So Piper & I just went to the store. I forgot the Beco at home so I was carrying her on my arm facing out like she likes (someone needs to invent a carrier that sticks a baby to your forearm). This apparently is the universal hold for "hey, you, come talk to me and touch my baby!" I didn't have my older girls to ward people off or distract me ! Apparently, my haircut isn't conveying bitchy, anymore...
This is a snippet of a conversation we had with our first admirer:
Stranger: "What's her name?"
Me: "Piper"
Stranger [incredulous voice]: "Is that her given name?!?"
Me: "ummm, yeah"
[pregnant, awkward pause]
Me: "Well, her middle name is Jane. So, she can use that, if she wants something more traditional."
Stranger: "Yeah, Piper can be her nickname. Piper [chuckle, chuckle as if to insinuate that is the strangest combination of letters anyone has ever thrown together]
It doesn't happen often, but I was at a loss for words. What does one say to someone who has the gall to suggest you use your child's name as their nickname?
Ugh Nicole. That sucks. I had a nurse say something like that to me when I was in the hospital with Laney. She told me that Laney would hate me later for naming her that. So incredibly rude.
ReplyDeleteI got it ALOT from older ladies with Finn. I started lying and told them his name was Ben, because that's always what they heard anyways. LOL
That is especially bad coming a l & d nurse.
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