Let's review the evidence: normal-physique woman, aged mid-thirties so almost certainly not post-menopausal, with multiple experience of pregnancy, and showing multiple obvious late-pregnancy symptoms (distended abdomen, no menstruation, waves of pain associated with contracting muscles, loss of fluid from vagina) goes to her doctor, and asks "what's wrong with me?" Experienced medical professionals answer "you're about to give birth". I'm going to say that the most parsimonious explanation for her behaviour is "stupid". We've pretty much eliminated the potentially explanatory variables - she's not obese, she's not inexperienced, there's no mention of what birth-control method she and her partner may have been using, so we have have no way to estimate the efficacy of such method, and there's no mention of any history of events that might have sterilized her (E.G. hysterectomy, ovarian cancer, etc.). Claiming "denial" does not render the verdict of "stupid" invalid - denial is a stupid thing to do, a stupid attitude to adopt, in many (if not most) situations. Yes, it's a coping strategy - but that doesn't mean there are not much better coping strategies available. Note that we're not jumping up and down and pointing while shouting. Tom did disguise her identity, it's not like he said "we went to Mrs. so-and-so, she's a moron LOL" (besides, that hardly seems like his style). We're laughing at an anonymous idiot on a blog. I'm not going to be wonderfully sympathetic to everyone - I feel that it's never wrong to laugh and be happy, and hearing about fools encountered by LAS makes me happy. The other stories related by other commenters do not necessarily fall into this category - particularly the 13-year-old mentioned by Maria. Yikes! While laughing at fools makes me happy, stories like that make me sad (for her) and angry (at the rapist). The whole thing really beggars comment. 38 Comments. ??