Middlesex+journal+entry+3

I think there is definitely something I can think of that my family does not choose to talk about with other people (if that makes sense), but I have never really regarded it as a "secret." (At least not in the secretive way they do in //Middlesex//). There are also little things that happen that my family chooses to laugh about and just "keep within the family." I guess those could be considered secrets as well. In general, I think I may have some trust issues with people..(usually my friends) so there are some things that I wish I could/want to talk to my friends about but I am not quite sure if I should. Usually, if it is something really hard not to talk about/that is really bothering me, it does, in colloquial terms "eat me up inside," but I do my best to shove it away and concentrate on other things.

1. Aeron: I did not know what an "Aeron" chair was as it is used on page 37. But then I just found out it is a type of desk chair/product chair..I thought it was an allusion. Woops. http://www.officedesigns.com/product-exec/product_id/1051/pn/Aeron_Chair?cid=4770^[aeron]^GGL&gclid=COy5_diQlqwCFcx-5QodOHYINg Consanguinity (116): This means related by blood. (I kind of got this definition from reading it in context..I thought it meant directly intermarrying within the family but I just clarified it).

3. I am confused as to why everyone was so baffled by the fact that Lina and Desdemona got pregnant at the same time. By living together, they were probably getting on the same menstrual cycle so it makes sense that they got pregnant at the same time.