Yeah, we've decided we're keeping ours quiet on FB until the baby's actually been born and has a name etc. It took us a very long time to get pregnant, and we're not alone amongst our friendship group for having struggled with low / no fertility, so it just seemed like tempting fate (and a bit crass) to be mentioning…

Ugh, yes, I had that this week. Only it was a male colleague, I was sitting on my office chair and he came up from behind, sneaking an arm either side of my waist and essentially trapping me in my chair. He definitely wouldn't have even considered doing so if I weren't pregnant; how on earth does he think doing this…

Dear heavens yes. I'm currently 8.5 months With Child and one particular (male) work colleague is in danger of being inadvertently assaulted by me if he pulls any more belly stunts.
This week alone, he came up behind me while I was sitting at my desk, and with no warning whatsoever put one arm either side of my waist…

Soooo... They were happy to knowingly publish (and hopefully profit from) the work of a gay author, provided no-one else found out he was gay? Yeah, that doesn't seem hypocritical in any way.

I completely agree; it's only reasonable to say 'please' and 'thank you' and 'hey- I really appreciate that you put that load of washing on this morning' etc.

Yep, yep, yep. I'm five months gone with my first, and I am still completely terrified about the idea of giving birth. The small amount of thinking time I can devote to anything else is mostly being taken up by being grossed out and disgusted by the concept.

A former colleague of mine bought her dream wedding dress at 16 years of age, and had spent the entire intervening period - eleven years when I worked with her - maintaining an insanely strict diet in order to ensure she still fitted it. Somehow, it always came up in conversation during the first or second date that…

Ah, good point!

Hold up; did that quote say she was an "NHS bra fitter"? Dammit, why the hell have I been going for fittings with the private sector for all these years when I could have been getting this done on the NHS?!?

I would LOVE to be able to wear a button-down shirt once in a while; I have to wear business suits a lot, and it's really, really hard to find an outfit that works without either looking like I was dressed by my grandmother or that I'm deliberately showing cleavage to distract attention. I already work in a…

Yeah, I've got several months to go but already I'm not wild on the idea of having anyone else there except my partner. Unfortunately, Mr BeenThere has a small empathy issue with blood, gore, injuries or seeing anyone else even remotely in pain and tends to pass out, which is not ideal in these circumstances.