tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post7650675014697940423..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: Responding to Someone's Foot in the MouthSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-11857378452496851492011-04-04T22:19:40.939-05:002011-04-04T22:19:40.939-05:00My husband and I were married for 8 years before f...My husband and I were married for 8 years before finally getting pregnant with our daughter. I often didn't speak up about the reason we didn't have any kids (infertility) because I learned that that would usually just bring more hard-to-swallow "joking" comments (you need to relax, just adopt, etc.).<br /><br />I can't imagine dealing with those situations with the pain of miscarriage on top of it all. I think Rachel handled it perfectly, with honesty and grace.Monika @ Lovely Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13138730317208033566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-66363263879252840402011-04-04T14:32:57.733-05:002011-04-04T14:32:57.733-05:00I had a similar situation happen as well, and you ...I had a similar situation happen as well, and you just have to calmly say what happened and hope that there are no awkward feelings later. <br /><br />My response changes depending on my mood for the day, sometimes I just don't want to talk to people about our loss and other times I am fine with just saying "We were pregnant but lost our baby in December, we are going to start trying again soon." and just leave it at that. I hate to make people feel uncomfortable too, but sometimes that is hard to avoid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770434324643327781noreply@blogger.com