My Life.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today, I announced to my classroom that I was pregnant (I guess I’m officially announcing it here, too). It’s the day of love – one of my favorite holidays ever - so I wanted to spread my love. PLUS, I am starting to have a bump and super tired (fashionably) of trying to hide it. All this to say, the responses were all over the place – from cheers, baby girl names, students telling other students to behave – because upsetting me could cause my baby terrible harm (student suggested death), a child telling me there are two” ways that I could be pregnant (ummmm….), and from one girl, “I thought you was just getting fatter…” (great). But the comment that was absolutely the weirdest came from one male student:
WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED HERE?!?
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| I'll take another one, please. Make mine a virgin... |
Today, I announced to my classroom that I was pregnant (I guess I’m officially announcing it here, too). It’s the day of love – one of my favorite holidays ever - so I wanted to spread my love. PLUS, I am starting to have a bump and super tired (fashionably) of trying to hide it. All this to say, the responses were all over the place – from cheers, baby girl names, students telling other students to behave – because upsetting me could cause my baby terrible harm (student suggested death), a child telling me there are two” ways that I could be pregnant (ummmm….), and from one girl, “I thought you was just getting fatter…” (great). But the comment that was absolutely the weirdest came from one male student:
“Ms. Steel, Mary, thought that she saw a little belly, but then
when I told someone in this advisory – they told me you would never have sex
with your husband in order to get pregnant.” WHAT!
Hint: Same kid that said there are two ways that I could be pregnant.
All the other students erupt in "ewwwws," "that's so nasty," "I don't even want to picture that," and my favorite, "man, that is just offensive to tell a married woman, man, just oooofensive." WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED HERE?!?
Worst announcement ever… BARTENDER! More sparkling grape
juice…please.
As my mother says, "and so continues my journey..."
As my mother says, "and so continues my journey..."
