Topic:
Humor
Source:
Gossiping with my girlfriend today and finding out one of my friends is 8
months pregnant.
Relation:
Our textbook goes over how humor works its ways into different cultures.
Description:
On our way back from Wal-Mart, my girlfriend said that one of my old best
friends is now pregnant. Before I could say any response, she also said she was
due in April! I couldn’t help myself and started busting into hilarious cries
of laughter. Asking her how she found out, I still didn’t believe her. I still
didn’t understand how I couldn’t have known how one of my best friends was
pregnant almost until she had the baby. And yet I found this funny.
Analysis/Comments:
After the conversation I was wondering why I thought it was funny that one of
my old best friends was pregnant. It could’ve been to the fact that I almost
missed her whole pregnancy without even knowing. It also could’ve been since I
was hearing it from another person, other than the one that was having the
baby. But still, why was it funny to me? I came to the conclusion that when you’re
little, or younger, you always dream about what your life will be like when you
get older. How it’s going to be perfect and everyone’s going to be happy. And
when I found out she was pregnant at the age of 18, it made me laugh because it’s
not how you pictured it when you were younger. It’s like watching a movie with
a crazy and twisted ending to it. When it happens to you and your friends, it’s
more funny, since out of all the dreams and goals you set for you and friends,
it always seems like it’s the ending that no one thought of happens. This in
turn stimulates one’s laughter at one’s self for ruling out some of the
possibilities of what can happen in life.
I think you're right to conclude that your laughter was due to the sheer unexpectedness of the news of your friend's pregnancy. Whenever I hear that someone who I haven't heard from in a long time is pregnant, I am usually a bit shocked but then I guess I do let out a little giggle. I just never imagined that I would be hearing "oh, so-and-so's pregnant" all the time!
ReplyDeleteI too like Cam wrote when I hear that one of my friends is pregnant or that some one close to me has had a baby already I am usually pretty shocked. But like you said its the unexpected, those possibilities of certain things that can happen in life does bring a giggle.
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