D is picking me up at 9:45 for our two-hour appointment. I'm pretty excited, actually. We're finally doing something. I know having my fibroids removed was doing something, but it didn't address my high FSH and low AMH, which I believe is the cause of our fertility problems.
Speaking of fertility problems, I had an... interesting experience when looking at a house this weekend. We just sold our 2-bedroom house and we're now looking for a 3 or 4-bedroom house. Even if we're not able to have children, we would like a little more space for guests, hobbies, etc. One of the houses we saw (which unfortunately needed way too much work - turquoise carpet EVERYWHERE and single-paned, aluminum framed windows, among other things) was not huge in terms of square footage, but it had 4 bedrooms, a study, a living room and a family room. The agent was nice, not pushy but willing to answer questions, but then she asked if we had children. We told her we didn't, and she said "this is a lot of house for just two people!"
OK, I get it, we should leave the big houses to the families. But seriously! How is that any of her business??? It's not like we look like we're too old to start a family (well, now that D isn't dying his beard anymore he looks a little older, which is ironic since he's younger than me).
That leads me to my next rant. Has anyone here read Bridget Jones' Diary? Does anyone remember the term "smug married"? I remember when I was single, and I would be accosted by smug married people all the time. Well, the rise of social media has definitely led to the rise of the "smug mom". I am SO TIRED of looking at my social media feed to see posts from my mom friends about how mothers are basically superheroes and the rest of us are selfish non-mothers who are probably the ones looking down our perfectly powdered noses at the amazing moms of the world and judging them. I am sick of it. It's not even the complaining about motherhood (often while making it sound like they're martyrs) that really gets to me - I'm sure if I ever manage to get there, I will also complain about things. It's the nature of life. However, using those complaints to denigrate non-mothers is JUST NOT OK. Apparently, I'm not the first person to have thought this: https://lifereallyreallysucks.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/you-never-know-what-love-is/
Rant over.
Oh, and our dog came home last night! She's not back to 100% but she's soooo much better, and her dog-brother is so happy to have her back.
So glad doggie is doing better! And yes, smug mothers suck. They are 95% of the reason I am no longer on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteAck, just saw this comment! I've thought about giving up on facebook so many times. But I have quite a few friends who aren't smug mothers who post things that make me smile. And lots of other people who do such awesome things (foster sick animals, help the homeless, etc) and I feel like I would lose touch with them.
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