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Need good comeback ideas for insensitive comments!

ejpeteyejpetey member
in November 2014 Moms

So I started telling my extended family about my bump this past weekend- TWO of my uncles, independent of eachother, asked me who the husband was. Which, may not sound all that bad except for the fact that I'm 35 and have never been married, which as a member of my family YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW. I tried to laugh it off at the time and said something like "oh, you don't need one of those anymore" but I really wish I had a better comeback planned that would better indicate to them that it was a not-that-cool thing to say. One of them - when I told him I was expecting at the end of Nov, even said to me "who, your brother?" (who is happily married), and I said no... to which he said "you're adopting?" no... "you're PREGNANT??" BINGO!

I realize things may have been a little different in their generation but how about some tact??? Shiiiiiiat.

Anyway, snarky comeback ideas welcome- as I'm sure this won't be the last time I'll hear crap like this!

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  • nicnac817nicnac817 member
    I'm all for "fuck off".  I also like "Eat shit", "You suck" , "Suck it" , "Your mama" and last but  not least "Jesus is the father,  now Fuck Off".  

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  • ejpeteyejpetey member
    ExcitedKJ said:
    Tell them the sperm bank has a lot of choices nowadays... or one night stands are more fun than a husband... If the person saying it is male, that you only want one child to deal with so no husband needed... that's off the top of my head. Good luck!
    They have all been male (the count is now up to three now) -- I love this one!!
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  • jlove253jlove253 member
    Tell them not to knock Craigslist personal encounters tell they've tried it. Honestly, I'm not sassy in the moment at all, but that popped into my head :).
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  • erinwithtwinserinwithtwins member
    edited May 2014
    Tell them they are obsolete
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  • emoxymooseemoxymoose member

    Honestly I tell people, that was incredibly rude and insensitive. That way you come off as the bigger person, they feel small as shit, and in the future they don't say anything like that to anyone else. Totally fine if they want to judge you inside their head, not so much out loud.

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