And fuck you Dan, both for saying it and letting me think it was Robin/Alan who did.
Anyways, she is in a poetry MFA thing at UVA...so I mentioned our little dispute to her (as she's good at interpreting texts and whatnot). She replied as follows:
"Future brother-in-law,
I remember when this song first came out. Definitely thought it was about pregnancy.
But let's look more closely. She leads a lonely life (very sad.) She skips work to go tan at the beach and have fun. If "another baby" refers to another child, than we can assume she already has one child. Is this child going to go tanning with her? Is there a babysitter? A nanny? What effect will skipping work have on their financial situation? No, it all seems wrong. So I don't think she has children or wants more, unless she's very, very, irresponsible. But even then...if she doesn't want to take care of her current child, why would she want more? Unless she's the Octomom or something.
But I will say that the lyrics don't entirely rule out that possibility (that she's in search of another child, not that she's the Octomom.) While I personally think wanting "another baby" refers to wanting a one-night stand with a guy, there's no way to know that the other interpretation isn't correct."
So there...we all win.
Except Dan. Once again...Dan loses.
