A while back a set of friends we know were pregnant and began taking those delightful baby classes. They were telling us about the group they were in--turns out, it was a rather strange group of people. From what I remember there were one or two couples who were not married and the woman was quite upset with the spouse about being pregnant at all--and let everyone know it. One couple didn't speak the same language...how does that work? And, there were a number of other strange circumstances about the other couples in the group. Seems like our friends were the only "normal" ones in the bunch.
So, as we were talking we decided that there is always one weird couple in the bunch. At meetings, gatherings, etc...there always has to be at least one.
Yesterday it was our turn to attend the first of our baby classes--an all day marathon of breathing, labor techniques and basically an overload of information for an already tired and overwhelmed mom-to-be! Our group is really great--all of the couples are fairly young, seem to be married and seem to be very happy about having a baby. One couple is due on the same days as us.
So, it begs the question--if everyone else is normal, are we the weird ones?
2 comments:
We are still friends with two couples we met at our birthing classes. Enjoy this time, it is such and exciting, wonderful and scary time.
I remember that conversation, oh so well!! We didn't have great chemistry with the other birthing parents, but they did provide us with some good moments of levity while we practiced our many techniques (none of which we used, with scheduled C-sections!).
Some crowds don't have weirdos... just like some classrooms don't have difficult students. These assemblies are few and far between, but we must relish in the rarities!
LOVE your blog, Sarah!
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