Random Thought of the Day

Week 26 has brought me the dreaded feet aches.  I don't know how ladies with non-desk jobs survive this part of pregnancy - all of the sudden my feet hurt all the time - like when I wake up in the morning before I even get out of bed!  Craziness.  The feet aches got me thinking about the phrases "barefoot & pregnant" or "barefoot, pregnant & in the kitchen".  What ridiculous phrases!  I can't stand being barefoot right now, unless my feet are soaking in water, and I definitely don't want to be standing barefoot on the hard tile floor in my kitchen.  I figure some man, or woman who has never been pregnant must have come up with the phrase.  So I google.  Here's what Wikipedia had to say...

"Barefoot and pregnant" is a phrase most commonly associated with the controversial idea that women should not work outside the home and should have many children during their reproductive years. It has several other meanings as well. It is a figure of speech. A common assumption is that the expression relates to housewives not leaving the home, and thus not needing shoes.

The phrase "barefoot and pregnant" was probably first used sometime in the late 1940s. An article from 1949 states, "By early 1949, TWA was—in the words of its new president, Ralph S. Damon—both 'barefoot and pregnant.'"^[1] Its usage may date as early as the 1910s. An article published in 1958 states the phrase was first used by a "Dr. Hertzler" 40 years earlier. "Some forty years ago, Dr. Hertzler advanced a hypothesis which young women of today seem bent on proving correct. 'The only way to keep a woman happy,' he said, 'is to keep her barefoot and pregnant."

Can't say I'm a fan.  I don't know about those ladies from the 1910's, but I think pregnant with lots of foot massages sounds like a much better way to keep a woman happy!  Speaking of which - a big thank you to my wonderful husband for the awesome massage pass for 5 visits you gave me for Mother's Day!! I can't wait to get my feet rubbed :)