Being a dude, it's hard to truly wrap your head around a lot of the aspects of pregnancy. One that I never really thought about much before this evening, is the astounding appetite that pregnant women can develop.
Sure, you see it on TV shows, hear relatives joke about it, but it never really clicks until you see it in action.
Over the past couple of weeks, I've gotten more and more used to the Mrs. finishing a meal, and saying, "I'm still hungry." Up until tonight, I've usually just kind of chuckled, and offered up suggestions to supplement lunch or dinner.
However, this evening at work, we were eating dinner together (for those unfamiliar with us, we work for the same company), and we went to our local In-N-Out, as our pregnancy friendly options for take-out are pretty slim around where we work.
Now, I'm not exactly a skinny guy, so it's not unheard of, in-fact, it's usually expected that I order a lot of food. However, what is unheard of, is for my wife to order a meal equal in size to what I order. In fact, she normally can't finish a single burger and all of her fries. Not only did she finish her meal, but afterwards said, "I'm still hungry... Can I have some of your fries?"
Anyway, where I'm going with this, was just how mind blowing this was. Not because she ordered extra food, because we all have those moments where an extra side of fries might sound good, or an extra patty on your burger - but because it's happened so quickly. Our little bean must be growing so quickly!
You hear the phrase, "eating for two," very frequently when you're around someone pregnant, but it finally just clicked for me what that really means.
As you can probably tell, I haven't been around many pregnant women for any extended length of time, so this is all brand new to me. Needless to say, it's been awesome.
That's my bit for the evening. Who knows, maybe the Mrs. will pop in later and add something else to entertain you all.
-Mr. J
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