May 2016 Moms

Comments from Strangers Thread

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  • My assistant superintendents daughter in law in pregnant too... So one day while we were making conversation about it he goes "yea, she isn't due until July so she hasn't gotten her pudge like you have yet." :/

    Also guy I always see that works at target, on my way out he apparently notices my belly and goes "WHOA, where did that come from?"

    Really.... men! 
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  • I think the weirdest thing I've gotten so far is from a woman in the grocery store last week. She asked me if I knew what I was having and when I said boy she goes "make sure he is circumcised or he won't be able to give you grandchildren." Wait. Whaaaaat?

    How on earth did the human race survive prior to the invention of surgical equipment?!
    I thought exactly this!

    Honestly, some people. Also, strangers' unborn babies' penises are not her business, even if that was how that worked.
  • DH and I ordered sushi to share. Waitress explicitly told me TWICE that I couldn't have the raw tuna ones but could eat the cooked ones. Don't tell me what to do lady! 

    (although I suppose it was a nice gesture to look out for the pregnant lady but then I realized I look pregnant now instead of just fat :lol: so yay!)
  • I think the weirdest thing I've gotten so far is from a woman in the grocery store last week. She asked me if I knew what I was having and when I said boy she goes "make sure he is circumcised or he won't be able to give you grandchildren." Wait. Whaaaaat?
    What the f is wrong with people?!?
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  • saladflambesaladflambe member
    edited March 2016
    "you're so small!"
    "are you sure there's a baby in there?"
    "you're tiny!"

    But it doesn't bother me... I actually like those comments :\

    But then I wore a shirt that I KNEW would make it obvious I was pregnant and got
    "NOW you look pregnant!" - said by someone the very next day after saying one of the above

    Thanks?

    ETA:
    And "tiny" as I may look, I've gained 30 pounds, soooo
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  • Today...with 2 months left I had two people just ask me if I was pregnant. My favorite though are the people who demand I have another child after this (not the current plan). As an only child myself it's amazing just watching them shove their foot in their mouth and say how they will be awkward or not be able to hold a job and be able to say oh hey...I'm an old child with a job that helps other people. Probably right on the awkward part though :)
  • I have not experienced anything like that as of yet.  Will  be 30 weeks tomorrow.  Then again I don't leave the house that much.  I think I just look more fat than pregnant.  I can tell it's a bump, but i wear oversized tshirts so that might be part of the reason.   Either way I"m glad not to get the weird comments.


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  • arj14arj14 member
    Not exactly a stranger but a patron from the public library.  He's a special needs adult and generally very friendly and jovial, but when he asked me when I decided to have a baby I was a bit flabbergasted - honestly couldn't think of anything to say.  He also made a disappointed "awww" sound when he found out I wasn't due until the end of May, and I was just thinking dude, it's not like I'm going to have the baby in a papoose while I'm at work.  He's nice, and means well, but most of the things he says give me an "Oh, [patron name]..." reaction.

    There's also one of the teachers at the school I work at who commented back in January that I wasn't showing at all... last week she told me I looked "normal" now.  Thanks?
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  • Kurrant said:
    I had a complete stranger (male) try and grab my bump today at the supermarket. I blocked his move with the overloaded basket I was carrying and said "Do you mind?!" in the rudest way possible.  There wasn't even and pre-chatter or anything. I was just standing there deciding on cheese and a hand came out of no where to touch my bump?! What is wrong with people?!


    That's so creepy. I'd be so worried it's a perv who gets off on touching pregnant women, like those guys on subways who try to touch boobs/butts. 
  • Not a stranger but....

    We went to visit DH's grandma in the hospital, she just had hip surgery. I voluntarily said I wanted to go, DH didn't ask me to. We got there and the nurse comes in, she goes "oh I didn't get to introduce you to Easton, this is Easton" she points to me.The nurse thought my name was Easton, it's not. That is the name of our unborn child, the one I'm carrying right now. So yeah, I'm officially the human incubator in her eyes.

    Note: she never formally introduced me to the nurse after we clarified to the nurse that that was the baby's name. Isn't grandma a real peach?!
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  • Today at my work conference we have this card that if we go to each vendor booth and get it signed and completed we will be entered into a drawing...so I made it my mission to do it and go into the drawing because I'm awesome at winning random shit at conferences.  Anyhow, so I walk up to this drug testing booth and the guy sees my card and asks if I want him to sign it, then sees that it's still completely empty and he says "You better get busy!" and the female vendor with him says "Looks like she's already been busy!!"  So inappropriate.  I've never even met you lady!
  • I've been totally oblivious to the dumbass jokes people make. Last time we were at Home Depot, we finished checking out, but then the check-out guy pointed at me and said, "looks like you forgot to ring something up!" I had a book on paint colors under my arm that I had brought, so I was like, "oh sorry, I actually brought this with me." So of course he had to further explain his stupid joke and say, "no, I mean that thing you're trying to hide under your shirt!" I just stared at him and said, "Oh. I thought you were talking about the book." And left without so much as smiling at him. It wasn't the worst comment in the world, but was just not funny at all, especially when it completely went over my head and had to be explained.
  • Oh my god, @chottomotto... I can't even with the teen coworker. Wtf.

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    BFP #2: 1/16/2018 MC 2/2/2018
  • There's this guy who works in another department in my company who I barely know, but I occasionally have to draft legal documents for his deals.  His wife just had a baby a few months ago, so apparently that makes him some sort of expert on pregnancy.  Every time I see him, even just in passing, he wants to stop and ask questions about my pregnancy.  It's usually pretty mundane and along the lines of him asking how I'm feeling, me saying "fine," and him going on to say, "Well, when my wife was pregnant...blah, blah, blah."  A little annoying, but whatever.  We were standing in line at the cafeteria yesterday, and he randomly walked up to me and was like, "So, are you experiencing a lot of anxiety now?"  I just gave him a puzzled look and said, "No, but thanks for asking."  It just seemed like an odd question.        
  • There is this guy at the dog park who is nice but loves to talk about himself and often smokes weed at the park while we are all there at 6 AM. We hadn't seen him in a few weeks but he showed up the other day and couldn't wait to tell us all about his recent hemorrhoid surgery. After he told us way to much about it despite our attempts to shift the conversation to normal dog park fodder (e.g. the dogs, the weather, etc.) he turned to me and said, "You know, women say hemorrhoid surgery is more painful than giving birth."

    Ummm cool dude. What did he want me to say - "Can't wait until after the baby is born so we can compare notes!" ?!
    Hahahahahaha this made my day.
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