Monday, February 14

Irony

Happy Valentine's Day, friends! I'm going to throw this out into the blog world... 


Lately my friends have been talking to me about how they've been dreaming about me, pregnant. The first friend to tell me was just kind of sweet and whatever. The second friend to tell me was a little more... okay, get off me. The third friend to tell me was okay, enough already. We're not trying to have kids yet. Naturally I have 500 people in my life that are pregnant or have a new born and are thrilled, and I'm thrilled for them and enjoy talking with them about their adventure. That being said, I started to get flipped out about getting pregnant.


I don't know why it bugs me so much, but it does. I love kids, I work with them for heaven's sake BUT that doesn't mean Andrew and I are remotely ready to have them. And apparently once you tie the knot you're expected to start popping them out like daisies in summer. It's become a pet peeve of mine to be asked, "Oh hey! We haven't seen you in a while, how's married life? Yeah? That's great. So... when are you going to have kids?" Outwardly I'm polite and say gently that we're not ready blah blah. But inwardly I'm thinking, why are they asking me this and can I go ninja on them now or what? 


Now that you know the back story... here is how Andrew and I will be spending the evening. Take a great look at the photo so you don't miss the irony here. 


Huzzah!
xo Shannon

6 comments:

Julia Lewis said...

LOL I know the feeling girl...when we got engaged it was 'have you set a date?' (even the next day people were asking that...then we got married and now it's "when are you going to have kids?' in the various forms that it can be worded...I've even been told 'you are next!!' chill out people!!! just hit 6 months!! can I have sometime to adjust! LOL I like reading your blog...

Celeste said...

Yes. Definitely been through that. My new line is "I've been thinking of adopting one of those penpals in Africa."

And I've gotten the "you're next!" (John's older siblings don't have kids yet so really we're not next) or "hurry up so my baby has someone to play with." (I remind them that I have a dog)

A slightly rude one-liner does wonders to stop the questions.

fowler said...

A resounding, "NO!!!!!!" while making your eyes really wide seems to work well. I often reiterate that we LOVE our time together before kids and we want to enjoy it and don't want to rush adding children to the mix.
Things started to drop off when we moved to Atlanta, bc people there didn't expect us to be married before we were 30, much less have kids!

shannon*bear said...

Ha! I love your thoughts on this, friends! Thanks for sharing :] I got a little more personal in this post than I usually do, it was fun to see the response. I'm glad I'm not alone in the nosey, obnoxious questioning!

fowler said...

A resounding, "NO!!!!!!" while making your eyes really wide seems to work well. I often reiterate that we LOVE our time together before kids and we want to enjoy it and don't want to rush adding children to the mix.
Things started to drop off when we moved to Atlanta, bc people there didn't expect us to be married before we were 30, much less have kids!

Celeste said...

Yes. Definitely been through that. My new line is "I've been thinking of adopting one of those penpals in Africa."

And I've gotten the "you're next!" (John's older siblings don't have kids yet so really we're not next) or "hurry up so my baby has someone to play with." (I remind them that I have a dog)

A slightly rude one-liner does wonders to stop the questions.

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