Ugh, ya know, I feel Kim's pain on that one. Last year I had the worst, most heinous flu of my life on the week leading up to Thanksgiving, and I was feeling good enough to go out by turkey day, but not to take the trip home. My wonderful mom came to take me to Thanksgiving dinner at Cracker Barrel, of all places, since I live in a college town and not many places are open for holidays. I hadn't been out of the house in a week and was still feeling pretty frail, but I took a shower and put on what I thought was a nice dress and a little cardigan to go with my mom. The first thing the waitress asked me after taking my drink order was how many months along I was. And then I cried in Cracker Barrel on Thanksgiving, and any other day of the year I would have been able to take it, but in front of my poor mom that had ditched the entire family to be with me when I was sick was just too much.
So, memo to everyone on earth: unless a woman is so pregnant that you think the baby might crawl out of her vagina at any second, don't fucking say anything about it. Some of us are just fat, and we'd rather not be reminded by strangers while out in public. #shannamoaklertwitter
@pssshwhatever: Hell to the yes. I don't care if the woman in question is wearing a t-shirt with the words "Baby on Board" with an arrow pointing towards her stomach, you are still not entitled to ask her about her pregnancy. Just don't do it.
I have a friend who, due to her weight distribution (all in the tummy) and penchant for clothing too small for her, gets asked at minimum twice a week when the "little pumpkin" is due. One day, we were hanging out in a very divey bar and she had a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other, playing erotic hidden pictures game, and an elderly gentleman came up to her, patted her tummy, and asked her when she was due. She held her drink and cigarette up in a WTF? gesture, but it didn't register. He wasn't there to judge, just curious. But hey old man, let's just assume that she's not the worst prospective mother ever and but the less horrific alternative of just a little fat, okay?? #shannamoaklertwitter
@pssshwhatever: That's yet another story which has convinced me the Cracker Barrel is hell. In that woman's defense, I'm sure all she knows about the situation is "That Kardashian girl is pregnant."
@pssshwhatever: I think this has happened to a lot of people. I recovered from an ED a couple years ago, subsequently gaining about thirty (much, much needed) lbs. I actually don't carry much if any weight in my stomach area (it mostly congregates in the party zone that is my ass and thighs), but I did gain a couple cup sizes.
Although I attended the same gym throughout my weight gain, which took over a year to complete, I still have had two people ask me, more than a year into my recovery, if I was expecting. One actually didn't ask if I was pregnant, but said, "What happened?" Given, it was a dude and he was a foreigner, but I still cried the whole way home.
It never fails to amaze me how undeveloped some people's sensitivity is. Unless I am in labor, don't fucking ask me about why I gained weight!
FYI: Fabulous response to this: "When are you due?" "About the time you learn some manners." "You look like you gained weight." "You look like you lost class." #shannamoaklertwitter
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I'm just so happy -- and a bit surprised -- that Lindsay spelled "definitely" correctly. I would have pegged her for the "definately" demographic. #shannamoaklertwitter
I read the introduction too fast - I thought Heidi was at the gun store because Lindsay is planning a third album. If Mrs. Spencer Pratt is the only one of us with the gumption and ammunition ready to stop this, then I think we need to be supportive.
@TransFat: If this is how she plans to use her gun (with the magazine not even locked and loaded), then we all have nothing to fear. #shannamoaklertwitter
Khloe, it's 'I couldn't care less', not 'I can care less'. Stating that you can or could care less means that you actually DO care...probably not what you meant.
@alouette: What's the thing over his eyes? Is it some crazy "feel like you're in the game" thing? I'm normally up with the vid-ya games, but all I care about at the moment is L4D2. #shannamoaklertwitter
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@Antrack: Thankfully in this regard, we don't live together yet. I asked him over for lunch and he said, "Can't, Modern Warfare 2 comes out." #shannamoaklertwitter
@Lizard in the Wires now with even MORE metal in the face!: Ha! I don't know what that thing is, I'm not sure if it's central to the game or just some nerdy street cred. I will have to ask mr. alouette once he emerges from this game playing cave (I might have an answer for you by Friday, at the earliest.) #shannamoaklertwitter
@alouette: In the last year, my boyfriend has bought me a PlayStation 3, a Wii, and a flat screen TV as presents (the flat screen TV was a "get well" present--I had a cold.) I don't want to sound like an ungrateful brat, because it's SO SO generous and I know he bought them because he wanted us to have something we could enjoy together when we wanted to sit around doing nothing, but I don't know how many ways I can say, "Please please please don't spend your money on this stuff for me!! I DON'T LIKE VIDEO GAMES!" (unless it's the original Super Mario Brothers, Wii Tennis, Frogger, Tetris, or sometimes, Ratchet and Clank--yes, I have been forced to develop some small repertoire) I don't want to try Fallout 3, Oblivion, World of War Craft or Mad World. I won't like them. And I don't have to try them to know I won't. Stop asking and just play. I'll be here next to you reading. Parallel play is just fine sometimes. ;-) #shannamoaklertwitter
@Antrack: Oh headphones are a life saver there! As a very casual gamer married to a gamer who loves games with guns, I can say that they help keep our marriage strong. #shannamoaklertwitter
@booter26: I tried Fallout 3 but I am apparently so bad at coordinating moving side-to-side and up-and-down at the same time that I was laughed at. It seemed like an interesting enough premise, but a lack of spatial abilities has gotten me to the point where yes, like you, I'll bring a book instead :) #shannamoaklertwitter
@alouette: They are night vision goggles. My fiance has been wearing them since 9 this morning. Yes, he walked around his office with them on all day and even got his COO to go into the bathroom with the lights off to try them out.
I have to say, they're pretty fun for a toy. They have nothing to do with the gameplay though. In the game (at least, in previous COD games) you can use night vision goggles within the game. These are not used in conjunction with the game, they are just one of those fun/silly peripheral items to get someone to shell out more money for a game and preorder.
@alouette: I have the SAME problem!!! I try to explain this to my boy, but he thinks I'll get the hang of it eventually. It makes me feel like such a lame, not to be able to do what every man in the free world apparently can do with no problem. Not to mention that if you're as bad as I am, you get sort of nauseated.
Just wait a few months. They'll be like the big Master Chief helmets that came with the special edition of Halo 3. After a few months, people who don't collect that stuff will get restless and bored with them and take them to GameStop or another store where you can trade in video games and paraphernalia. I don't think these will be taken back in the same quantities, but I'm sure they will be available on the cheap within a few months.
We shut off all the lights in our house last night and took turns playing with the goggles. They're actually really badass. #shannamoaklertwitter
@abagatelle: Yes! That's my other favorite and pretty much the only PS3 game I have any mastery over. My ability is in the "recommended for ages 5-13" range and this works. Thanks for reminding me. :-) #shannamoaklertwitter
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So, memo to everyone on earth: unless a woman is so pregnant that you think the baby might crawl out of her vagina at any second, don't fucking say anything about it. Some of us are just fat, and we'd rather not be reminded by strangers while out in public. #shannamoaklertwitter
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I have a friend who, due to her weight distribution (all in the tummy) and penchant for clothing too small for her, gets asked at minimum twice a week when the "little pumpkin" is due. One day, we were hanging out in a very divey bar and she had a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other, playing erotic hidden pictures game, and an elderly gentleman came up to her, patted her tummy, and asked her when she was due. She held her drink and cigarette up in a WTF? gesture, but it didn't register. He wasn't there to judge, just curious. But hey old man, let's just assume that she's not the worst prospective mother ever and but the less horrific alternative of just a little fat, okay?? #shannamoaklertwitter
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Although I attended the same gym throughout my weight gain, which took over a year to complete, I still have had two people ask me, more than a year into my recovery, if I was expecting. One actually didn't ask if I was pregnant, but said, "What happened?" Given, it was a dude and he was a foreigner, but I still cried the whole way home.
It never fails to amaze me how undeveloped some people's sensitivity is. Unless I am in labor, don't fucking ask me about why I gained weight!
FYI: Fabulous response to this: "When are you due?" "About the time you learn some manners." "You look like you gained weight." "You look like you lost class." #shannamoaklertwitter
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Meanwhile, zillions of unemployed people aren't sleeping in a house, moon bounce or otherwise. #shannamoaklertwitter
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Now, the trigger discipline on BOTH of them is just appalling. Remember the four rules, you morons! #shannamoaklertwitter
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I have to say, they're pretty fun for a toy. They have nothing to do with the gameplay though. In the game (at least, in previous COD games) you can use night vision goggles within the game. These are not used in conjunction with the game, they are just one of those fun/silly peripheral items to get someone to shell out more money for a game and preorder.
It's all been pretty amusing for me so far today. #shannamoaklertwitter
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Just wait a few months. They'll be like the big Master Chief helmets that came with the special edition of Halo 3. After a few months, people who don't collect that stuff will get restless and bored with them and take them to GameStop or another store where you can trade in video games and paraphernalia. I don't think these will be taken back in the same quantities, but I'm sure they will be available on the cheap within a few months.
We shut off all the lights in our house last night and took turns playing with the goggles. They're actually really badass. #shannamoaklertwitter
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