The Holidays are here. Blast.
Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas more than the next person.
But, the holidays tend to be a constant reminder that another
year has gone by and my uterus is still empty.
I decided to create a little drinking game to get through Thanksgiving tomorrow.
Play along.
Rules: Make sure you have plenty of alcohol on hand before starting.
Drink = a hefty swig of the adult beverage of your choice, no sipping
You are headed to your inlaws for the day - take a drink
The first post on your Facebook timeline is a picture of a friends baby - take a drink
Each additional baby picture post on Facebook - take a drink
Every time someone refers to their baby as "little turkey" - take a drink
A family member asks when you are getting pregnant - take 2 drinks
Your sister/brother/cousin/family member has an "announcement" to make - drink a bottle
Every Facebook post referring to a child being who they are thankful for - take 2 drinks
Your friend you would have shared a due date with had your last cycle worked
posts how she is 37 weeks and ready to have this baby - drink 2 bottles
At dinner when asked what you are thankful for this year you reply; Clomid, Gonal F, progesterone and the dil.do cam at your RE's office - take 4 drinks
You are thankful for your Reproductive Endo and nurses - take 2 drinks
You find yourself in the bathroom with said adult beverage, crying because you swore
by Thanksgiving this year you would be pregnant - drink a bottle
Every pregnancy announcement the past year you replied "congrats" instead
of "i-hate-you-why-you-and-not-me" - take a drink
You are thankful for the online community of friends you have never met but
offer more love and support than most IRL friends - take a drink
You have to excuse yourself from the table to give yourself an injection - take a drink
You are in the middle of the 2WW - take a drink
You had to reschedule when you are eating because T.I. fell right in the middle of dinner -
take a drink
A family member "knows" your pain because they tried for 3 whole months - take 3 drinks
You have to work Black Friday, and you work at a baby store - drink a bottle
A family member gives you their baby so you can "get practice" - take two drinks
You are told: just relax/ get drunk/ it will happen when it's supposed to/take a vacation/
once you stop trying it will happen - take a drink per comment
Aunt SoandSo comments "if it was meant to happen, it would happen" - take 2 drinks
Your dad/FIL/brother/uncle/cousins hands your husband male en.hancement pills and says
"this should get her pregnant" - take 3 drinks
You get home and completely lose it emotionally because another year has gone by -
drink another bottle
Well friends, by now you should be good and wasted. I know that's my plan for tomorrow.
Don't get me wrong, I have so much to be thankful for this year, and I really am.
But I'd be lying if I acted like it's not hard to keep things in perspective when the only thing in the world I want is to be a mom and it still hasn't happened.
Happy Thanksgiving Friends!
