I ride the NYC subway every day and give up my seat to every pregnant woman I spot. Here is a problem (which may have been the case with Olivia Wilde): sometimes you can’t tell if a woman is pregnant! Some very thin women just don’t look pregnant, while some women who are chubby or fat look pregnant when they are not. Believe me, I have jumped up and offered my seat to women who were baffled as to why I was offering, and I’ve offered my seat to women who knew I thought they were pregnant and it turned out they weren’t and they were offended. I’m not kidding about this! And I’m a woman myself, so I do get both how hard it would be to be pregnant and standing AND how much it would sting to have someone think I was pregnant when I wasn’t.
This may seem nuts, but I suggest pregnant women on the subway announce, “I’m pregnant. May I please sit down?” I guarantee many riders just didn’t notice them and will hop up.
On the other side, I once asked my cousin when she was due. Wrong question that I still haven’t lived down to this day! If they look pregnant, give up the seat. If they don’t look pregnant, give up the seat because that’s what gentlemen do. A real man isn’t about being all burly with six-pack abs, a real man is a state of attitude one carries himself with. People always ask why I think some of the top models are the most ugliest women in the world. It’s all in their attitudes that is one of the biggest turnoffs. Its this same principal that applies to gentleman. Its not how other people think you should act its how you conduct yourself within the morals and principles that we are governed by as a society. When those rules change we adapt to those changing rules. This doesn’t mean to become a wuss. This means knowing proper etiquette and conducting yourself with that etiquette. A gentleman is a real man even if he can’t bench 250 lbs. A real man will stand up for his woman or any other lady. So instead of her proclaiming she is pregnant or what have you, a gentleman always relinquishes his seat for a female.
Excuse me but what if a man is pregnant?
She did describe herself as a “giant preggo.” But maybe she just feels giant and doesn’t really look that big.
“I’ve offered my seat to women who knew I thought they were pregnant and it turned out they weren’t and they were offended. “
Perfect example of liberalism. “I’m obese to the point I look preggers. Other people think I am preggers and are being considerate. I am so offended!” Instead of: “I am obese to the point I look preggers. Others think I am preggers and I am embarrassed. Perhaps I should take better care of myself.
Yes, I have learned the hard way that “when are you due?” is a very dangerous question to ask without foreknowledge!