Monday, 9 April 2012

Breast Reduction Woes


Dear World

It starts out harmless… I wanted to sit down with my mother and discuss the date I have set for my breast reduction.


Now it didn’t really dawn on me that I had been moseying about my merry way, going to doctors’ appointments and consultations with my wife, without ever mentioning it to my mother. I forgot that the reason I was keeping such a large milestone in my life to myself was because she is Old World European. In my case, a OWE is a 1950’s passport carrying babushka from Hungary, who still believes that men should be the sole bread winners of a family and women stay home and cook. 
Clearly the "man" part was never happening, though she got over that after six years. So I foolishly thought that reducing my bust would be a cake walk conversation….I.Was.Wrong ! Her brain could not get over why a woman would want to take away “god given breasts that men deserve to have”. 
A snake bite on my face would have made more sense than that comment...

After an hour of going through the procedure and explaining that I was trying to alleviate pain that has been plaguing my back for years; she cracked. What spewed out was the most nonsensical gibberish since a crazy TA attending a teachers conference I spoke at stood up and said that “ Catholics love gays…you just can’t admit you are one”. Long story short… I ended up taking off my shirt and bind to show her that my bust had been carefully concealed for years; her response was “breast feeding will be good for you baba”.

Tips:
11)      If you have a mother over 50, and she is from A European country: Don’t be discouraged by her inability to grasp certain situations.

22)      If you’re experiencing major pain or discomfort from the size of your breasts; consult a doctor because treatment and/or reduction surgery could be covered.

33)      Love life, Live to love; especially yourself :D !

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