When the babies were little tiny tots I would get stopped constantly with questions. Are they twins? Yes. Are they both boys? No, one is in blue, the other is in PINK. Are they identical? No, one is a BOY and one is a GIRL, they have different parts. Are they real? By far my favorite question, and if I wouldn’t have been so stunned at the question my reply would have been much, much different. And of course the comments - hands being full, two times the trouble, etc. By far the best one yet was yesterday while shopping a man told me I took the lazy way out. Sorry, but only a man could have come up with that one!
Lazy way my ass! Being pregnant and big as a house with over 10 pounds of baby plus all the other gunk was not lazy. Carrying this around was not lazy for sure!
I’m sure having Gestational Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Bed Rest was not lazy (you would think bed rest would have been lazy fun, but trust me, it is not). In fact, I’m quite certain feeding, burping, bathing, changing, diapering, and all of the other torturous stuff for two newborns was not lazy. Chasing two toddlers around and trying to keep them both happy is really not lazy. Call me crazy, but I feel anything but lazy. Overworked? Yes. Tired? Yes. Busy? Yes. Overwhelmed? Sometimes. Lazy? Nope. No lazy here.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Men are retarded when it comes to understanding this stuff. I saw you when you were pregnant, you were not as big as a house. I was actually impressed at how great you looked considering you had two of them in that belly!!!!
May 20th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I don’t understand “lazy”, because you had them both at the same time? Isn’t that the OPPOSITE of lazy?
May 20th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
It’s called being efficient not lazy!!
Having one at a time is challenge enough; two at the same time doesn’t make anything easier it only adds to the challenge and stress. (most)MEN…..What do they know!
May 20th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I randomly came across your blog… I am pregnant with twins (15 weeks) and love reading about other’s lives with twins. This post made me laugh out loud- ha! Men!! I’m only 15 weeks pregnant and already feel… like this pregnancy thing is a lot of work. And it’s only the beginning…
But blessed we are!
May 21st, 2008 at 9:13 am
That man was clearly insane!! How on earth does one even respond to that? I have never heard that comment before but the others sound very familiar :). I get are they both boys a lot. Um, yes the two children in blue with baseball caps ARE both boys.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:54 am
That might be the craziest twin comment EVER!!!