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Did you really just say that?

weddingbells2010weddingbells2010 member
in October 2011 Moms

I was at the mall tonight to get some new foundation and concealor (thank you, pregnancy hormones, for making me feel 13 again) and here is a bit of the stupidity that flew out of the sales associates mouth while helping me:

Girl: When are you due?

Me: 5 days.

Girl: Wow! You're not even like, FAT pregnant- you're just pregnant!

Me: I'm sorry?

Girl: You know, you're just big in the belly, not everywhere like you're fat.

Me: Okay... thanks I guess? Although pregnant women get big because they're pregnant... not fat...

Girl: So, you're not going to put the baby in daycare right away are you? I worked in one for years and let me tell you, I hated seeing those little 6-8 week olds getting dropped off.

Me: Yeah, I worked in daycare too, it's hard when they're so young.

Girl: Hard for ME! Clearly their parents put them in daycare because they don't want to be watching them anymore.  They obviously had no idea what they were getting into.  Daycare is for kids who are at least two.

Me: No, I meant hard for the parents to be seperated from their child so young after carrying him for 9 months because they have to go back to work in order to feed and diaper their child.  I can't imagine how that would be hard for you.

Girl: Oh, well, you know, it's just that (backpedal), toddlers can actually DO stuff. They can color and play.  They belong in daycare.  Babies just need a lot of work.  I think a lot of people put babies in daycare because it's a lot of work for them.

Me: You know that babies turn into toddlers, right?

 

If I didn't already have my heart set on the makeup I was trying on I would have walked out.  

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  • rktorkto

    the pregnant fat thing is stupid, but I would let it slide.

    the daycare thing would have made me walk out.  Or at least ask her if she wanted to contribute to the budget of my family since she wanted me to stay home. 

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  • e_deloe_delo member
    I also went to the mall this evening. I went into hallmark to check out the willowtree figurines for DH's daddy present when I heard one lady say "Looks like we might be delivering a baby, girls" another lady says "I don't know nothing about delivering no babies, I'm not delivering no babies in this store" then when I went to check out lady #1 said "when are you due?" Me "any day" (not exactly true but i hate hearing the responses I get when I tell them 11 more days) Lady #2 "How many are in there?" me "just one, just one big one" Then they started telling me how I looked great from behind (possibly implying that I didn't from the front?). I just think that people no longer have any common sense or any social skills. As for the day care comment, I probably would have got VERY rude.
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  • Nita2603Nita2603 member

    When I walked my dog this afternoon with my hubby, I got asked when the baby was due. When I said "today", the face was priceless. It's not like it makes the waiting easier, but it's surely makeing it a bit sweeter.

     

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    :::headdesk:::
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  • gracie076gracie076
    Wow! people like her shouldn't even open their mouths! lol
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  • CakeBatterCakeBatter
    What a douche.  I forget which bumpie said it, but my favorite response to these types of comments is:  "That's a really controversial opinion.  You should probably keep it to yourself so you don't look like an ***."  I like it so much I'm keeping it in my arsenal of comebacks (I can never think of what to say in the moment).
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  • canterbearytailscanterbearytails

    imageCakeBatter:
    I forget which bumpie said it, but my favorite response to these types of comments is:  "That's a really controversial opinion.  You should probably keep it to yourself so you don't look like an ***."

    Hahahahaha!  Awesome!

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  • Shannon526Shannon526 member

    imageCakeBatter:
    What a douche.  I forget which bumpie said it, but my favorite response to these types of comments is:  "That's a really controversial opinion.  You should probably keep it to yourself so you don't look like an ***."  I like it so much I'm keeping it in my arsenal of comebacks (I can never think of what to say in the moment).

     

    LOL that is awesome!! I'm right there with you about never being able to come up with something to say in the moment.. I always think of a great comeback AFTER the fact!

    Another bumpie had a pretty sweet response as well.. it went something like this:

    Stupid person: "Are you having twins?"

    Pregnant Woman: "No, why do you ask?"  ...

    (that turns the awkwardness towards the idiot asking the question.. instead of making us feel like we look like a beached whale for having a belly we put them on the spot haha.. I loved it!)

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  • Liz4444Liz4444 member
    imageweddingbells2010:

    I was at the mall tonight to get some new foundation and concealor (thank you, pregnancy hormones, for making me feel 13 again) and here is a bit of the stupidity that flew out of the sales associates mouth while helping me:

    Girl: When are you due?

    Me: 5 days.

    Girl: Wow! You're not even like, FAT pregnant- you're just pregnant!

    Me: I'm sorry?

    Girl: You know, you're just big in the belly, not everywhere like you're fat.

    Me: Okay... thanks I guess? Although pregnant women get big because they're pregnant... not fat...

    Girl: So, you're not going to put the baby in daycare right away are you? I worked in one for years and let me tell you, I hated seeing those little 6-8 week olds getting dropped off.

    Me: Yeah, I worked in daycare too, it's hard when they're so young.

    Girl: Hard for ME! Clearly their parents put them in daycare because they don't want to be watching them anymore.  They obviously had no idea what they were getting into.  Daycare is for kids who are at least two.

    Me: No, I meant hard for the parents to be seperated from their child so young after carrying him for 9 months because they have to go back to work in order to feed and diaper their child.  I can't imagine how that would be hard for you.

    Girl: Oh, well, you know, it's just that (backpedal), toddlers can actually DO stuff. They can color and play.  They belong in daycare.  Babies just need a lot of work.  I think a lot of people put babies in daycare because it's a lot of work for them.

    Me: You know that babies turn into toddlers, right?

     

    If I didn't already have my heart set on the makeup I was trying on I would have walked out.  

    Clearly there is some sort of rule book that none of us have gotten that this genius is reading!

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