i know eight women who are pregnant right now. at least. maybe there are more who haven't told yet, or don't even know themselves. one grad school friend. four colleagues. one former colleague. one neighbor. one ex-boyfriend's wife.
unlike a lot of my friends, i never went through a invited-to-ten-weddings-a-year phase of my life. now, i'm definitely smack dab in the middle of the everyone-i-know-is-having-babies phase. as much as i love an open bar and passed hors d'oeuvres (i spelled that one right on the first try!), babies are more fun.
i haven't asked any of my faculty colleagues how their students have reacted to their pregnancies. i found mine to be totally ambivalent. i think female college students, understandably, look at pregnant women and think "that can't be me. that won't be me. no. no. no. no." i know that's what i would have been thinking from ages 17-21. and the guys were probably just weirded out.
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Fascinating! A good friend of mine went through the ten wedding phase, including two weddings in one weekend. It's interesting when things happen in cycles. Here's to good announcements in our lives!
admittedly, babies ARE more fun than open bars and...er, you know what (i won't even TRY to write out that word, even copying your's). and yet a little part of me was really hoping to not be a part of the 8 women you mention. life is full of surprises, i guess. mine just have to be a bit early!
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