Here is a question for my readers: do women overreact? I
heard about a woman whose husband told her she had better lose all the baby
weight quickly, which annoyed her, but he really made her mad one day when he
told her she had better do sit-ups now so that her muscles would “remember” to
be in shape after the baby. She told him she was very angry that he would say
such a thing, and he got angry with her for overreacting. Was she overreacting?
I think she had a perfect right to be angry, it seems like the man is being
shallow, and besides, he doesn’t have to put up with baby weight so he has no
right to talk. Do we women overreact about weight? Should men say anything
about our weight? Let me know what you think in the comments.
Famous Hat
3 comments:
It's not really possible to answer the question without more information. Was he saying this to her simply because his sense of aesthetics is offended by his wife's body shape during her pregnancy, or is she one of these people who herself obsesses about body weight and shape, and he was simply advising her to plan to get rid of it quickly post-pregnancy, and to keep her body toned as much as is feasible during pregnancy, so she wouldn't be morose later. If it is the former, he's being stupid and insensitive; if it is the latter, he's probably trying to be helpful. From the information given, it is impossible to say, for sure, which it is.
Good point. That's why it's helpful to get a man's perspective.
It is not what you say but how you say it. If it was said tactfully, fine, if not, then perhaps she had a right to overreact
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