# Explain the delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test thing to me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525 "2022-04-27T07:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525/101 "2022-05-03T20:12:42Z")

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> [@Tibby](#):
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> Did you ever have a nurse barge in on you while you were about to end in a _happy way_ , thinking the room was empty? I did. _“Whoops, sorry!”_ did little to alleviate my anxiety or inspire me finish the business _at hand_ .

I once walked in on a couple who hadn’t managed to close the door all the way.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525/102 "2022-05-03T21:26:14Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> You vacation on an aircraft carrier? I’d like to hear just a little more about that.

To avoid getting off the thread topic, here’s a [new thread over in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-unique-vacation/963902).

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525/103 "2022-05-04T21:13:04Z")

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At one point in this process my husband had to give a sample and the lab sent him to the bug public restroom in the hall with a “closed” sign to hang on the door.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-delight-over-positive-pregnancy-test-thing-to-me/963525/104 "2022-05-08T23:41:42Z")

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I was reading a book by a Google psychologist who used Google Trends to analyze data. In Mexico, according to him, popular Google searches about pregnant wives included “frases de amor para mi esposa embarazada” and “poemas para mi esposa embarazada”. In the US, they included “my wife is pregnant now what” and “my wife is pregnant what do i do”.

Draw your own conclusions about the romance, connection, practicality and reaction.

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