It appears that someone at the Finnish Population register center thinks I’m pregnant. My pregnancy probably began sometime around January at the onset of the Finnish election for parliament. A candidate had sent a request to the register center and asked them to send out a letter to all Swedish speaking single moms in Helsinki. This to minimize her advertisement costs by directly targeting the group she would support if elected into parliament. I was one of the lucky few who received her letter. I do admit to being single, but where would the little offspring be hiding? I live in a one room-apartment so I think I would have noticed him/her by now.
The second confirmation of my motherhood came yesterday in an unmarked envelope addressed to me. When opening it I found a brochure where it was written in block letters: DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL WHILE PREGNANT!. I know I’ve gained some weight but seriously… I would just like to know who the person is that is spying on every Finnish citizen and who now have concluded that my protruding stomach is the cause of sex outside the marriage!
But maybe the letters will stop around September, the baby should at least be due at that time. Hopefully it won’t get worse, I can just see all the breast-pumpadvertisements and free samples of diapers piling up in my mailbox. Hmm, maybe this is the Universe’s way of telling me that my biological clock is ticking, as if I hadn’t realized it yet!
aaaaah! Ida har en blogg!!! Kan berätta för dig att det verkar som om alla finlandssvenska kvinnor i en viss ålder har fått hem samma broschyr…någon förebyggande kampanj var det visst. Stackars den riksdagskandidat som skickade reklam åt dig i januari…du röstade väl knappast på henne eftersom hon tog så fel 😉
Välkommen i bloggvärlden! Undrade just när den utlovade bloggen skulle komma igång. 🙂 Jag funderade också på om det var nåt slags pik när de skickade den där broschyren… Nån indirekt metod för att uppmuntra folk att skaffa barn lixom…
Hahahaha! This is hilarious! But at least it means that your social security policy is really good for women. 😛
By the way, Pan asked me whether you’re really pregnant or not after seeing your blog. Obviously her English has gone in to a really poor situation. I’ll laugh at her for you.
Great to see you have a blogsite in English!