I am sure that everyone on the planet has ether heard about or seen this one somehow and let me tell you that everyone I have ever talked to about this has an opinion on it. Some get very fired up about it as well. I have learned a few things from talking with friends about this particular subject of pregnancy and here is my best way or telling it simply.
Guys, protect your wife
from the people who will want to touch her belly. Treat those people like they were trying to hurt
your baby because there are fewer things that are more frustrating for a woman
than getting a random persons opinion about how she ‘should be doing
something’. As a man you know how frustrating it can be when someone walks up
to you at work and tells you how to do a job that you have done however many
times. That is what it is like for a woman when someone touches her stomach and
gives opinions. It can be frustrating for them and a huge breach of personal
space so protect her. That does not mean that you have to be rude but be firm
none the less.
Ladies: So I am sure
that you have seen or heard about this kind of thing happening before. If a kid
does it, it is cute right? But if another woman does it, oh boy the gloves are
off in a no holds barred match. After all she is touching you body, getting
close to your baby and those are two big no no’s that for some reason people
think are okay. Now the obvious exception is with close friends and close
family but even then you still want them to ask right? So if you don't want this to happen it will take more than a look to try and tell him that you hate this, but even if you ask him to stop people from touching 'baby' he may not be sire as to how to do that tactfully so if you have any specific ideas in mind than toss those out for him to process. Guys sometimes need a bit more prompting than 'I want you to do ______". Ideas help with things like this.
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