Reenie's Ramblings

Why are pants a "pair"?  Isnt there only 1?  When you say, " I went to the store to buy a pair of pants"  Isnt it a little weird that 1) its a pairs, and, 2) pants is plural? We don't say "I want a bought a pair of shirts"... this would imply we bought more than one... so why is this the way we talk about pants?? Now, a PAIR of shoes makes sense because there are 2, its a set.  Pants are a single item of clothing. I find it confusing. Another thing: The word: Couple "I have a couple of friends" Shouldn't this mean 2? We don't typically use this word that way though. A friend of mine who is a teacher was telling me a little while ago about something his students mentioned. The word: pint They pronounced it to sound like mint.... then you start thinking. lint Clint mint hint stint tint They ALL sound the same... so why doesn't pint get pronounced the same?? Its questions like these above and those of sim

A few years ago, I was at Christmas dinner with family and friends... a few comments were made about "If you just ate one less roll...." hints about weight loss.  I had been feeling bad for a while... had just gone through a scary pregnancy a year prior that left me with very bad infections needing several shots and monitoring to recover from..  I was definitely heavy and knew it, but also had been feeling very poorly. Turns out I was 3 months pregnant.   I found out I was pregnant one week before I miscarried. (It took me so long to realize I was pregnant because I didn't think it was possible to get pregnant at that point so I denied my signs.) The week I miscarried was the week my Dad went in for surgery because his cancer was back. Since so many didn't know I was even pregnant, and because so much was going on, it was a little secret I dealt with that only my sister and a very close friend new about. I was weary, emotionally exhausted and still had a littl