So, do you routinely ask people wearing shirts and dresses with an empire waist if they are pregnant? How rude of you!
I’m not defending THIS woman in particular, but why in the world would someone who obviously DOES value children say that this woman’s “big belly” is “gross” and “disgusting”...
Also, if you actually read the article it says that these women are the daughters of the Grandmother who own the home, and that they are MARRIED - not “knocked up” as you allege. Being married, according to “Christian Values” they have every right to be proud of being BLESSED with a gift from God in the form of a child. And, I dare say, even those who get “knocked up” as you so eloquently state, have every right to be proud of the BLESSING they have received as well.
The notion that a “big belly” and a growing human is “disgusting” probably leads more girls who are super-self-conscious to abortion (abortion activists are always talking about the baby as a “parasitic” organism, your attitude towards a natural, and beautiful process created BY GOD doesn’t help) - especially considering they have to deal with people like you judging them based upon no actual knowledge of their situation.
Yes (if you couldn’t tell by MY attitude I do take your comments personally), it was people like you who gave me dirty looks when I was pregnant and had my children - even though I had graduated High School, had a 5.0 GPA IN College, was married (to the father of ALL our children), and in my 20s. The “problem” was that both my husband and I appeared much younger than we really were and we saw with our own eyes the harsh judgmental stares that probably face every young couple who try to do the “right thing” (we’ve been together almost 22 years now and have four beautiful daughters). ESPECIALLY the harsh looks from the mothers of my childrens’ peers.
I’m not defending this family - I don’t know anything about them other than the article I read. However, you may want to re-examine your attitude. Maybe you are one of the ones the Lord is waiting for to come to their senses...
Pregnant, they wear the WET TSHIRT look. Why? we all know what got into her. Funny how women want to be slim and trim and do everything they can to get that look, yet they relish the BULGE of pregnancy. What happened to modesty????
NotPregnant: They wear maternity clothing, go figure.
I agree completely, I was 22 and married when I had our dear daughter. While most of her friends’ parents are older than my husband and myself, they are not as much older as they may think, as we still look younger than we are.
I am currently pregnant with our 3rd baby. At this moment, I am wearing jeans and the oh so disgusting maternity top. Goodness, I do hope I’m not offending anyone, with my happiness at being, well, not knocked up, as I’m still married to the same man, but I am proud to be expecting a dear baby in a few months...I’m fairly modest (as evidenced by my hunt for swimwear that was not skin tight...would you believe I had to dig through bikinis with THONGS! for our upcoming trip, all I wanted was a skirt on bottom and something flowy and bust covering on top), but I do not see the need to wear a muumuu or hide under a huge sweater just because I am pregnant with my husband’s and my baby. Of course, I’m not going out with one of those belly tops (they have a hole for the belly to peek through). Perhaps I should stay at home and only venture out when my husband can escort me, so to avoid the possibility of passersby suspecting that I may be an unwed pregnant person...
I am not defending the photographed person. I do not know anymore than you, or the previous poster. I just wanted to back you up on the no need to be embarrassed about being blessed with a baby front. :)
Re: the abortion issue, OH MY. They do this because they want to, not from any looks they may get. They alone are responsible for ALL their decisions, they chose to get pregnant and they chose to abort. DECISIONS
What God has created is beautiful. We are talking about the exposure of the pregnant body, which is not appealing and should be covered by more than a TSHIRT.
Sorry about the stares you got, and can't tell the reason for that.
I had 4 children, and NEVER was I stared at and I appeared much younger than I was as well. I wore PROPER MATERNITY CLOTHING. Modesty.