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0Yes, I hear it often, but the time factor is more often applied to the female alone.0-

0I hear it too, and I wish I didn't. It's certainly not correct. "My wife and I are expecting a baby" IS correct; my personal theory is that some people are so unwilling to use what they regard as a prim euphemism they they embrace this ridiculous construction. And "joy" doesn't satisfy me as an explanation either; however eagerly the baby's father may anticipate the birth, it doesn't make him p

0That's funny, Del, I have the opposite feeling. I think it's nice and shows that the pregnancy is a shared experience. Obviously, only the woman is going through the biological process of gestation, but they are both sharing the experience of the pregnancy.02br
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00As for the wife saying "when we were in medical school" - well, I have sympathy for that too. I expect HER j

0How funny - the doctor whose wife I remember most clearly as the one going on and on about "our residency" was in the military 05002br
00Didn't mean to express my opinion so obnoxiously. 010id1

0You didn't sound obnoxious - I just thought it was funny that we had such different opinions about "our" pregnancy. 050010id1

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Can you say a couple is pregnant like "My husband and I have been pregnant for 3 months"?Thanks!12blockquote

10 Only in the USA could it be acceptable to say something so ridiculous.02br
00The dictionary says it is an adjective applied to a female mammal bearing offspring. 0-

0Thank you for sharing your opinion.0-

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Thank you for sharing your opinion.12br
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10 You're welcome.0-