If someone wrote a love song about parenting, for me, it would be like a Simon and Garfunkel song: intricate and sometimes quirky, with lyrics that are purposeful and elegant in their construction, even if I don't notice at first.
Even if I failed to notice it for many years, it didn't take much detective work to realise that I am inhabited by a Wise Old Man, who is constantly challenged by a vivacious young female.
So all you can get, even if I don't notice you waving a POS terminal an inch from my arse, is the name, card number and expiry date (none of which are secret).
Even if people notice I'm pregnant and I manage to squeeze past the door area to the seating section to improve my chances, I still end up standing.
I can't articulate why this has happened, if it was intentional or if they even noticed this pattern, but I noticed.
"'Cos, erm, I notice it even if I miss a couple of my tablets, I'll be like erm, 'cos I'm really forgetful sometimes I forget to take them and then like I'll be outside and I'll just think oh like I need to take them 'cos they're like um, just like noises are annoying me" [P20].
Even if they noticed a rival's strategic move, they did not respond to it, 17% of our survey participants reported.
"They didn't seem to notice me, even if I was literally over their shoulders.
Then on one particularly ill-fated attempt at Bikram yoga, when the instructor literally had to stop class to prevent me from passing out in a New York City heatwave, I realized: Even if people notice you, no one really cares.
Even if they had noticed, people wouldn't have known what it was.
Even if you are noticed, you might well be excused for any relatively small lapses.
