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- From: kwelch@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kevin Welch)
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- Subject: Re: There is no bottom to this pit -- is there?
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 22:54:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep14.223237.28501@wdl.loral.com> bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com writes:
- >kwelch@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Kevin Welch) writes:
- ># bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com writes:
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- ># Oh hee. Oh ha.
- ># Mucho funny there. Is it strange to congratulate someone for being
- ># pregnant? Is this an alien concept to you?
-
- >Pardon me whilst I put on my Miss Manners outfit...
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- >When receiving news that a woman is pregnant, it is not impolite to
- >assume that the pregnancy was planned and desired (unless otherwise
- >told), and, as with all such news, congratulations are not appropriate
- >unless the woman has confided in you that she has had difficulty
- >becoming pregnant.
- >
- >It is regrettable, but there is still a stigma attached to fertility
- >problems, and etiquette demands that we not make rash assumptions that
- >lead to injured feelings.
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- By all means. I'm not claiming that I say congrats to every pregnant woman
- who walks the streets.
-
- I realize that there are many circumstances that surround pregnancy. I
- do have jugment, you know.
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- >J H Woodyatt (a.k.a. Dr. Strychnine)
- kcw
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