Learned

I was talking the other day with some friends about what we've learned since our twenties, what hard-won knowledge we can feel good about having in exchange for flabbier arms, wrinkles around our eyes, and newly-vengeful metabolisms. 

In that category:

• Women's magazines (the bulk of them) exist purely to sell you crap. 
• Optimistic though you may be, you should not always take people at face value.  People can have really odd hidden agendas.  By the same token, you often have no idea how much crap someone might be going through privately. 
• You cannot make a second line appear on a pregnancy test,  no matter how hard you stare at it.

So, apparently my miscarriage-inducing MIL fears are unfounded, at least this month.  Now it looks like she'll be staying here while I'm ovulating instead!  Don't suppose I have much chance of  Steve canceling her visits because of that...

Comments

[Dead Bug]

Crap. I'm so sorry.

--Bugs

[bittermama]

I'm so sorry for the negative result. And I'm pretty sure you have a better chance of convincing Steve to cancel on his mom because you're ovulating. Which isn't to say that's much of a chance.

[T]

I say be really loud and make her think twice about extending her stay without consulting you next time - nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, na. He he.