"These are Pregnant People Clothes."
May 02 2006 – by Lauren in Randoms
I’ll keep this short and painful.
Tonight after dinner, Josh and I were going to buy (yet more) classroom supplies. The Old Navy was next to Target, so I talked Josh into walking in with me to look for a particular shirt.
I walked through the entire women’s side- dressy, casual, pajamas, bathing suits- until I got to the back of the store. There was this white, billowy dress. “Just pregnant people clothes back here. ” (I said it loudly on purpose as sort of a joke- the whole now-that-you’re-married-people-think-you’re-going-to-get-pregnant thing. I was trying to make my husband uncomfortable and it was wrong and I am sorry and I paid for it.) Josh paused and said- a bit more subtly, “Uh, it’s not just pregnant people….”
Here’s where I first noticed the overweight girl to my left. Literally, at my elbow.
And then I saw the HUGE signs all over the department- “Women’s Plus Sizes.”
End of shopping experience.
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Josh – since when have you been tactful around large people?
“…Fat…”
Oh, Lauren. I’m so sorry. That’s something I totally would have said. I always think I need the Omega 13, from the movie “Galaxy Quest.” In case you’re not familiar, it allows you to go back 13 seconds to fix whatever went wrong. It’s amazing how often I could use those extra 13 seconds.
JoJo said:
I agree with Karri—I could really use those 13 seconds and then some. And, Josh, thank you for letting me know via your old “site” that I needed to go to the new site. I was really wondering when you two were going to add something new to the post. I was “in the dark.” Thanks!!!