Seal: Broken
I'd made it this far without actually being asked this question: who's the father?
We've had variations of it:
- "I didn't know there was someone special in your life" (this from someone who's ONLY known me with Andrea for a number of years now)
- "I didn't know you were married"
- "Will the baby have an 'uncle'? (later translated this to mean 'do you have a known donor who will give the kid gifts at holidays?')
- How the hell did you do that?
From what I understand, after she's here, we may well be exposed to a flurry of comments about 'does her dad have those eyes?' or crap like that. Though I brace myself for it now, I'm sure that every freaking time, I will bristle.
And I can't help but wonder if my mom had the same reaction when I was a kid, a kid who looked pretty darn different than her.
5 Comments:
It is an odd thing.
One idea: when they ask eye-color questions or similar, don't say "I don't know." People REALLY freak out at that. (they should get a grip...)
3:45 PM
Oooh, I like that.
4:08 PM
Just say Andrea's. That'll shut the morons up! Or if they press you (which unfortunately some morons do) just say, "oh you're right, she didn't get Andrea's eyes, but great uncle Herman's. Man, we should really give them back now"
9:53 AM
haha, i like that one but then heads would explode.
"but...but...andrea's a GIRL...so how did she make sperm???
12:19 PM
You could always say Andrea was a chemistry major and can make just about anything!!
12:38 PM
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