baby boom! | 2002-06-12 - 9:22 p.m.


Concha read an art�culo in the newspaper about how hospitales all over los Estados Unidos are expecting a baby boom this summer. All the signs are there. Pregnancy-counseling centers can't seem to stock enough pregnancy tests to keep up with demand. Copias of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" are flying off the shelves of bookstores faster than you can say "mierda." Women all over the country are rondando the maternity section at Target and Ross with vicious singlemindedness, looking for that holy grail of maternity wear -- the flattering maternity swimsuit.

Baby booms are nothing nuevo, but what makes this one interesante is how it came into being. According to the pundits, the impending outbreak of deliveries is the direct and logical outcome of the trauma we as Americans all suffered on September 11th.

Concha's cousin Teresa didn't get the connection at first. "What's 9-11 got to do with people making babies?" she asked.

"Think about it, Teresita," I tried to explain. "On September 11th, we as a nation were suddenly brought cara a cara with our mortalidad; our fragilidad. As the twin towers collapsed, so too did the artificial barriers we had erected between ourselves and our ...."

"Oh, I get it," Teresa said, nodding. "People started having comfort sex."

"Comfort sex my ass," Concha snorted scornfully. "More like frantic 'we're-all-gonna-die' sex," she said, with the air of someone who knows.

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