Annoying questions you get asked?

Erika161

At my stepson's birthday party his mom's sister in law asked me how much weight I have gained. Wtf?! Not even my best friends have asked me that.

chauntaetor

The are you sure your not having twins one gets me every time or when people say your not going to make it to March... She is due the 19th it's my first and I'm big I know. But I have gestational diabetes so when people say I'm gonna have a big baby I just cry. It's usually the old ladies at my church and I'm the pastors wife. Can't get crabby but I'd like to deck them.

5feetshort

Got asked about the name. When I said we weren't telling anyone I was asked for an initial. When I said no I got accused of telling my best friend. No. When I say we aren't telling anyone I mean anyone not just you.

vms91

I got asked by one of my partners male friends if i was going to breastfeed... umm how is this any of your concern and when did he decide said question was appropriate. I was just like whatever happens will happen

jnowosielski

lorindriel said:

Whenever people ask how I'm feeling I always say "Not great because I'm pregnant and in the third trimester." Most of them have stopped asking after I get Real with them. Because seriously.

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THIS. I'm a bit of an open book to begin with. When people ask how I'm feeling I usually say "like shit" because it's true. The questions have slowed a bit.

nvysis76

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Ladylec

"Are you going to give up on breast feeding early like you did with your son?"

My son had issues with taking the breast so I ended up exclusively pumping for 7 months which was the main reason for my PPD and why I eventually stopped after months of anger, self loathing, guilt and tears. 

lisap0924

My SS's BM is over the top. I barely like her to begin with but she always has "mom of the year" comments towards me (mind you-her son lives with me and my husband-that's how much of a mom of the year she is)
She always rubs and talks to my belly. She has kissed it before (the only other person who has kissed my belly is my husband) and on Christmas when she picked up SS and rubbed my belly she said "how come that little boy never kicks when I rub your belly" I wanted to answer: because you are annoying and he already knows it!

createmagic14

Are you still working?

What the hell else would I be doing? Still got 12 more weeks people, and I have not hit the lottery, so yes, still working.

jpavenski

I ha

AleWife said:

ruemorgan said:

Obviously "how are you feeling?"

I cant explain it, but I hate "how many months are you?" I think it bothers me because so much happens to a fetus week to week. I always reply with how many weeks I am.

And lately ive been annoyed when they ask how far along I am because everyone says how small I am and then they give me this look. And that look makes me feel like "dont you dare imply something is wrong or my baby is unhealthy, he's perfect!"

I find most people are far too lazy to do math. Hence, "How many months?" is the question. And they're the same people who really have no idea what size you should be anyway. Obnoxious!

i hate when people ask how many months & then are annoyed when you answer in weeks!

jpavenski

Also the name question & as soon as I say it's another boy, I get the "are you gonna go for a third to get a girl"?!!! So annoying, pretty sure there is no way to guarantee a girl so that fact makes far the stupidest question ever!

djoliet

Really for me it's people asking how to pronounce the name we picked for Baby Girl. I don't know how many times we were asked over christmas and how many times we had to pronounce it.

mangomimosa

This thread makes me wonder - what IS ok to ask a pregnant woman? I have no clue. I usually ignore a woman's pregnancy unless she brings it up, but for close friends/family I feel ok asking. I totally ask how they are doing and dumb stuff like "Are you excited yet!?!" (It's taken me a long time to get excited...) and the boy or girl, do you have a name, etc -- I mean, what else can you even say? Just totally ignore it? Go on her cues? None of this stuff bothers me except the weight gain/ready to pop/twins??, breast/bottle, circ/intact, med-free/epidural questions.

scrappypom

jpavenski said:

I ha

AleWife said:

ruemorgan said:

Obviously "how are you feeling?"

I cant explain it, but I hate "how many months are you?" I think it bothers me because so much happens to a fetus week to week. I always reply with how many weeks I am.

And lately ive been annoyed when they ask how far along I am because everyone says how small I am and then they give me this look. And that look makes me feel like "dont you dare imply something is wrong or my baby is unhealthy, he's perfect!"

I find most people are far too lazy to do math. Hence, "How many months?" is the question. And they're the same people who really have no idea what size you should be anyway. Obnoxious!

i hate when people ask how many months & then are annoyed when you answer in weeks!



I don't expect non pregnant people to care about what happens week by week. And it's not like there are exactly 4 weeks in a month (unless we're talking about February), so I try to answer in months. I don't want to end up being one of those people that answers '27 months' instead of 'she's 2!'