Monday, November 07, 2005

Men with 'womens troubles'

Working for a brewery, it can be said that the atmosphere is somewhat 'masculine'. It's not as much of a boys club as the last place, but there is still a certain amount of testicle scratching that goes on.
So, I have to say the conversation that went on the other day was a little...disturbing.
See, I used to work in an environment that was predominately female. Also, I was the only one who didn't have any children, I being blessed with a disposition that keeps me well clear of the extra element required to produce rug rats. This meant I had to spend a lot of my time with my fingers in my ears singing 'la la la' at the top of my voice, so I wouldn't have to hear yet another round of 'my experience of giving birth was more painful/gross/surgical difficult than yours'. In excruciating detail, I would hear about stitches, epidurals, blood, after-birth and anything else you can think of that would make even the most strong of stomach want to regurgitate their lunch, as these women would try to outdo each other to see whose pregnancy/birth was the worst. If I ever wanted children, I certainly would have that thought totally kicked out of my system after that.
So it was with great relief that I entered this male-domain of beer making. But it was a feeling that was to be short lived. Yes, to my total disbelief, the boys started a conversation about how incredible gross their wives pregnancy/childbirth was. And the even managed to outdo the women, with one describing in great detail his wife's caesarean, including the bit where the anaesthetic didn't work and she could feel the various surgical procedures being carried out.
It was really gut-wrenchingly revolting.
Bastards.

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