As I’ve said before, all of our friends are having babies. The Wife and I are in our early 30s — the real baby-making years — so you can imagine how the infants are dropping all around us like soft pink raindrops. And it isn’t just our friends; it’s friends of friends. Third cousins, casual acquaintances and co-workers… they’re all multiplying like gremlins.
My German wife is still on the fence about the whole ‘having kids’ idea (as am I), so she really notices when someone in her daily life is about to make sperm blossoms. She has all sorts of colorful ways for describing the different stages of human gestation, and I was not at all surprised when she said of her new co-worker:
THE WIFE: “When I first met her, she was highly pregnant.”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Having been highly pregnant myself, I completely agree.
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Haw! Right on, Climbing Bean. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Bet she translated ‘hochschwanger’ literally. It makes for some pretty funny words. I remember my kids found the literal translation for ‘Staubsauger’ hilarious. Love, love your blog and your sense of humor.
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Oh yeah! “Dust sucker,” right? So awesome.
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