Public sighting

[sal_amanda]

So the other night the first random stranger made a comment to me about my pregnancy. We were checking out at the grocery store and the cashier said, "So do you know what you're having?"

Now this threw me off briefly because that was a pretty vague question and for all I know, she could have been asking me if I knew what I was having for Thanksgiving dinner the next day. The other reason this caught me off guard was that I had my coat on and buttoned and it's not as obvious, or so I thought, when I have it on. John was pretty surprised, too. It's a maternity coat so I guess maybe it sticks out a bit.

In any case, once I caught on and told her we didn't know, she was then very talkative about her own pregnancy history and a little invasive in her questioning.

Great. It's beginning. At least she didn't try to touch me.

Comments

[sal_amanda]

I think I'm assertive enough that I could inform a stranger that they were totally invading my personal space, but I think it's harder with, like, acquaintances because you still want to be polite.