Oh, shut UP already!
I went to the dentist on Friday. (Eeek! Friday the 13th! What a day for a dentist appointment, huh?) While I was off getting my teeth cleaned and polished and x-rayed and all of that, Paul took the little girls to lunch at Hooters with some of his buddies. I’m actually bummed I didn’t get to join them. Lunch at Hooters sounds a lot better than a cleaning!
While I was at the dentist’s office, reclining in the chair with my mouth open, I realized something I never much noticed before. Hygienists always talk your ear off while you’re not in a position to say anything back to them. Why do they do that? I was annoyed a little bit already because as soon as I told her I had 2 sets of twins, she brought up “Octo Mom” – the gal who just gave birth to octuplets, after she already had six at home. Aside: this is something that happens all the time. Whenever someone we meet finds out we have multiple multiples, they almost always make a comment about either Jon & Kate Plus Eight or some evil twins they saw once on Supernanny. It’s happened so many times, I’ve come to expect it. And since the news first broke of this batshit crazy woman and her litter of children, people keep reporting to me the latest information, like it affects me in some way. Whatever!
ANYWAY. This hygienist was going on and on about Octo Mom and related to me that she and a friend had an argument about the situation, because her friend apparently thinks rationally and said that Octo Mom was a nut. Hygienist got on her soapbox to friend, saying that this is AMERICA, and we can do whatever we want in America, and if she wants to have two dozen children, it’s her God-given right as an American, and nobody should tell her what to do. After all, she said, her grandmother had fifteen children and nobody told HER anything about it. She didn’t mention whether her grandmother had them all at once via fertility treatments, but I imagine that was not the case. This has been, so far, the most inane notion I’ve heard about Octo Mom: that we should support her choice because WE’RE ALL AMERICANS. And all I could do was roll my eyes until I almost hurt myself.
Besides crazy hygienist lady, my appointment went well. No cavities! Yay!
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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February 16th, 2009 at 10:49 am
WE’RE ALL AMERICANS and we’ll all be paying to raise that crazy lady’s kids. How funny!
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February 16th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Really how to they expect you to carry a conversation with them while they are cleaning your teeth. It’s crazy and I hate it.
February 16th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
yep, that octo-mom lady is nuts. i feel so sorry for all those kids though
February 17th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Yes, octo-mom is batshit crazy and so is your hygienist.
Yes, this is America, but you’re not allowed to do anything you want. I’m not allowed to drive 110 on the freeway just because I’m late (OK, I can, but I have to suffer the consequences if I get caught or cause harm to others).
I’d give you my opinion on octo-mom, but you’ve heard enough from everybody, I’m sure.
Sorry you had to spend time at the dentist instead of at Hooters with the fam.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I’m so over Octo lady aka Nadya crazy lady. Its bad enough that she couldn’t support the first 6 but allowing for 8 more? Between the surgery, donations on the “official” website and the publicist, I’m so over it now.
do you think she’s going to come out with her own reality show?
mhm
February 17th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Sigh octo-mom. I hate how people think we are all on some mailing list and have the inside scoop on it.
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February 17th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
She’s crazy and I don’t want to pay to support her family. I also think the doctor(s) who implanted 8 embryos should have something to answer for as well. Like many things, extremist activities give a bad name to pretty much normal everyday things. People do IVF to have a baby, not a reality tv show, book deals, etc. Now the chick wants a $2M deal tv show, book and she’s holding out for the best offer?? Give me a break.
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February 17th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Followed your link from my post on Denver Mom’s Like Me. Like your blog and your content. I’m grabbing your feed and reading!
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February 18th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
I hate the dentist so much that Hooters would be better! I’m sure it was fun listening to your crazy hygenist, but I’d be afraid to disagree with her with those sharp instruments she’s got. Yikes!
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February 19th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Why does everyone think we moms of multiples want to discuss octo-mom 24/7. Yeah, I have an opinion, but that doesn’t mean I want to discuss it every time I head out the door.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:22 am
I agree… Why do they always talk so much when they are doing your teeth? My dentist does too! I think it’s because they fell uncomfortable and have to cut the silence. It sucks when it’s a topic you feel strongly about but can’t reply though!