My Husband Is Having a Hard Week

There are many reasons why I am glad that I work from home, but none is more important than avoiding pregnancy announcements, pregnant co-workers, or any other baby-related events.

Of course, I'm not completely immune: yesterday I received a list of reasons why I should attend some training in September: Reason #2. You will get to see W. try to bend down to pick up a bug while 8 months pregnant, which I think will be worth it all right there. Bring your cameras!

That's my reason #1 for NOT attending.

My husband, on the other hand, works in an office. You'd think that he wouldn't have too many problems, because he works in an almost exclusively male office. (Think computer engineers.)

But yesterday a co-worker sent him an email offering up a potential new hire. My husband clicked on the attachment. He was expecting a resume but got an ultrasound. Who does that? Really? Is that normal these days? If so, it's just another reason why I wonder how we would fit in if I do finally get pregnant.

We had already been trying for two years when we attended this co-worker's wedding.

And then somehow this co-worker ended up in my husband's office with another co-worker, who announced that his wife is pregnant with number two. When we attended their wedding, we'd already been married for six months.

Combined with last week's announcement, my husband is having a rough time.

I think sometimes it's easy to forget how much this bullshit affects our husbands. Now is not one of them.