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Rude Comments...

mae0111mae0111 member
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I mostly lurk here, but I couldn't resist posting.  I have had pretty thick skin about many of the comments I've received so far ("Wow, you're huge!"  "Are you sure there's only one in there?"  "Are you going to go into labor right now?") and have even taken the belly rubs from random people in stride.  But I was finally pushed over the edge at a family wedding this weekend.

1.  From an aunt:  "Oh my God, you're HUGE!!!  How much weight have you gained???"

2.  I had my hands folded under my belly in church.  Another aunt: "You looked so funny in church - looked like you were even trying to lift up that huge heavy load you're carrying!"

3.  From pregnant cousin, due 4 months after me, "Can I stand next to you in the pictures?  That way, I'll look smaller."

4.  Got in the buffet line to get a plate of food for THE BRIDE - another cousin: "Yep - gotta be first in line, feed that baby!"

5.  From the photographer, while getting the bride's food, "Oh my God, too funny with your huge plate of food, I have to get a picture of this."

I kept a smile on my face through every comment, but cried for like an hour when I got home.  I just wanted to tell everyone to STFU, but didn't want to ruin my sister's wedding!  I know that I'm overly hormonal and everything is making me cry, but I'm seriously tearing up again right now!  UGH!  I wish people had working filters between their brains and their mouths!

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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member
    Aw Im sorry! That's so rude, and I'm SURE you're not huge!
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  • Heather1979Heather1979 member

    I got sick of it yesterday and blurted out "I'm pregnant, what's your excuse" to DH's aunt who said something 4 times to me in one hour. You are a better person than I am.

     

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  • cleigh11cleigh11 member

    I can't believe you were able to keep your cool.  I would have lost my sh!t.  If only people knew what kind of hormones run through us right now.  Not only can they make us cry, but I would probably be willing to punch a b!tch, too;-)

    Glad you are away from that wedding.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy your last few weeks of being pregnant!

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  • goldenleavesgoldenleaves member
    imageHeather1979:

    I got sick of it yesterday and blurted out "I'm pregnant, what's your excuse" to DH's aunt who said something 4 times to me in one hour. You are a better person than I am.

     

    I used this response to one of my dad's friends. I know him really well, and I know he was joking, but he kept saying how HUGE I was. I was like 16 weeks at the time, not that huge. I said, "Hey Fred, I'm pregnant, what's your excuse?"

    It was hilarious! There were a ton of women around and they all kept giving him dirty looks for saying how huge I was.

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  • jdlockejdlocke member
    I'm so sorry that people are rude like that! If it makes you feel any better my MIL and SIL are exactly like that!
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  • avblissavbliss member
    That's not even right! Those people deserve to be slapped! And DH should have said something to them. I can't believe how insensitive people can be!
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  • sgrlsgrl member
    I'm not much of a crier but I lost my *** when I got home on Friday and told my husband about all the jackass comments I'd gotten that day, and he said, "Well, you can't get offended, you have to expect that people are going to say stuff like that." Uh, no! I asked him if HE would say things like that and he said no. I just wanted some damn sympathy, not a lecture on why I should just grow a thicker skin after I'd been told 15 times over an 8-hour period what a huge fat cow I am!
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  • MrsMonsterInMyClosetMrsMonsterInMyCloset member

    My favorite is: "Do you know what you're having?"

     

    "Yes, I'm having a girl. We're very excited."

     

    "It looks like you're having a boy. You're carrying all in front."

     

    "Well, I'm not. It's a girl."

     

    "Are you sure?"

     

    No, dumbass. I'm not. I'm totally f'ing with you because I have nothing better to do with my time at 9 months pregnant than lie to strangers about the gender of my child. You're totally right. Your voodoo, old wives tale guess is totally more accurate than 2 ultrasounds of my daugter's ladybits. Bravo, well done.  :P

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