Innate Curiosity

Innate: "existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth"
Curiosity: "inquisitive interest in others' concerns" (Thank you, m-w.com)

Change the "from birth" to "by birth", and you have the subject of my posting. Innate curiosity = the intense desire in wanting to know another woman's plans for procreating.

I have questions:
~What makes people pressure a newliwed woman to reveal when she's having children?
~And, why is it that when a woman gets married, people start talking amongst themselves as to when she's going to get pregnant?
~What makes people ask a new mother, too exhausted by the rigors of sleepless nights to think straight, when she's having another? Or, even better, how many she's going to have?
~Why is it that people who have the answers to these questions are viewed as priviledged, and therefore better than everyone else?
~When someone complains of being tired and nauseous, why do people often assume the person is pregnant?

Even better, why are half of these aforementioned intrusive people complete strangers, people who are in no way connected to the assumed mother-to-be?

As you have determined by the tone of the post thus far, I have strong feelings that are a result of too often falling victom to these prying questions. I don't feel anyone should be privy to this very personal information except the two people most involved (Joe and I). This knowledge is not going to change lives, save the world, or affect how they interact with me (especially if we've never laid eyes on each other before, and never will again!).

Then, why is it I have to stop myself from becoming one of the prying, intrustive, pressuring people?

Dichotomy: "something with seemingly contradictory qualities"