This is the dope. Every comment is taken literally unless you put a smiley next to it. 
This is one of those logic puzzles, right?
But it’s supposed to be deadpan!!!
:mad:
Why do you say these things AFTER I hire people to egg your house and then paint your hair green when you come out to investigate.
: sighing :
Okay. I’ll make some calls and see if I can call it off. In the meanwhile, if anybody starts throwing eggs at your hose, stay inside.
Just pray you die young, I suppose.
I was utterly gobsmacked at the number of times I got hit on while pregnant. I would have thought my obviously gravid state and a wedding band would have dissuaded folks. Nope. Heck, when my ring didn’t fit any more, I borrowed one from a friend. I was psychologically terrified of appearing available.
Don’t even get me started on what happens when the booby fairy comes…
I’m amazed by the replies in this thread. Pregnant Women are Gross?
To me, pregnancy doesn’t change anything. If I think a woman is attractive in a nonpregnant state, I think she’s attractive while pregnant. If I don’t find her as attractive un-pregnant, pregnancy makes her neither better nor worse, in general. But it never makes either of them gross.
By the way, it may comfort some of you to know that there are apparently guys out there who think pregnant women are irresistably pregnant. There are whole websites devoted to this.
On the other hand, that thought may creep you out, too. But it’s another instance of the ubiquitous Rule 42.
…mmmm-- gravid —
I think there are many women who look prettier when pregnant. There’s something hormonal going on that gives them what is sometimes called “the glow”.
That being said, they’re pretty like a statue is pretty; in the abstract. There’s not really anything sexy about pregnant women to me- I suspect that there are two kinds of caveman hardwiring (so to speak) that would help the species. One would find pregnant women really attractive and sexy, and thereby induce the male to stay around and provide for the mother, and the other would not find them attractive, so that the male wouldn’t waste any effort on someone already having a kid, so he’d go impregnate more women.
What, you mean to maximize my parasite-to-host ratio? You know, you’re right! I’m a productive member of society! Better go off myself, I guess. With any luck, reincarnation happens, and I can spend another few years mooching off the folks…
(I suppose as long as I’m here, I should mention that I can’t think of any pregnant women I’ve been attracted to, but A) I’m still young enough that I haven’t known many pregnant women and, B) the ones I do were significantly older than me, so not really part of the dating pool.)
I don’t know if I was actually prettier or not, but I did get that glow. My skin was at it’s clearest and most even-toned when I was pregnant. And regardless of how others perceived me, I felt beautiful. (Excluding the last month, anyway, when I would have loved to be as comfy and lightweight as a beached whale! :))
My spouse got “the glow” in her seventh to eighth month of pregnancy. I have pictures (all fully dressed, sigh) of her, and I can still tell, 10 years later – her hair was glossy, her skin was, well, glowy. She just looked like the purest essence of herself, marvelously healthy. It’s very hard to describe.
I’ve seen this in a very few other women I’ve known who were pregnant – somewhere in mid-late pregnancy, but before the “oh, god, when the fuck will this be over”, backaches and footsore period, some of them just… glowed. Not all of them certainly, but the ones who did might or might not be already attractive before they glowed, but were just stunning in a way that caught me by surprise.
I’m really surprised by some of the responses on this topic, but do find it quite interesting. I tend to agree with the responders who say an attractive woman is an attractive woman, pregnant or not. And I say this as someone who does not have and never wanted children.
I forgot to add that I really do find this unusual. Out of pure curiosity, 'cause the wife would kill me :D, how do these men approach you? Do they seem interested in a one nighter or something more? No matter how attractive a pregnant woman might be, I’d figure she was unavailable, especially with a wedding ring, or not really into dating at that point.
This was my experience, too, particularly during my last pregnancy. I remember sitting next to the pool waiting for a lane to open up. I was about 7 months pregnant and some guy sits down next to me on the bench and starts chatting me up. Eventually, he’s sidled up next to me and asks to to touch my belly. I was saved by a lane opening, but it really freaked me out. As I got up, he asked for my number. I said no.
I’m now pregnant for the second time and have found this to be mildly the case (getting hit on slightly more). I think it has something to do with the enormous knockers, though. I’m only 3 months along and not quite showing yet, but my boobs are huge.
Like a lot of the respondents here, if I feel a woman is pretty, she’ll be pretty whether she’s pregnant or not. My husband feels the same way and fortunately hasn’t lost any of his original interest. Sadly, I’m still in that very unsexy-feeling first part of pregnancy where I feel like I just ate two Thanksgiving dinners all the time.
I meant to say that I find it annoying, too, when pregnant women constantly fondle their bellies. However, in their defense, sometimes if you’re getting poked in the ribs with a foot or punched repeatedly in the gut, a well timed nudge with your fingers will encourage the baby to reposition so you’re a little more comfortable.
Of course, it can have the opposite effect, too - sometimes it just makes the baby give you a donkey kick to your bladder.
Yeah, because sperm from that hose might meet the egg, and presto – parasite! :eek:
I’m a bit surprised at the number of guys who have expressed negative views toward the idea of a pregnant woman. I always thought that the “revulsion” toward pregnancy was a female-only reaction to bloating, (much like the idea that men actually care what shoes women wear is mostly a woman thing). I find pregnant women attractive and know a number of men who fell similarly.
Takes all kinds, I guess.
I had a friend who got this, though it was all in the form of catcalls and chat-up lines at cafes and the like. A lot of general, ‘We know what you’ve been doing!’ and ‘I’m so big I’ll give you twins’ comments, plus a few offers. Though honestly, I think the guys who propositioned her would have shit their pants had she responded positively (so, you know, quite a bit like regular street harassers).
She was hot before, hot during, hot (with hot baby) after. I am somewhat in awe of pregnant women. Babies I can take or leave.
I’m amazed that men would actually take steps to chat up a pregnant woman. If there weren’t a surer sign that she’d chosen someone else already…
(We’d think about it, for sure. We’re basically sex drives walking. But we’d not necessarily act.)
And what do you mean by ‘glow’? As in "a nice healthy glow’? I’ve heard the expression before, but never been quite sure what it meant exactly. Los of blood flow to the skin? The aspect of general happiness?