Last weekend we went to a wedding. It was fun seeing loads of friend for the first time in ages. Parenting does not lend itself to being social very often. So while most of the parents at R's school know that we're expecting, very few of our friends know.
That became more obvious pretty much every time anyone would see L that night. Almost every meeting went like:
Hi! How’s it going?
looks down at L's belly for a moment it's been ages. What's new?
Which was fine. We didn't want to steal the celebration on their wedding day to make it about us and our news. So we were happy to let the topic slide. A few times, though, someone would say Okay, I have to ask...
which would lead to OMGs and congratulations and suchlike – which makes for a good icebreaker between friends who've not been in touch lately. But, for the most part, it was just the long pause and carry on with conversation. That's the downside of not seeing people much.
