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Date: 15 April 2004 18:11:41
Normal service will be resumed shortly, but just for today something really hit a raw nerve. I'm currently running a series of postnatal classes for mums and new babies, which I'm really enjoying. I love doing group work, it's one of the best aspects of my job, but for I think the 3rd week running, when one of the mums handed me her baby to hold while she went for her massage everybody started chiming in "Oooh Jack, it really suits you!" and comments about how I must be getting broody etc. I know they're only making light-hearted conversation and don't mean anything, and usually it doesn't bother me at all and I can brush it off, but today I really wanted to say "What the hell do you know about my life? How do you know if I want, or am able to have, children? How do you know if I'm even in a relationship or not and that having children is even a remote possibility? Why are you assuming that I want to be exactly like you?" I feel so churlish for feeling like this - a friend of mine who trained with me also gets this sort of thing all the time, and she's been trying to get pregnant for the last 6 years but knows she probably won't be able to for medical reasons, so she'd have good reason to react like that when babies and happy families are in her face every day. But considering I'm actually quite ambivalent about the prospect of having kids, happy enough and planning on doing some really interesting and exciting things with my life, why did it wind me up so much this time?
Changing the subject completely, I still haven't done anything with the vegetarian haggis, though I was amused that it got quite a reaction from other bloggers and visitors (it's scary that you're actually reading this thing!). Rest assured I will share my verdict with you all when I eventually take the plunge and try to cook it.