I watched the movie Knocked Up with a certain amount of discomfort. Oh sure, I laughed like crazy at parts, but I couldn’t help but look over at my best pal, Whitney (8 months pregnant at the time) and my little 3-month old in his bucket seat and take things a little too personally.
I got pregnant a little too easily myself the first time. That’s not really funny. And some folks really struggle with getting pregnant. That’s not funny either. And all of a sudden, I was relating to the tired, older sister in her suburban rut and it made me sad too.
Now, I read about this girl, Christine, who is blogging about her real life knocked-uppedness for Glamour. Her writing is funny and fresh and cute. I laugh and I worry for her.
Is it just my hormones people?! Can’t I take a joke? Have a read and tell me what my problem is.
thanks for this post. all i hear is that you HAVE to see this movie. call me bitter (i’m working on that), but a comedy about someone getting pregnant accidently doesn’t sound that funny to me right now since i’ve been trying since october. people that know this tell me i have to see it too.
i really can take a joke – most of the time – when babies aren’t involved!
I completely agree with you… I thought the movie was hilarious, but some of the stuff made me squirm (and no, it wasn’t THAT part that made me queasy!). I, too, found myself relating to the older sister, and I didn’t like that feeling at all. But really, I prefer my boring life, lol.