You know, being
old enough, happily
married, and actually
intending to have gotten pregnant can really make you feel like an
outcast nowadays.
People I don't know ask me, "
Should I congratulate you?", with a look on their faces that says they're ready not to, or to do so
dubiously.
Friends tell me, "You're the first
person I know to have a
kid that I can
celebrate about!" I'm the first person I know, too.
Both
his sister and
my brother have a child of varying
illegitimacy. Our parents nearly
wept with relief to hear about us. Not good for
sibling relations.
*****
So somehow, all the people who
screwed it up are managing to make pregnancy a lot less
fun for the rest of us, too. I either feel constantly
sorry for other parents (more so, their
kids) or like I'm being
stuck up because I managed to use a
condom.