The Things People Say...

Tonight we took Evie to the playground at the mall. It's too cold and gross for her to get out much, so the mall is a pretty regular trip for us these days.

Anyway, I was sitting near another mom of a toddler who looked to be about Evie's age. I was just sitting there watching Karl chase the little monkey around when the other mom came walking back to her place on the bench after chasing down her own monkey.

Now, I kinda tend to try to seem as antisocial as possible in hopes of avoiding uncomfortable small talk with strangers, but it didn't work this time... she walked right up to me and asked if I was okay, which caught me off guard, and then she followed up with "you look SO exhausted".

I kind of laughed (now trying to pull off the social persona, since forced into interaction) and said I was pretty tired, but I assured her I was fine. She then continued on to ask how much longer I had (in regards to my giant belly) and how old my child was, and told me that her son was about the same age and how she could NEVER be pregnant and deal with a toddler.

I did my best to complete the conversation in an appropriately lighthearted and congenial manner, since I'm assuming she was just trying to make small talk and get some non-toddler socialization in her day, but I have to admit, I'm really not sure how I feel about the whole encounter.

First off, how horrible does a person have to look to have a complete stranger ask if she's okay? I actually thought I had been doing pretty well tonight (at looking like normal human being), so that was a little disappointing. My problem with that comment was mostly a matter of pride I suppose, Lol

Then there's the second part of our conversation. I'm sure she meant it completely innocently and I shouldn't dwell on it or anything, but I kind of feel like the implication was that I'm crazy for doing the pregnant thing while I have a 2 year old. Then again,  I would acctually have to agree with that most days...

I don't know why the whole episode has me out of sorts, I think the biggest thing is that it really surprises me the things that total strangers will just say, out of the blue, when you're pregnant.