Is she…educated?
Being somewhat compulsive/impulsive and possessed of the conviction that I’m providing a service to those who need to know what I am thinking at any given moment, I tend to blog things right away. Or not at all. (Old news, right?) But what I have here is an incident that left me so apoplectic that I had to give myself a good eight days to cool down before I could come close to composing my thoughts.

A former co-worker was dropping something off at the rectory and stuck her head in my office to say “hi.” Things stayed cordial. Just barely. A few other women wandered in and the conversation turned to grandchildren, families, etc. And family size Then somebody had to mention the Duggar family and I cheerfully (and really with all honest enthusiasm and admiration) mentioned that they were expecting their 18th baby. I find 18 to be a mind boggling number. (I mean, really, if six is the new twelve…?) But this woman, whose response, based on past experience, I should have predicted, looked at me and said, “Is she [big pause] educated?”

That’s right, baby. Anyone who has more than two children must be a card carrying UnMensa member. I don’t think I screamed. Or if I did, everyone is really, really scared of me and doesn’t want to mention it.