At 06:18 PM 9/1/97 +0100, you wrote: >lisa lisa lisa. > >my stance had always been that it was a typically male attitude to >assume that just because franny is questioning her life/spirituality, >she must be pregnant. kind of like men who dismiss genuine grievances >and PMS, and say 'oh it must be that time of the month'. > Well at times I have been accused in the past of having a more "male" attitude about things, and that I seemed to be more more "cold hearted" (this is probably not the correct term I am looking for, but close to it) about such matters. I am not disregarding that she could "not" be pregnant, because she is questioning her spirtualality/life, but just how she is precieving everything, and getting sick at the restaurant, and also just how she "is", my gut feeling, after growing through that little number myself when I was younger ("OHGODIWILLDOANYTHINGASLONGASIAMNOTPREGNANT"), and watching friends as well getting scared, it just seems to me that she *is* pregnant or (as you stated before) *isnt* pregnant and conviced she is. >however, i'm starting to rethink that. > >must read F&Z again. Agreed. Right now I am engrossed in two novels: servant of the bones by anne rice and "lila" by robert prisig. Must put those on hold and read franny again. now only if I can find it....(might still be packed away somewhere).. > >are you saying that: >1) franny is pregnant and doesn't know it? >2) franny is pregnant and knows it? >or >3) franny isn't pregnant but thinks she is? actually it could be a combination of: Franny is pregnant and knows it OR she really isn't pregnant, but think she is. > >answers on a postcard. competition ends 31 septmber. rules and >conditions apply. cool! i picked door number 4 what do i get?