Insult To Injury; An Anecdote (A short account of an interesting or humorous incident, intended to illustrate or support some point)

My new nephew (4 weeks) came to visit me today.

Let me set the scene.

I am wearing compression stockings (full length,right up to my now uber flabby thighs thanks to months of being too unwell to exercise properly). Over this some loose black full length flared lycra tracksuit bottoms, on the upper half a thigh length shirt (also with a good % of lycra), three sizes too big.

This morning our hot water stopped working so I had to call in the plumber. When he arrived I greeted him holding nephew.

He told me he needed to call the gas company as he couldn't fix the system. "Usually", he said, "they are very slow in getting back but don't worry, I told them it was urgent since you have a new baby. That always works" *insert wink.

As much as I wanted to say that my fattness, limp, bloated belly and lack of pride in my appearance was actually due to a swollen ovary caused by IVF surgery, I opted to smile and thank him.

The worst thing was that my mother (also present) thought it was hilarious and after he left relayed it all to me again, "He said it because you do look like you just had a baby, you really do!".

Oh, My, God.