I get so irritated sometimes. I have a MIL that is overly enthusiastic, gets giddy and squealy over nothing and bawls at the drop of a hat, and then I have my own mom who usually reacts to things pretty much matter-of-factly.
Well, I talked to her today tuesday (she called to make sure it was still oky by me for her to tell G'ma the news) and I wanted to share the good news about my NT scan results. Well, here is how the conversation went down:
Me: So, I got the results of the NT scan back
Her: What's that?
Me: Well, the ultrasound I had last week was part of the 1st tri screening, I also had blood drawn–
Her (interrupting):
Me: What? I doubt it, they didn't even get a vial of blood, just put drops of it on paper and mailed it off.
Her: Well, you obviously aren't up on your biology lessons.
Me: Whatever, I don't care. If "they" wanted my dna, they would get it someway anyway!
Her: I figured you'd do that anyway, I thought you would want to be checked for Down Syndrome. I wasn't going to ask. I don't know, maybe you would want to terminate the pregnancy.
Me (by this point I wanted to hang up on her and wasn't at all happy to share what I thought was good and exciting news): At anyrate the results were good.
Her: Oh, well thats good. I have a call on another line. Better take that. Love you, Bye.
And then she called me today - at my desk at work in the middle of the afternoon. Mind you I work in a cubicle and everyone around me (who do not know I am pregnant) can hear me.
Her: I just wanted to know if you gave your MIL the same restrictions you gave me.
Me: What do you mean?
Her: Did you tell her that she had to tell everyone she shared the news with not to post it on Facebook?
Me: Well, if I had told her she could share the news at all, and if anyone she knew was on Facebook, then yes, I would tell her the same thing!
Her:, Oh, well, I told your G'ma today and she says nobody is on there and she's not doing that. I told her, yes everybody is on it, but she doesn't get it.
Me: Everybody is not on it, but there are a handful of relatives, and that is not how I want the news to spread! We have close friends on there we haven't been able to see in person to tell yet!
Her: Well, I just think its ridiculous that I have to qualify your pregnancy with that.
(Does that even make sense???)
Me:
Her: If you want too. I just wanted to know if MIL had the same set of rules you gave me...
Permission to scream now? I don't understand why sharing happy news always has to be so damn difficult with her! And I am so glad G'ma is happy for us too. Gawd!
1 comment:
Are you kidding me? I am happy for you...and so are many others and that's all that matters. Some mothers just don't want their daughters to have better lives than they did...I relate in that aspect, which you know already. I love you sis!
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