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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 234323" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>OK, since this is a thread about "verbal pet peeves", I'm gonna tell you <u>mine</u>, knowing full well that I may catch some flack from it ... but this one always makes me either cringe or giggle every time I hear it, depending on what mood I'm in!</p><p> </p><p>So maybe it's just me, and far be it for me to rain on anybody's parade, but I think if I hear just one more dewy-eyed young couple proudly come out with the dopey phrase, "<em><u>WE'RE</u></em> pregnant!", or "<u>WE</u> got pregnant!", I think I'm gonna hurl! Every time I hear this, dozens of smart*$$ remarks instantly come to mind like ...</p><p> </p><p>"Both of you? TWO babies! You'll really have your hands full!", or</p><p> </p><p>"Which one of you is due first?", or </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">(to the expectant daddy)</span> "Honey, she'll have a lot easier time of it than YOU will!"</p><p> </p><p>Maybe it's just me, and maybe it's because I'm older than dirt, but it just sounds so <em>stupid</em> to me when people say this! Look up the word "pregnant", folks! It means to have a tiny little offspring growing inside your body! Now I am all for the daddy being totally involved in the birth of his child - but HE is not <em>"pregnant"</em> <span style="font-size: 9px">(unless he's that weird 'guy' in the news!</span>" - SHE is! </p><p> </p><p><em>HE</em> is an expectant father, <em>HE</em> is a future parent, <em>HE</em> is responsible for her being in that condition, but <em><u>HE</u></em> is not 'pregnant"! It's carrying the sharing experience way too far and it just sounds silly! You notice that it's mostly couples in the early stages that use this dopey phrase! Later on, in the 8th or 9th month, when SHE is the one who can't get up out of a chair without help and SHE is the one with hemorrhoids hanging down to her knees, it becomes abundantly clear which one of them is "pregnant" ... and it sure ain't HIM!</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">(Is there still room in the corner? I'll bring cupcakes ...) <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bag.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bag:" title="bag :bag:" data-shortname=":bag:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 234323, member: 1883"] OK, since this is a thread about "verbal pet peeves", I'm gonna tell you [U]mine[/U], knowing full well that I may catch some flack from it ... but this one always makes me either cringe or giggle every time I hear it, depending on what mood I'm in! So maybe it's just me, and far be it for me to rain on anybody's parade, but I think if I hear just one more dewy-eyed young couple proudly come out with the dopey phrase, "[I][U]WE'RE[/U][/I] pregnant!", or "[U]WE[/U] got pregnant!", I think I'm gonna hurl! Every time I hear this, dozens of smart*$$ remarks instantly come to mind like ... "Both of you? TWO babies! You'll really have your hands full!", or "Which one of you is due first?", or [SIZE=1](to the expectant daddy)[/SIZE] "Honey, she'll have a lot easier time of it than YOU will!" Maybe it's just me, and maybe it's because I'm older than dirt, but it just sounds so [I]stupid[/I] to me when people say this! Look up the word "pregnant", folks! It means to have a tiny little offspring growing inside your body! Now I am all for the daddy being totally involved in the birth of his child - but HE is not [I]"pregnant"[/I] [SIZE=1](unless he's that weird 'guy' in the news![/SIZE]" - SHE is! [I]HE[/I] is an expectant father, [I]HE[/I] is a future parent, [I]HE[/I] is responsible for her being in that condition, but [I][U]HE[/U][/I] is not 'pregnant"! It's carrying the sharing experience way too far and it just sounds silly! You notice that it's mostly couples in the early stages that use this dopey phrase! Later on, in the 8th or 9th month, when SHE is the one who can't get up out of a chair without help and SHE is the one with hemorrhoids hanging down to her knees, it becomes abundantly clear which one of them is "pregnant" ... and it sure ain't HIM! [SIZE=1](Is there still room in the corner? I'll bring cupcakes ...) :bag:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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