Watch your mouth

Today after my weekly therapy appointment (which is great by the way, really changing the way I process and perceive myself and the things around me) I went to get my hair cut. I mentioned to the stylist that I was going to visit my friend who recently gave birth to quadruplets. She didn't say anything for a second, then said something like, "She must have taken the pills, right?" Which is really none of her business, but yes in fact she did. Then she proceeded to go on a mini rant about how she thinks that reproduction really isn't something to be "messed with" and that she thinks some people can't have kids for a reason, etc., etc. I mostly tuned out, but am pretty sure she included some comment about how it's dangerous when you start playing God too.

I was shocked. It felt like the kind of completely inappropriate thing that Michael Scott would say to the woman who just got pregnant through IVF, making everyone really uncomfortable (if you don't watch The Office, you should).

Especially in this area where it seems like every other woman you talk to has had some type of fertility treatment. Who does this woman think she is? Does she live in the same world I do? Since when is it only OK for the sick and dying take advantage of every advanced medical technology available while those trying to create life are restricted and accused of "playing God"? I guess there must also be a "reason" that couples and single women much less "fit" to be parents than we are have more kids than they can take care of. I kept my mouth shut, neither agreeing or disagreeing. My therapist would probably say I should have spoken up for myself, but I didn't. Maybe I'll be more prepared next time.