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DreamDisney · November 2013

Everywhere I go... Ohhh when are you due.

"Uhm 3 days ago thanks for asking" I'm SO annoyed at this point. Anyone wanna take a stab at what I (as well as the rest of you overdue momma's) should reply back. I'm all about making people feel uncomfortable.

AlisonM12 · November 2013

My favorite has been "due for what?" And watch as a look of horror spreads over their face.

MrsBynum0505 · November 2013

Being overdue has some odd perks. Like yesterday when I took my jeep in to get something checked out and the mechanic asked me when I was due. I told him 3 days ago. I'm pretty sure that's the fastest I've ever gotten my car serviced. And they even vacuumed it out and washed it while they were at it.

Ninjamama86 · November 2013

I agree with you OP, but to be honest I've been annoyed with the same questions for months "when are you due? What are you having? What's her name? How have you been feeling? Bla bla." It's the exact same conversation, over and over and over. I just remind myself it's asked with love and just go with it. As tired as I am about having the same conversation, it's i know it's only polite for them to ask and for me to respond. I just piss and moan to DH afterwards

3LittleBirds12 · November 2013

I'd say "Oh GOD! Oh GOD! My water just broke!" See what kinda reaction that gets....

DreamDisney · November 2013

It's just a polite way of saying you're huge. I like the actual polite people of.. "Good luck with the baby" & the "congratulations" I've gotten.

DreamDisney · November 2013

CFox815 said:

DreamDisney said:
It's just a polite way of saying you're huge. I like the actual polite people of.. "Good luck with the baby" & the "congratulations" I've gotten.
No it's not. It's making conversation and being polite. It's what normal human beings do, as opposed to making people feel as uncomfortable as possible.

When are you due?

fluttergirlmoonchild79 · November 2013

DreamDisney said:

It's just a polite way of saying you're huge. I like the actual polite people of.. "Good luck with the baby" & the "congratulations" I've gotten.
No it's not. It's making conversation and being polite. It's what normal human beings do, as opposed to making people feel as uncomfortable as possible.
When are you due?

This.

DreamDisney · November 2013

CFox815 said:

DreamDisney said:

CFox815 said:

DreamDisney said:
It's just a polite way of saying you're huge. I like the actual polite people of.. "Good luck with the baby" & the "congratulations" I've gotten.
No it's not. It's making conversation and being polite. It's what normal human beings do, as opposed to making people feel as uncomfortable as possible.
When are you due?

Monday. So I get asked all the time. I don't get offended. It's flattering that so many people take an interest in me and are curious. I assume in a week or so, people won't even look at me and will be much more interested in my newborn friend.

ETA: I don't know what you're so hellbent on trying to prove but the only person I could see potentially being rude in the situation you described is you.

Good luck

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Zilly13 · November 2013

Asking when you are due =/= you are huge. Believe me, if people want to tell you you're huge they'll just come out and say it.

I was so big with DD1 (overdue 11 days) that I had strangers stop and stare, tell me how to bring on labor, and tell me I was huge. Then you have a right to be pissed. Otherwise, chill out.

rbtrumpet · November 2013

"woah, when are you due?!?" was annoying when I was 6 months pregnant, because "due" was so far away. Now that it's close, I feel like it's a legitimate question.

Zilly13 said:

Asking when you are due =/= you are huge. Believe me, if people want to tell you you're huge they'll just come out and say it.

And very much this - I've had many people ask when I was due - and a few people tell me how huge I am, and rarely are the two the same people.

MrsApplelovesMrApple · November 2013

Just wait until you get "How old is he?" when they look at your newborn and when you say "A month" they say "He's huge for a month!" Yes. I know. I was there when he was born.

Or when you are at a restaurant/store/park with your special needs child and an adult stops and says "What's wrong with him?"

mom2curlygirls · November 2013

MrsApplelovesMrApple said:

Just wait until you get "How old is he?" when they look at your newborn and when you say "A month" they say "He's huge for a month!" Yes. I know. I was there when he was born.
Or when you are at a restaurant/store/park with your special needs child and an adult stops and says "What's wrong with him?"

Are you serious??? "What's wrong with him?" how about, "What's wrong with you, asshat!"

Littlemama01 · November 2013

I agree with pp, you may just need to chill...that's not a rude or unusual question!! I'm proud when people ask me because at least I'm still out and about, not moping at home.

lafsalot · November 2013

I'm not offended by 'when are you due' but DH usually tells people before try question comes out, 9 days... That's what he will say to everyone he sees today. It's cute how excited he is.... He was trying to get me to eat spicy food and go for bumpy rides... I told him next Friday... So the snark for someone just interested in when this life changing event is rude, most people follow up the answer with that's so awesome, and I can't wait! I even get the same question from the same person multiple times and am not offended, it just means they have other stuff on thier mind but are interested.

MrsApplelovesMrApple · November 2013

mom2curlygirls said:

MrsApplelovesMrApple said:

Just wait until you get "How old is he?" when they look at your newborn and when you say "A month" they say "He's huge for a month!" Yes. I know. I was there when he was born.
Or when you are at a restaurant/store/park with your special needs child and an adult stops and says "What's wrong with him?"

Are you serious??? "What's wrong with him?" how about, "What's wrong with you, asshat!"

I usually give them a blank stare for a few seconds and then say "He has CP and he understands everything you say."

acsanchez9609 · November 2013

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robinyukiko · November 2013

I actually loved seeing the look on people's faces when I said "3 days ago." They get this look of alarm which is really satisfying. It's too bad I didn't go anywhere today because then I could say "6 days ago" and see their eyes bulge out.

But in all seriousness, I don't think it's rude. I think strangers are genuinely excited for women who are about to be mothers. And the most natural sequence of questions always goes 1) when are you due, 2) do you know if it's a boy or girl and (if you answered that one) 3) have you picked out a name yet? It's like when I lived in Japan and people always asked where I was from. Or when I first started college and the question was "what's your major"?

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