6/10/2006

Pregnancy vs. Paper Pregnancy (P vs. PP)


Before getting “pregnant”:

P: 10 minutes of Foreplay

PP: 6 months of insurmountable paperwork

Winner: Pregnancy

Fat Feet:

P: Swollen Ankles from water retention

PP: Swollen Ankles from running up and down the Couthouse and the USCIS’stairs

Winner: Tie

The Bulge:

P: Growing belly due to the growing “weight” o the bay

PP: Growing belly due to the growing “wait” of the baby-because all the pints of “Chunky Monkey” ice cream consumed after reading bad referral rumors

Winner: Pregnancy-at least 20 pounds will automatically be dropped on the “BIG DAY”

New Threads:

P: Lots of cute new maternity clothes that you have to wear for only a few months.

PP: For each month the CCAA tacks on to the wait, your dress size increases by two, again due to Chunky Monkey.

Winner: Pregnancy-see the Bulge

W(h)ine:

P: No alcohol for 9 months.

PP: Each month added to the wait by the CCAA turns you one step closer to having to join a 12 step program. Except I believe recovery is for quitters, and I am no quitter! Ha!

Winner: Paper Pregnancy

Bring on the Chunky Monkey and Pickles please:

P: Your dear husband will gladly go to Publix at midnight to make you happy.

PP: Your lazy husband says “Go get your own damn Three Blind Moose Chardonnay and Chunky Monkey”

Winner: That’s obvious

“Sick” day:

P: Can take days off for dr appts and fake some sick days.

PP: Fat chance

Winner: Pregnancy

Nice to Meet you:

P: 9 months till “metcha” day

PP: 18-24 months plus plus plus plus till “metcha days”

Winner: Um, pregnancy

Labor Pains:

P: Give or take 24 hours of Labor Pain, eased by meds, laying in bed.

PP: 24 hours of flying, switching planes 4 times, attempting sleep with Tylenol PM

Winner: Paper Pregnancy by a slim margin

Friendly strangers:

P: Conversation w/ clerk at Babies-R-Us: “Oh congrats, how far along are you?”

PP: Conversation w/ clerk at Babies-R-Us: “Thank you, come again”, me: “Thank you, by the way, I am expecting too!” You try to work your excitement into any conversation!

Winner: Pregnancy

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