It Took Me Over 50 Years to Learn
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Point 15
You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. This is especially important for males to remember, my boyfriend, god rest his soul, learnt this the hard way.
We were barely twenty when it happened and there was nothing particularly special about the day either. It started off as a regular Saturday afternoon back when I was living in New York, my newest boyfriend Eric and i had decided to go for a walk though the central park. Up until that day I had never stepped foot in that area and unfortunately I never will again.
It was a lovely afternoon, the sun was shining down making each little puddle of water from the previous nights' rain evaporate into the air, glistening like a magical fairy pool. The sky was clear and you could even hear the birds chirping over the heavy traffic.
The park, as I will always remember was greener than anything I had ever seen before, with police riding chestnut horses and children playing on the swings. Everything just seemed so alive with people being what I loved best, care free.
At about one o'clock we decided to stop walking though the grass, hand in hand, and sat down in a lovely spot surrounded by pink flowers which to this day I still don't know the name of.
It was so romantic as we lay out on the picnic rug, eating strawberries and drinking apple aid, it would have been Champaign but neither of us could practically afford that luxury at the time.
It wasn't that we were broke, it was just, Eric was a salesman at blooming dales and although that may seem fantastic, he was paid very little and most of it went to his ex-wife for child support. As for me, well I was floating though jobs, having been fired from my work at the coffee shop just down the road. It wasn't my fault that I upset a customer, after all I didn't know he was the manager's son!
That was actually how I learnt about not sharing your religious beliefs with other people... but that's an entirely different story!
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, it was rather romantic just lying there with the man I was beginning to love, that was until Eric suddenly sat up and smiled, pointing out a woman who was hobbling towards us. Now in my defence, I still to this day swear she looked pregnant!
She was tall and about medium build, with long brunette hair and sparkling blue eyes. She had the features of a model but the way she dressed, well lets just say it showed she didn't have a lot of money. She wore a simple pair of blue jeans and a plain white t-shirt which loosely hung off her. The one thing that stuck out the most about her though, was her bulging stomach that I would say was at least four months pregnant. Thinking back, the baggy t-shirt was probably why her belly looked like there was a baby inside of it.
"Whose that?" I asked him, a hint of jealousy in my voice, I couldn't help it though, he had never smiled like that when he first saw me.
"An old school friend, I haven't seen her in years!" He replied before getting to his feet and waving the woman over.
Olivia, as I later found out she was called, caught his eye for a moment or two, a look of confusion on her face, almost like she couldn't remember him. Then her frown turned to a wide grin and she waved back at him, before clipping her Jack Russell onto a lead and heading towards us.
As she did however, my eyes were immediately drawn to her stomach which was flopping side to side. Seeing that my whole body relaxed, she was obviously with someone if she was pregnant which meant that she was no threat to me.
"I wonder who her baby's father is!" I found myself asking out, causing Erik to turn to face me, a quizzing look upon his very handsome face.
"What do you mean?" He asked, as he looked from the woman quickly approaching us and myself. "She doesn't have a baby with her."
At that I couldn't help but roll my eyes, men, no matter what their age, were just clueless.
"No you idiot, can't you see her stomach, she's obviously pregnant!" I responded, tapping him playfully on the top of his head. Eric's expression soon turned to one of acceptance as he turned to face her once again and nodded, his eyes resting firmly on her stomach, which I had to say I was glad about that, wouldn't want him looking any higher now would I?
"Olivia hi, I haven't seen you in years!" he called out as he pulled me to my feet and held his hand out to shake hers. "This is my girlfriend Phoebe by the way!"
I simply waved back, a warm smile on my face; she didn't look that impressed however.
"So... how far gone are you?" he asked and at that moment, as the woman's face fell, I realised my mistake, the confusion written on her features showed she had no idea what he was talking about, meaning she couldn't be after all!
"Excuse me?" She asked offense evident in her voice. At that I gripped hold of Eric's arm and tried to get him to look at me, as a way of displaying the message that maybe I had jumped to the wrong conclusion before he put his foot in it.
"How long have you got left until the baby is born?" He asked, obviously ignoring my attempt to warn him. I wish he hadn't! For within a few seconds, her expression turned from one of annoyance, to completely offended as her lips tightened together.
Without saying a word, Olivia took two simple steps forward and raised her knee up in the air, gripping hold of his shoulders in the process.
My eyes instantly squeezed shut as her leg came into contact with Eric's certain rather painful body part.
My poor baby let out a scream as he fell to the ground, hunched over in pain, his hands gripping hold of the area she had hit. The woman showed no remorse though as she stormed off, her little puppy following closely behind.
As I bent down to comfort him, I couldn't help but learn a lesson from what had just happened and I could quite honestly say I would never ever open my big mouth again, at least not when it came to guessing if someone was with child or not.
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