Attack of the Pregnant Women

One of the perks of being pregnant is getting a seat on the bus/train, right? WRONG!  If you live in the wonderful city of New York, no one gives a damn about your fat ass pregnancy.  My mother was the first to tell me that even into her 8th month, no one gave up their seat on the train.  More recently, one of my friends was pregnant and she also confirmed that very rarely is someone nice enough to actually offer their seat to a pregnant woman.  If you are one of the lucky ones that gets a seat, it is typically from other women who likely experienced pregnancy and know how difficult it can get to stand in those later months.  What I admired about my friend was that she used to march right up to the section in the front of the train car labeled "priority seating" and say, "Ahem, move it!"
Today I had an interesting commute because within two feet of me, there were 3 other pregnant women (I was the only idiot fashionista wearing heels).   At first it was just me and another pregnant woman, who was probably about 5/6 months along.  An elderly lady sitting down was the only one to get up and offer her seat to this woman.  After a few stops, 2 more pregnant women get on (one about 6/7 months along and another probably 8 or even 9).  Of course no one offers them a seat, but one frees up and the less pregnant of the two (who was closer to the seat) was kind enough to give up the seat to the lady that was probably about to give birth in a few hours.
What is the world is coming to when pregnant women are giving up seats to one another based on who is further along?  What a sad city we live in!  Meanwhile, the train cars are filled with young wall street types averting their eyes and pretending not too see the poor pregnant souls who lost their center of gravity along with their hourglass figure.


Gene's Corner:
The Freedom Theory:

The Freedom Theory states that when your wife gets pregnant you will technically be more in control over your actions than during your marriage stage. 

To better understand the Freedom Theory we must first understand the chain of command:

Chain of Command for married couple:  Wife - 85%, Husband - 15%

Chain of Command for married couple with pregnant wife: Fetus - 85%, Wife - 15%, Husband - a smidge greater than 0, but nowhere close to 1

So how is it that a husband is more free when his wife is pregnant?  Simple, the fetus is 50% husband, 50% wife. Therefore, 85% / 2 = 42.5% which is greater than 15% (by a lot).   So now when my wife tells me to vacuum, 42.5% of that decision was made by me.