The Sarcastic Journalist is a freelance writer and mother of two living near Houston, Texas. She has a degree in journalism and an addiction to magazines. She is hoping never to experience the "joy" of pregnancy again. You can find much more of her home-grown snark at: shenuts.com
In addition to recounting 40 not-so-glowing but hilarious weeks of her pregnancy for our pregnancy calendar the Sarcastic Journalist used her sarcasm super-powers to help make our new edgy sarcastic pregnancy tickers. Check 'em out!
Week 8 : We’re having a ****!
There’s a scene in the movie “Father of the Bride Part Two” where the daughter, Annie, announces to her family that she is pregnant. There is a big whoop de doo where everyone jumps up and down at the news.
All I could think is “Ha ha, she did it!”Okay. I know. I’m an adult and the majority of adults “do it” from time to time. Fertility treatments aside, “doing it” is pretty much how most women get pregnant. So why the immaturity?
Usually, unless you announce it to everyone, what goes on in the bedroom stays in the bedroom. But all it takes is one little due date announcement for people to realize what you were doing a month ago!
Or, in my case, all it took was an “I’m pregnant!” for both my Mom and Mother-in-law to figure out what we did at Disney World for our anniversary!
“I’m going to stop coming to your house,” my Mother-in-law joked. “Every time I come to visit, you announce your pregnancy a month later.”
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that's awesome!!! it's so hilarious cause it's true!!!
Comment on 23rd Nov '06 @ 8:27 amThis comment is 1
LMAO This is so funny!!! I thought I was the only freak who thought about that....whenever any of my friends I grew up with, or someone's kid got pregnant I couldn't help but think "they did it"! Hahaha I guess I'm not the only one!
Comment on 1st Mar '07 @ 2:50 pmThis comment is 1
Did they totally forget how u and your husband got here? They did it too! LOL!
Comment on 29th Mar '07 @ 7:57 amThis comment is 1
My neighbor told my mom she should never have gone on a vacation with my dad when mom told her she was pregnant.... and that was in 1973.. The more things change, the more they stay the same!!!!
Comment on 4th Apr '07 @ 2:18 pmThis comment is 1
I have a cousin, Eric, who's exactly 1 month younger than me. I'm extremely close to him as I have no siblings. I remember when we fell pregnant with our first, he came to visit when I was about 6 months along with quite a large belly already and this was the first time I'd seen him since we'd broken the news. His reaction when he saw me was "Gross!! Now everyone knows what you've been doing!!"
It was not something I'd ever thought of before, and I felt extremely embarassed at the idea of him even thinking about it. Since then, I think exactly the same thing every time I see a pregnant woman, and have a little chuckle at the memory.
Thanks for a great article, sarcastic journalist!
Comment on 11th Apr '07 @ 8:31 amThis comment is 1
haha! My parents came to visit around mid march and stayed at our new house. my baby was conceived on the 23rd of March. When I told my mom I was pregnant, after all of the excitement she said "eww, you 'did it' when me and your dad were there!" I made sure I told her it was AFTER they left, but it was still a weird thought that my mom was thinking about my sex!!
Comment on 17th May '07 @ 11:11 amThis comment is 1
That's funny!! We always say our first child is our souvinier from Disney World!! :)My mother in law gets a big kick out of it!!
Comment on 18th May '07 @ 12:26 pmThis comment is 1
I personaly find this article hilarious! My husband and I were "trying" for a little more than a year and we got "lucky" on Valentines Day 02-14-07! Yes we actually did the whole romantic night...nice dinner, movie, and then it was "bed time"! So when we told our parents that we were expecting our second child the excitement lasted a few minutes then everyone sorta looked at us like "OH...your how far? That means you guys would have gotten pregnant on...." So now the entire family knows the our Valentines day was very eventful!
Comment on 6th Jun '07 @ 12:45 pmThis comment is 1
Oh this one really hit close to home... i'm 20 and expecting my first... I live with my fiance so you'd think most families would kind of consider it "a given" what goes on... oh no, not mine. If you were to ask my parents, they'd say I don't even know HOW you get pregnant! All of my friends keep asking me how I'm going to tell them and all I can think of is well, they'll get an invitation to it's graduation and they'll know!! lol!! I wouldn't mind them knowing I was pregnant... if you could get pregnant from a toilet seat...
Comment on 9th Jul '07 @ 6:45 pmThis comment is 1
so funny...once people added up the dates, they realized we got preggers on our honeymoon as well!! my dad was even like " so thats why you didn't answer the phone"!!
Comment on 16th Jul '07 @ 6:28 pmThis comment is 1
I think the same thing when I see prego women!! glad i am not the only one!
Comment on 22nd Aug '07 @ 3:15 pmThis comment is 1
That reminds me of a joke:
Little Johnny's mother tells him that if he swallows watermelon seed he'll grow a watermelon in his belly. The next day Johnny and his mother are walking along the street and spot a very pregnant woman. Johnny stops, points and says, "I know what you've been doing."
Kinda silly I know, but something I think pregnant women, and other generally perverted people, will think is funny.
Comment on 5th Sep '07 @ 8:07 pmThis comment is 1
I have to say, when I found out I was pregnant with my first, that was the thing that held me back the most from telling my parents. I was like, now my dad is going to know FOR SURE that we're doing it...
Comment on 13th Sep '07 @ 1:13 pmThis comment is 1
I guess the biggest joke I ever think about is when I see a lot of pregnant women in around say april or may. I usually just think or say to my husband "must have been a cold winter"
Comment on 10th Dec '07 @ 4:42 pmThis comment is 1
I almost always have that thought when I see a pregnant woman too. It's crazy how the human brain works. I'm also glad that I'm not the only one who thinks that. Whew.
Comment on 4th Jan '08 @ 12:53 pmThis comment is 1
That is SO funny and true! My story is VERY embarrasing because when I told her I was pregnant, my grandma said "oh that means you go preganant when you were on vacation at my house!" How mortifying...i mean she's my GRANDMA!
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Comment on 4th Feb '08 @ 9:06 pmThis comment is 1
lol...my husband and i got pregnant during his r&r (he's Air Force). we were staying at my sister in laws at the time so when she found out she started laughing and then asked us for like 80 bucks or something and she said she needed to replace the matress in the guest room now that her brother had "done it" on it. lol. it's funny cuz half his family was there...hehe...
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