Scene: GH's hospital room
Characters: GH, in hospital bed. Me, sitting on bed, breast pump going full strength. In-laws, in chairs near the foot of the bed.
[wheeze wheeze wheeze says the pump]
FIL: Huh, it doesn't come out so fast, does it?
Me (thinking to myself): Could you at least pretend not to watch? Please?
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Oh. My. God. I can't believe he said that.
tragically funny ...
Eeeek! Look away, look away!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeew.
Oh, wow.
Oh dear.
Oh.My.
Jrex told me I HAD to come read your latest blog entry. "It's funny, gross and disturbing."
"Oh no! What happened?"
"Nothing about GH, don't worry. But it's weird. Go read it."
I must say, I was not expecting an intersection between a FIL and a breast pump!!
Wow. Just.......wow. It pretty much defies the imagination.
I suspect I will have very odd dreams tonight.
Ok, I just had to delurk to say, "Ewwwwwwwwww"
Nooo
I thought my M-i-L won the insensitivity stakes, but clearly there is hot competition. Yukk
Let me know when you're ready for me to murder them. I can off them and sleep like a baby the same night.
PS
Email me your bra size. I'm buying you one of MY nursing bras! Ha!
Yeesh. From someone who pumped for 11 1/2 months...I feel your...discomfort. It's hard enough to relax for a @#$% machine, but with an audience, in stressful circumstances...arrrgh.
Now, with that said, I didn't find it disturbing when my own father watched intently, with tears in his eyes, as I nursed a tiny/preemie/newborn TJ (oh God, has it really been over 14 years ago???). He said it was the sweetest, most natural thing in the world.
But, I definitely get your point...tact and discretion are defintely not your FIL's strong points, are they? :-P
I could not help laughing out loud. I admire you for finding humor in a very tragic situation. I am very sorry your husband is not getting better, and that on top of this, you need to deal with the in-laws. Thinking of you
i prefer to think of my in-laws as 'my children's grandparents'. somehow that context helps me relate to them.
OMG- my FIL wouldn't even be in the same room with me when I nursed (with a blanket to cover things)- I can't imagine him actually watching while I pumped.
Creepy in a tragically odd way. I won't go into the surrounding circumstances, but picture my father and my entire family of in-laws in a stretch limo. My sister in law pumping away, while my father can't take his eyes off this oddly strange contraption. Don't ask. Very awkward.
That's in-laws for you. Next time ask him if he wants to give it a try. I remember trying the breast pump. So much hard work for so little reward.
Ohhhhh, HONEY!
Ewww! No boundaries there eh?
How uncomfortably funny. Reminds me of when I was just one day post C-section and my SIL, who said she had no time to help me and didn't raise other people's children--suddenly whirled in to my hospital room to visit me.
I was pumping, she was watching. And she says, "Wow, don't take this the wrong way but your boobs are HUUUUGE!" And later, "Now I can add breast pumping as another reason not to have children." Yeah, thanks for ALL of your support.
Try not to let the in-laws get you down. Do what you need to do for you and GH.
Here ya go, Snick:
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I talked with Lil Sis the other day again. They're all at Disney for her kids' spring break, but she's sending Disney magic your way!
Squick. Squick. Squick!
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