Collective Joy

I have now reached a stage where it is completely obvious that I’m pregnant and not simply overweight. This fact causes massive happiness in strangers. People can’t walk past me without making comments.

“When are you due?” a woman yells from across the road. “It must be soon because you look like you are ready to pop!”

“Is that twins or just one big kid in there?” an elderly gentleman asks at the grocery store. “He’s gonna be a football player, it seems.”

“Is this the baby’s father?” another customer asks pointing at N. “Make sure you take good care of the Mommy!”

“A boy or a girl?” two women ask in the parking lot and several other people stop to hear the response.

Everybody just beams with happiness for me. I find this all to be very endearing.