No, I’m not pregnant.
Just in case you were wondering.
Don’t laugh – I posted this as my status on Facebook yesterday and my buddy Chris Munson half-jokingly asked if I was expecting.
See, here’s what’s going on.
Yesterday, one of my FB friends updated her status that for her, it was twelve weeks and she was craving Skittles.
Okay… I know that she just changed her relationship status from “in a relationship” to “single,” so if this is what I think it is, she might want to consider changing her status to “shotgun wedding.”
That was until I saw that another one of my FB friends said that she was five weeks and craving pickles.
Now one of two things is going on here.
(A) There’s a baby boom a’ brewin…
Or, the more logical conclusion –
(B) There’s a new Facebook status game a’ brewin.
And yep, it’s B.
In an effort to raise awareness about breast cancer – similar to the FB game about the color of a person’s brassiere, or where they like to keep their handbag – people are encouraged to post that they are _____________ weeks, and that they are craving ________________. The joke is that the first blank would be filled in with an answer from column “A” – denoting the month of your birth – and the second blank would be filled in with an answer from column “B” – denoting the day of your birth. You know, similar to creating your “adult film star” name by combining the name of the first pet you ever truly loved, with the street you grew up on. With so many streets in my past, I’ll just take “Vincent So. Boulevard” and go from there.
Okay, so pick from Column A:
It’s been:
January-1 week
Febuary-2 weeks
March-3 weeks
April-4 weeks
May-6 weeks
June-8 weeks
July-10 weeks
August-12 weeks
September-13 weeks
October-14 weeks
November-16 weeks
December-18 weeks
And now Column B, you’re craving:
1-Skittles
2-Starburst
3-KitKat
4-M&M’s
5-Sky Bar
6-Nestle’s Crunch
7-Dairy Milk
8-Lollipop
9-Peanut Butter Cups
10-Meatballs
11-Twizzlers
12-Bubble Gum
13-Hershey’s Kisses
14-Chocolate Mints
15-Twix
16-Resse’s Fastbreak
17-Fudge
18-Cherry Jell-O
19-Milky Way
20-Pickles
21-Creme Eggs
22-Skittles
23-Gummy Bears
24-Gummy Worms
25-Strawberry Pop Tarts
26-Starburst
27-Mini Eggs
28-Kit-Kat Chunkie
29-Double Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies
30-Smarties
31-Chocolate
Again, this is to encourage breast cancer awareness. Although this is a harmless viral social media game, breast cancer is not a game. It is very serious; every survivor of breast cancer should be applauded; every person battling breast cancer should be supported; and those who have lost their battle with breast cancer should be mourned. Early detection can save your life. Get tested and help fight for a cure.
And finally, for those of you who are angry that I posted the answers to this little game – if you were hoping all the men would keep guessing as to whether someone was expecting or not – people, it’s just a game. If I didn’t post the answers, someone else with the ability to find Google on a web browser would find it as well.
Besides, I’m not thrilled with the man-bashing e-mail that has been circulating regarding this little game. And I quote from the e-mail that has been circulating around the internet (emphasis added):
Ok pretty ladies, it’s that time of year again, in support of breast cancer awareness!! So we all remember last years game of writing your bra color as your status?…..or the way we like to have our handbag handy? Remember last year so many people took part that it made national news and, the constant updating of status reminded everyone why we’re doing this and helped raise awareness!! Do NOT tell any males what the status’ mean, keep them guessing!! And please copy and paste (in a message )this to all your female friends to see if we can make a bigger fuss this year than last year!!! I did my part… now YOUR turn ! Go on ladies…and let’s have all the males guessing! .. It’s time to confuse the men again (not that its really that hard to do 🙂 ) Everyone knows it makes their brains work wonders on what we’re talking about!! The idea is to choose the month you were born and the day you were born. Pass this on to the girls only and lets see how far it reaches around. The last one about the bra went round all over the world. So you’ll write… I’m (your birth month) weeks and I’m craving (your birth date)!!! as your status. Example: Feb 14th is: I’m 2 weeks and craving Chocolate mints!!
Well, I guess this “male” just went and spoiled all your fun. Sorry. My bad. 😉
But just to show that I actually do care about breast cancer awareness – I have known at least one person who underwent a double mastectomy to remove malignant tumors – I would instead recommend to you that for more information on what you can do to help find a cure for breast cancer, please visit the Susan G. Komen Foundation at this website. I’m sure they’d appreciate your help and your support.
Now where are those dang Strawberry Pop Tarts – and why can’t I find any sugar free ones?
Chuck The Writer 
I’ll be Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Sunday, October 16th in Washington Park.
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Thanks for the update! Phew, I was thinking someone was gonna have to make child support payments. Sorry about the man bashing – but it was good of you to note how serious Breast Cancer is and I applaud your efforts to get the word out!
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Ok, so I guess I should be craving Kit-Kats which is an issue because I can’t stand the things.
Keep up the good work Chuck. As you know, my ex-wife (And still good friend) is a breast cancer survivor as well as my aunt. It is great to see you are spreading the word.
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As a five year survivor, I thank you, Chuck!
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I have a concern with the “us against them” attitude of these things. Its as if women are claiming breast cancer only affects them, that it is a woman’s disease. First of all any cancer affects everyone in that person’s life: parents, spouse, children, all loved ones. Secondly, what about the thousands of men who will be diagnosed with this “woman’s disease”? I know proportionately women are much more likely to be diagnosed, but men get it too. Let’s ALL fight against breast cancer!
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@ justagirl:
I totally agree – that’s why I posted Miller’s explaination on my Facebook page.
Honestly, when I saw it, I… thought my friend was being a jerk. She’s the right age for pregnancy, and, well, quite a few of us were excited for her.
So, I shared it so people know she’s not being a jerk, she supports Breast Cancer Awareness – a very un-jerky thing to do.
I just wish that someone would have thought about guys’ feelings before doing this. It’s kind of a “Oh, you care about me?” ZAP!!! “HAHAHAHA!!!!” thing. Skinner would disapprove.
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Ah. I KNOW my post ended up in SPAM – apparently TU blogs does not like my website identifier!!!
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Chris – yes it did, I pulled it out of spam. Sometimes the spam filter catches a few dolphins when it’s really looking for tuna.
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I watched my sister get diagnosed with breast cancer, endure 2 painful operations, chemo, radiation, nausea, weight loss and hair loss. Then her breast cancer matastasized into ovarian cancer. I stood by helplessly, as she was handed a death sentence right up to when she took her last gasps of air. I don’t believe in fundraisers or lantern walks. I hate the color pink and wearing all the ribbons in the world won’t bring my sister back. So pardon me if I don’t readily jump on the Facebook campaign for cancer awareness bandwagon. If a cure does exist out there and I do believe that it does, mentioning bra colors or strawberry poptarts won’t make a hill of beans worth of difference.
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@ Chuck:
Thanks for rescuing me! 🙂 Your site has a lot to offer dolphins – plenty of smart niceness.
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