this customer was asking me to have in answering this
question. This was truly the soft balls of all soft balls for a overtly
sarcastic person. At first, I wanted to respond with something
incredibly gratuitous like, "Yep, the husband and I got frisky and now
my insides are knocked up." And then I thought going with something
more tame, but equally as sarcastic like, "Why yes, and it's simply
amazing it happened since I spend all my time in the kitchen cooking
roasts and that we sleep in separate single beds." And finally, I
wrestled with the tried and true of, "What? AM I PREGNANT? Say it.
Pregnant. Yes, I'm the "P" Word. PREGNANT."
Fortunately, for him, and unfortunately for my self-worth, I just answered, "Yea." Oh, what could have been.
1 comment:
Kate, I would have predicted this response from you: "You know what, that's a great question, I've been wondering the same thing. Do you happen to have a pregnancy test handy? I can go back and pee on it and then we'll both know."
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