TRUE & JUST HAPPENED:

(Conversation today with me and a pregnant lady. This just happened. I feel only a little bit bad):

ME: Oh, when are you due?

PREGNANT LADY: July 10th

ME: Oh! A little Cancer baby! That’s great!

PREGNANT LADY: (looks a little taken a-back)

ME: Oh no! I meant the astrological sign!

PREGNANT LADY: Oh. Sure! (smiles but still looks a little uneasy as if to say :’I hope my baby doesn’t have cancer’)

ME: (making it aaaaaaall better) I’m sure your baby won’t have cancer!

PREGNANT LADY: Okay, bye!

Then I nearly said: “Okay then….have a good baby!” but thought better of it.
-J.