I was typing a reply to a pregnant friend of mine while we were having a discussion on a Yahoo group about our favorite Indian restaurants. She confessed as great love for curry as I have and made lunch dates at our mutually-agreed two favorite Indian restaurants near her house this weekend. I started to write back,
“You’re going to have a curried baby. That’s not jaundice, it’s turmeric.”
Then I thought again and canceled it. Maybe one would have to be a very good friend before one could kid like this. We’re just sorta friends. I was invited to her house for the first time this weekend. Signed, the wombless wonder.
I wouldn’t joke like this to a new friend, but definitely to someone I’d known for a while. But the pregnant woman comment is true, too. Youd just have to gauge your friend.
I’ve been stung trying to make jokes to expectant mothers.
I find they have too much on their minds to read realiably, and are already worried about all sorts of things baby-related. So jaundice is not something I’d bring up.
Pregnant women are a hormonal storm. Their tastes in food often change, and their sense of humor too, especially towards the end. Don’t risk it.
For example, my own wife got so snippy with me that I began addressing her as “Your Pregnancy”, which she inexplicably found irritating even after 10 or 11 times.
Total agreement with first point. Why risk it? For her sake, if you’re feeling magna… magni… magneto… ::sigh:: … magnanimous. Or for your sake if your jsut a selfish twit and don’t want to see a shit storm caused by you in her eyes, justified or not.
As for the 2nd point… DAMN! Your wife has been pregnant 11 times!?
FWIW to the OP, I don’t think it was actually funny, more like clever, if you know what I mean.
I cannot wait for my oldest to become pregnant so I can use this. Her nickname has been The Princess forever, and it’s not entirely meant as any kind of a compliment! Since she and her husband are trying to catch preggers, hopefully I will get to use this on her sooner than later!
BTW, I was pregnant 7 times, (3 miscarriages, 4 lovely children) and I would have easily seen the humor in both this as well as the curried baby comment, but then I have a weird sense of humor!
As jokes go, it’s definitely more of a korma than a vindaloo. But yeah, you might have to know her a little better first. And it could turn out really unfunny if the baby does get jaundice.