Presumptuous Expressions
I detest the following two expressions:
1. "Jane and John are expecting their first child." Let's unpack the ignorance:
--Maybe Jane and John only want one child
--Maybe Jane and John have serious infertility issues, went into $100K of debt for treatments to have this one baby, and can't afford another one
--You never know, Jane could develop a major health problem toward the end of pregnancy or during birth, so bad that the doctors would tell her she'd die if she tried to have another child
2. "Shall I schedule you for a cut'n'color?" Actually I've probably groused about this one before, but when did it become the default that everyone -- every woman, anyway -- colors his/her hair? When I noticed salons starting to ask this question if you called to make an appointment, I started getting my hair cut ONLY at Fantastic Sam's and Supercuts type places where they don't even DO coloring.
Hmph.
Comments
I'm not sure their first
I'm not sure their first child implies there will be a second so much as it conveys that their hasn't been a first already. it's a real different thing, the inaugural baby.
Hair
My favorite is when the person cutting my hair says something along the lines of: "I see you have 1 or 2 gray hairs. Would you like to color your hair?" I mean, really! Of course, then there are the other people who ask me who I have color my hair (I don't). I'm never sure whether this is an insult or a compliment.
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hair
2 Board Alley
I started getting the "hints" about the grey hairs in my thirties--I ignored the hints. Today, I am happy with my hairdresser who doesn't try to unload the store's inventory on me and isn't shocked by my grey hairs.