Last week, I met up with a bunch of Stirrup Queens (Mel, LJ, Murgdan, Barren, N, J… am I missing anyone?) for ice cream. Since it fell on a Thursday, my typical day to get to see Barren, but also a day when I was feeling particularly antisocial, the lovely Ms. Barren convinced me that it would be good for me to get out and go hang out with these lovely ladies for the evening. So hang out I did, and she was right, I had a lovely time, as I knew I would, antisocial status and all. (Nothing against anyone else – I just get into my little funks and I have a hard time getting out of them and when I’m there, I get antisocial – don’t take it personally).
But after we finished ice cream and we were disbanding, I told Barren I’d drive her home (it’s not entirely altruistic, mind you, it’s a selfish way to get to spend quality 1-on-1 time with her, but don’t tell her that! It can be our little secret, okay?). But first she had to run over to the bookstore with me to pick up a book that my therapist wanted me to read called: Stop Walking on Eggshells which was located in the section on “Personality Disorders.”
While perusing the shelves in search of my book, I stopped short, because this is what we saw:
What I found particularly humorous was that there wasn’t just one fertility book there – that could have just been a filing error (but, um, hello? That’s one HECK of a filing error!) – but there were two! The Fertility Diet AND Taking Charge of Your Fertility! (Now, admittedly, I so despise TCOYF that I think it kind of does belong in the “personality disorders” section… or at least maybe I belonged in the personality disorders section after having read it, but I’m sure that was a bit of an overreaction on my part. )
Well, I always knew we were a little bit crazy. It’s all those hormones. Or maybe just the waiting. Or the stupid things people say to us. Yes, I think it’s that last one. Like, “Just relax” or “if you just stop thinking about it or adopt, you’ll get pregnant.” Or “Have you tried propping your hips up?”
Yes, those things would give anyone a little bit of a personality disorder, don’t you think?
ChezPerky 
LOL…
someone else who loathes TCOYF! I thought I was the only one. I think it belongs on the top of a banned list somewhere…
Yes they most certainly would….and did me for a long time. Glad you snuck out of your shell. I’m a bit antisocial myself (at least in the group setting)….so it was nice to meet you. Glad you decided to venture out on that night. 🙂
HA! You may not start out on the TTC journey with a personality disorder, but give it a few cycles and you will get there for sure!
Gee, you don’t like TCOYF? I read it and did what it said. Obsessed about things I shouldn’t. Took my temperature for a year. Drove my husband nuts . It made me crazy but it sure as hell didn’t make me pregnant.
Let me know if you like the “Stop Walking on Eggshells” book. My therapist actually recommended it to someone I know who’s seeing her as well. Also, if you can e-mail me your password for your protected posts, that would be nice.
I’d like to hear your input on the Eggshells book too if you have any.
And yes, I’m crazy too.
I have to admit that I did like TCOYF but I read it a long time ago before I started trying (back when I thought all I needed was a little bit of sperm) and what I liked was that it basically gave fertile women an option other than bcps. I would have liked to have read it back when I was younger and actually worried about getting pregnant and while I was hating bcps.
HA! and… WEIRD.
Maybe it’s my overies that have the personality disorder?
hilarious to find that there!
The store clearly is lax in its matching the labels to the actual books on the shelves (resisting the urge to show my psychology training and list all of the officially recognized PDs here), but that book did make me crazy! The people it “works” for are the people who would’ve gotten pregnant in a couple of months anyway! I HATE when people ask me, “Did you know you can take your temperature and watch your mucous to get pregnant?” Arg!