Comments on: Not your average dinner party conversation. http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/ MII: Come for the infertility and stay for the w(h)ine... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: docgrumbles http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4047 docgrumbles Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:21:52 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4047 Oh, how awkward and uncomfortable! (I just had a blog move and name change, sorry if it causes confusion - S.a.raS-P) Oh, how awkward and uncomfortable!

(I just had a blog move and name change, sorry if it causes confusion – S.a.raS-P)

]]> By: mrs spock http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4046 mrs spock Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:57:02 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4046 I'm a dreadful bitch, I'm afraid, and enjoy letting nosy people have it. I'm sure that doesn't pass the Miss Manners test, but I like to think the rude folks will learn their lesson. Of course, you are so much more polite...I don't think you could have handled it any differently without being a rude cow like me, or entertaining an entire room with the soap opera that is your reproductive history... I’m a dreadful bitch, I’m afraid, and enjoy letting nosy people have it. I’m sure that doesn’t pass the Miss Manners test, but I like to think the rude folks will learn their lesson. Of course, you are so much more polite…I don’t think you could have handled it any differently without being a rude cow like me, or entertaining an entire room with the soap opera that is your reproductive history…

]]> By: Lady in Waiting http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4045 Lady in Waiting Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:47:56 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4045 You handled that perfectly. Nicely done! But sorry that you found yourself in that situation.... XOXO You handled that perfectly. Nicely done!

But sorry that you found yourself in that situation….

XOXO

]]> By: Kami http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4044 Kami Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:20:34 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4044 I just tell (almost) everyone the truth. Do I have any kids? Will this be my first? "We had a son several years ago, but he died shortly after birth." If it makes them uncomfortable - maybe they won't ask next time. I just tell (almost) everyone the truth. Do I have any kids? Will this be my first?

“We had a son several years ago, but he died shortly after birth.”

If it makes them uncomfortable – maybe they won’t ask next time.

]]> By: Katie http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4043 Katie Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:47:56 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4043 I also agree that you handled it well. You are not close with this woman, even if she does know Mr. G's name, and don't owe her any explanation. She'll either get it from someone else or not at all. I ran into a friend of a friend the other day who seems surprised at my burgeoning belly. "Pregnant? Again? Already!? You guys are really banging 'em out, arent you?" I just let her think I was a baby-making factory. It's a nice illusion. I also agree that you handled it well. You are not close with this woman, even if she does know Mr. G’s name, and don’t owe her any explanation. She’ll either get it from someone else or not at all.

I ran into a friend of a friend the other day who seems surprised at my burgeoning belly. “Pregnant? Again? Already!? You guys are really banging ‘em out, arent you?”

I just let her think I was a baby-making factory. It’s a nice illusion.

]]> By: Beth http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4042 Beth Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:50:47 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4042 I think you handled it exceptionally well... I probably would've got all stand-offish. I think you handled it exceptionally well… I probably would’ve got all stand-offish.

]]> By: Kristen http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4041 Kristen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:35:33 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4041 Kudos to you! I couldn't have done it better myself. Chit-chat really gets to me these days. Kudos to you! I couldn’t have done it better myself. Chit-chat really gets to me these days.

]]> By: Freyja http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4040 Freyja Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:40:39 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4040 People's unwillingness to talk about anything other than the pleasant is phenomenally annoying. People’s unwillingness to talk about anything other than the pleasant is phenomenally annoying.

]]> By: laura http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4039 laura Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:50:59 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4039 i've said it before and i'll say it again: people are the worst. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: people are the worst.

]]> By: S http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/not-your-average-dinner-party-conversation/#comment-4038 S Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:15 +0000 http://missionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-4038 OOOHH.. that stinks! I hate people in my business! OOOHH.. that stinks! I hate people in my business!

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