Venting

[arlandonbloom]

Yeah, I may be young (20, will be 21 in December) and pregnant. I have noticed that when I go out in public with my mom or dad, that people -- particularly teenaged girls or middle aged women -- give me the dirtiest looks. Little do these people know that I am married, a full time college student (and probably have more education then the people giving me dirty looks) and am not depending on any government assistance to help me through school or my pregnancy. (NOTE: I do NOT look down on people who ask/need government assistance such as Medicaid or WIC). And every time that I go out in public with my husband, people don't really give dirty looks like they do when I am with my parents. It just ***** how we live in such a judgmental society. And every time someone throws me a dirty look or comments about me being a young pregnant woman, I just want to punch them in the face.

[speck2677]

s u c ks is apparently a bad word?

[speck2677]

Yea its hard having a parent that ***** at being nice about touch subjects. my dad is the same way, i just stopped lessening and if I was going around him and will ask him to be nice and if he cant let me know and I will leave. its taken me along time to get to that place with my dad. maybe you should say something to you mom and heck you can blame it on the hormones.

[arlandonbloom]

It's not fun and unfortunately, my mom is one of those judgmental people. She thinks that I should hide my belly and always wear baggy clothes because she's like embarrassed of me. Like today, I am wearing a t shirt that used to be way too big for me, now it fits just right and shows my belly and I went to her house and she threw a fit telling me to cover it up... It's not like I'm wearing anything provocative and I am not embarrassed.

[speck2677]

I was 21 when I had my first as well. and it can be hard if you let it, its easier said then done. but for me as long as i knew me and was happy with my life i wasn't going to let any one tell me different. the biggest thing for me was that I started to show a lot quicker then people were expecting so they would ask how far along i was and i would tell them and then the look and comment well you still have along way to go.