Unless you're Klingon and have some spare organs in your chest cavity or you have a really creepy kind of collection in the shed, that's probably not a good idea.
We are pregnant!
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Unless you're Klingon and have some spare organs in your chest cavity or you have a really creepy kind of collection in the shed, that's probably not a good idea.
And they're beating out a Samba.
The other day, a family member in a cancer support group posted, "We have not had [particular kind of radiation]." Wow, I didn't realize they use radiation therapy on caregivers, too, now!
Not very bright, both sick from it afterwards and who will look after them?
Or Billy Crystal.
Getting a bit OT, but I've heard of support groups for "suicide survivors."
Which, of course, is an oxymoron.
^ Indeed. I gather the groups are for loved ones of people who committed suicide, not for people who've tried and failed?
That's exactly who they are for and I'm sure scotpens knows that and is just being contrary.
I hear that from patients all the time. A spouse will call in and say, "We have been battling cancer," or something like that. It's a statement of devotion. I think it's pretty sweet.
You do know that the woman doesn't deliver the baby, don't you? The midwife or obstetrician delivers it (or whoever is helping). The woman gives birth. It's a different meaning from the sense in pizza delivery.
As regards cancer and cancer treatment, my own experience of a relative dying of it who had a wife and 3 school-age daughters, it was from start to finish a 'we' situation.
I think it's odd that men are taking the blame for this turn of phrase now. First time I heard it it was from a woman and self-professed feminist. When questioned she gave some spiel about how it takes two to tango, and personal responsibility.
I agree that it's a stupid phrase, no matter which side coined it. If "we" are pregnant, is it because "we" produced sperm which "we" ejaculated through "our" penis into "our" vagina? Did that sperm then fertilize one of "our" ova, which embedded into the wall of "our" uterus?
Why stop with the reproductive system? "That Mexican food! One of our stomachs is killing me!"
I agree that it's a stupid phrase, no matter which side coined it. If "we" are pregnant, is it because "we" produced sperm which "we" ejaculated through "our" penis into "our" vagina? Did that sperm then fertilize one of "our" ova, which embedded into the wall of "our" uterus?
Why stop with the reproductive system? "That Mexican food! One of our stomachs is killing me!"
I'm not being contrary. I'm being pedantic.That's exactly who they are for and I'm sure scotpens knows that and is just being contrary.Indeed. I gather the groups are for loved ones of people who committed suicide, not for people who've tried and failed?Getting a bit OT, but I've heard of support groups for "suicide survivors."
Which, of course, is an oxymoron.
"We have been battling..." is sort of sweet, because support people do take part in the overall "battle". But having radiation is a very specific physical process, so the "we" language seems more inappropriate than sweet.
I don't really relate to the whole battle/warrior family of metaphors for cancer anyway. But that's another issue.
I'd agree. Odd sort of phrasing.
Here's an interesting article on that very subject.
^ Excellent article! Thanks for posting it, scotpens.
Very excellent article indeed. I had a conversation about this with hubby recently, and this puts into words exactly what I was trying to say.
Isn't that how we got Eric Cartman?
