{"id":212,"date":"2006-02-07T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-08T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/07\/conversation-20004-and-its-hidden-meanings\/"},"modified":"2007-05-06T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-07T03:26:24","slug":"conversation-20004-and-its-hidden-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/07\/conversation-20004-and-its-hidden-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation # 20,004 and its hidden meanings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nActual Conversation<\/strong><\/td>\nSubtext<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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CO-WORKER \/
\nRANDOM STRANGER \/
\nDENTAL HYGENIST \/
\nCASHIER \/ ETC:<\/font><\/td>\n

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So, when are you due?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

They’ve noticed I’m pregnant and need to let me know they know. This is how they always start. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KATE:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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In March.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

To conserve syllables, I omit the actual date. Nobody seems to mind, unless they have a March birthday, in which case it’s very important.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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C\/RS\/DH\/C\/E:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Wow, it’s not long now! Do you know if it’s a boy or a girl?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Everyone takes this cautious tactic, in case we haven’t found out the gender.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KATE:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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It’s a girl.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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C\/RS\/DH\/C\/E:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Wow, how great! [ingratiating smile]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

They would say this whether I told them it was a boy or a girl.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KATE:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mmm hmmm.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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C\/RS\/DH\/C\/E:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Do you have a name picked out?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KATE:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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We’re working on it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

The actual answer is that, yes, we have a short list of names we like, and no, I’m not telling you what they are. I’m not interested in your personal opinions on the name, or hearing about people you know who share it. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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C\/RS\/DH\/C\/E:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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You must be so excited! [insert semi-relevant story about someone they know who is or was pregnant]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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KATE:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mmm hmmm.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

I am so tired of having this conversation. Must keep smiling vacantly. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Actual Conversation Subtext CO-WORKER \/ RANDOM STRANGER \/ DENTAL HYGENIST \/ CASHIER \/ ETC: So, when are you due? They’ve noticed I’m pregnant and need to let me know they know. This is how they always start. KATE: In March. To conserve syllables, I omit the actual date. Nobody seems to mind, unless they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pregnancy","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}