Her most recent post is about the "expecting mother privileges" that she should get because she is technically an expectant mother too and one of these privileges she thinks she should get includes the "expecting mother" parking space. Later, in the comments, one of her supporters talks about how she gleefully parks in the expectant mother spots and loved it when she saw that she had pulled in ahead of an 8-month pregnant woman. Another reader then points out that it's fine to joke about it and whatever but to seriously get pleasure out of taking a good parking spot from a PREGNANT woman? That's a little wrong.

Then what happens? Everyone starts jumping on the lady that says, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't be so bitter that we blame all pregnant women for our infertility and steal their parking spaces." I have to say, people were claiming its acceptable for adopting women to take "expectant mother" parking spots because they are technically expecting mothers, but I think they're missing the point of why pregnant women are supposed to get those spots. It's not because they're *special* or society is *bowing at their feet for the great feat of being pregnant* but simply that we recognize pregnant women are big and their backs hurt and their feet are swollen and they are, for all intensive purposes, essentially handicapped peoples. This is why they get good parking spots, not because they're expecting mothers. I would think it's pretty wrong for a 3-month, low-risk, pregnant woman to take one of these spots as well.

Anyway, where was I going with that. Oh yes, I was just thinking it's too bad because this woman used to be entertaining but now it's just getting kind of sad. It's like people can't experience suffering without hating those who haven't suffered in the same way. I don't know if I'm fertile or infertile but I know that if I CAN get pregnant I WILL have a high-risk pregnancy simply because of the nature of my condition. And I've experienced my own share of physical disability. It seems like this woman has started to believe that every pregnant woman is out to get her and they are all out to throw their fertility in her face. When I was totally crippled by my arthritis pain I didn't feel offended by the sight of every healthy normal person. I did entreat them to appreciate and not take for granted their health, but I don't think I ever felt bitter at THEM for MY condition.

I don't know, I guess I can't say I know the pain of infertility, I guess I can see how it must be a very uniquely painful thing to deal with, but then a lot of things are uniquely painful. And it doesn't give us the right to become so bitter at people who've done nothing except NOT be afflicted with whatever is hurting us. So anyway, that's why I won't read her site anymore. But I WILL still use her blogroll, cause she's got plenty of non-bitter blogs on there.