Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Yesterday at the grocery store a checker at the register (not even my register) commented to me that I must be hoping for a boy. When I replied that we're having another girl she practically begged me to try at least one more time for a boy! And then she said to the woman whose groceries she was checking, "The more kids you have, the better they are...my friend has seven kids and they are SO well behaved..."
OKAY. Faulty logic at work here. More kids automatically means better behaved kids? Yeah...
She then looked over at Eric and said to me, "He must be doing something wrong!"
I know, and we all know, that it's the man's side of things that determines gender - but despite that, I was still a little terked (Is that a word? I'm making it one!). Excuse me? That's my husband you're joking about and I don't appreciate it! I almost told her with a huge grin that he does everything RIGHT. Not really a very witty comment, but sheesh lady. Come on! I decided not to say anything at all.
See, I know she was just trying to be nice. But it rubbed me the wrong way all the same.
I wonder now if I need to come up with a whole slew of comebacks for comments of this sort since this surely won't be the last in a family of four daughters. Or maybe I'll just decide to smile and nod while inwardly letting out an exasperated sigh.
Anyone have any witty comments I should save for later?
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... I've had some friends say I should simply master saying the phrase, "Oh, you! Ha ha ha." in a very condescending way.
Haven't tried it yet, but I hear it shuts people up.
I hate thinking of witty comebacks after you've had a conversation with someone. Some things just take you by surprise.
(Any witty comebacks that I think of usually involve "your face" or "your mom" or "your butt." I'm not really very witty, as it turns out.)
However, next stupid comment I get I plan to laugh really hard and then say, "Wow, you just made my blog's top ten list of inappropriate things to say! My readers are gonna LOVE this one! What's your name? I like to give credit." Okay, so I probably won't really say that. Mostly I just stare back at them in horror after some of the more terrible comments we've gotten...
love you abby! like, a lot :D
I think Tiff, Heidi, and Maddie (chucknorris...) tie for the best comeback. :)
I hated it when people told me I was so little because I was SO anxious to get big and be done! But I hated it when people told me I was so huge because I felt nasty when they did that.
Whatever...I just had to not take myself too seriously!