I can't believe how supportive my mother was with my first pregnancy. I mean obviously she was a little upset.but she as just so great about it from the get-go. She's a practical woman, not one to cry over spilt milk. I was an adult woman of 22, which played into it a bit, but she was still helpig me out since I was in school, although I was living on my own. She is as super devout Catholic and as a teenager I was convinced that she would disown me and throw me out of the house if I were to get pregnant (not that I was sexually active, lol).
I think being nervous and 'confessing' is part of the problem. That's how it was with our first, never mind that we were adults living on our own, me in college, him a graduate, already planning to get married but not engaged yet (ironically, we were waiting til we'd been together a year to get officially engaged so as not to freak out our folks). We both agreed years ago that if we ever got pregnant again before marriage that we wouldn't be at all apologetic about it. Now we're married of course, but when we announce....if we get pregnant, **crossing fingers, toes, eyes, and ovaries**, we're just going to at as excited as we are and not give anyone room to say boo.
I love that you told them during Jeopardy. :D That's cute. We're also really into Jeopardy and often watch it with my husband's folks.
I think being nervous and 'confessing' is part of the problem. That's how it was with our first, never mind that we were adults living on our own, me in college, him a graduate, already planning to get married but not engaged yet (ironically, we were waiting til we'd been together a year to get officially engaged so as not to freak out our folks). We both agreed years ago that if we ever got pregnant again before marriage that we wouldn't be at all apologetic about it. Now we're married of course, but when we announce....if we get pregnant, **crossing fingers, toes, eyes, and ovaries**, we're just going to at as excited as we are and not give anyone room to say boo.
I love that you told them during Jeopardy. :D That's cute. We're also really into Jeopardy and often watch it with my husband's folks.
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