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velvettrucker7 said:Regarding those last two posts.
It’s the exact same story over here. The very first thing people hit me with is, "Wait, you're still working?"—as if it's some sort of tragedy. Honestly, leave me alone; I don't have any issues, and I actually love what I do.
But the second I mention that I’m hoping to stay on the clock until my final 45 days, suddenly everyone becomes an expert. They start acting like it's a crisis, lecturing me about how I desperately need to "rest" and "prepare" for the baby.
As if catching up on sleep is going to fix anything. Right—because clearly, I can just bank 150 hours of extra sleep now to use later, and then everything will magically be easy.
Exactly! If only I could just stockpile some extra energy like that... 🤣
Honestly, most of this stress is coming straight from my mother-in-law...
I’m five months pregnant now, and I honestly can't even begin to count how many times she's grilled me about when I plan on going back to work... Lately, though, she’s stopped asking directly and started making these little "jokes"—you know, like, "Everyone keeps asking me when you think you'll finish working, and I just don't know what to tell them!" As if that's somehow helpful information for anyone involved, right? ☕
And then there's the negativity. It’s constant. "Your bump is way too big for how far along you are," or "Did your doctor even actually measure the baby?" Then it's, "It's definitely a boy because of the shape of your belly," or my personal favorite: "You're going to have a breech birth because that's how mine happened, so you'll probably end up with a C-section." But then, a second later, it flips! "Oh, my head hurts—take some Advil," or "My stomach is acting up—take some Pepto..."
You'd think I actually lived under the same roof as her, but no. She only sees me once a week and somehow manages to spike my blood pressure to insane levels before she even gets through the front door. Not a single positive word comes out of her mouth. 😠
Aside from all that drama, everything with the pregnancy is actually going great... 😁