Meghan holding bump?

A woman such aa Megan ?

Oh dear, a woman such as Megan, that reminds me of earlier posts that suggest that as an actor, Megan is frankly 'no better than she ought to be'. A saying used here in the north west, by older women when discussing floozies. Well, it was when I was a lass, thankfully, it isn't an expression I've heard for over 50 years.

A woman such as Megan yes, wealthy, privileged , healthy , i was responded to ‘

‘ don’t torture ourselves by looking.

I replied ‘ I certaintly don’t torture myself over a woman such as Megan’ ,

Got it now? Why do some look for mud when there isn’t any

They don't get congratulated enough for achieving and maintaining a pregnancy

OMG!!! Let's hope this is not the next bloody awful trend!

Women/females (?) of the species, have been having babies since the first bits of the primordial soup!

I am reminded of pregnant women working in paddy fields who literally crouch down, have their babies and then place it on a sling on their backs. (Hopefully today they are given a bit of leave before returning to work.) Whilst feeling very sorry for those who miscarry in pregnancy, please let us not elevate pregnant women to heroic status! Please no!

We have social media to do that for us, plus the gushing press to see Meghan and her bump as something special.

Sigh.

Does a woman achieve pregnancy on her own ?

Perhaps not so much looking for mud, rather rightly or wrongly believing/ interpreting it as being flung.

Yet again , I’m sorry Annie, what does your last comment mean ?

Then wrongly interpretating it as being thrown

The men and women who are, by birth or by marriage, part of the royal family are all wealthy, privileged and in receipt of the very best health care. Why do you appear to think that these factors are especially noteworthy with regard to Meghan Markle and justify her being described as "a woman such as her" anniebach?

I have explained what I meant , this looking for mud where there isn’t any seems to be a new game.

I think the phrase "a woman such as her" sums up what you've said, eloethan: someone rich and married into the royal family. I don't think it was used insultingly or critically.

ruthie, I think everyone who is so much in the public eye has to act to some extent when they know they are on view. Even Diana learned how to act. Thank goodness Meghan has some acting skills.

Teaching skills are often based on acting too.

Thank you Baggs

Silly me, it has just been explained to me what you were suggesting I meant. So wrong , one of my dearest friends is an actor. I had a loving relationship with a black South African priest and also with a lovely man from St.Kitts.

So wrong were you not? nasty too

On a different note, apparently Meghan speaks Spanish and is brushing up on her French.

What a nice change it will be to have a member of the Royal family addressing people in their own language without an apology before they even start, followed by a few self conscious words in an excruciatingly poor accent then reverting to English.

We can but hope?

Several of the Windsors speak French

Well - Meghan is right!

Research has shown that babies in the womb respond to their mother's touch. They have done experiments with fathers touching 'the bump' (little reaction), strangers touching 'the bump' (no reaction) but when mum-to-be touches 'the bump' there is a strong reaction from the baby.

So carry on regardless, Meghan.

Thanks Jalima ?

Never mind touching her bump. I wish she'd stop giving DH ideas.

I went to make a cup of tea this afternoon and saw he'd written, 'Don't forget my coffee' on one of the two remaining bananas and 'I'll be in the workshop' on the other one.

I wish there had been a third then I could have decorated it with a short phrase ending in 'off'

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Just been watching The One Show about babies responding to mums touch and immediately thought about Meghan and this thread. Maybe Meghan knew already!

Surely it is a natural reaction to place hands on your bump, just not walking around the town , it’s bonding between mother and baby

Merlotgran, thanks for making me laugh - best comment on bananagate ?

I laughed out loud at Meghan's uplifting messages on the bananas, and thought of sharing them on here. I am glad that I did not.
The next day I read a newspaper article detailing the type of online abuse aimed at her and the Duchess of Cambridge via Kensington Palace Instagram and Twitter accounts. 'Many of the comments are racist, the majority are sexist, and some are utterly, utterly mad; vicious and disturbing abuse.' (Sunday Telegraph).
Some of the comments on here are surprisingly personally unpleasant, if repetitive, and the same people keep making them. Why?

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My two remaining bananas are not fit for writing on, they are for the compost in the morning.

Men would find it hard to give birth to a jelly baby let alone a fully-formed infant.
This is to those editors who think fit to have a grouse about Meghan.