Feeling Better

Thanks for all the encouraging comments on my last post. However, I'd be lying if I said that comments like this have stopped. Just the other day I got told "Look how cute you are. Looking young and not having a baby." WTFrick? Seriously? Seriously! (Yes, for those of you wondering the word not was emphasized.)

I think these comments just come in waves and this month is high tide. I just smiled and tuned her out while she kept talking.

Now that the Crimson Wave has come and gone I think I'm a little better at handling the icky comments I'm getting from people. I really would have liked to have said something back to her, but you know it just wasn't worth it. I could have said something snarky back to her, but usually that just opens a whole can of crap that ultimately ends up backfiring on me and I really didn't need to deal with that kind of stink.

I'm not sure why I'm baffled at the insensitivity some people have when it comes to not just IF, but other things as well.

Sometimes I really hate customer service. Because the customers/members feel that your life is fair game to judge and comment on. They feel like they can ask anything because its your job to be nice to them.

Did you know that they ask my boss about me and my family building options? On more than one occasion members have asked her if I want kids or when I'm going to have them. My boss is a great Mama Bear. She sticks up for me and tells them basically to mind their own business.

I think the sweetest thing I got told this week by a member was "You should be a mom. You'd be a great one." I had confided in her about my IF and our desire to adopt. It was nice to receive that affirmation even though there are some days that I doubt my maternal instincts, and whether or not they will show up when a baby comes.

We are still waiting to hear from the adoption agency. Things left to do: LiveScan, send copies of required documents to the our social worker, and reference letters to our adoption agency.