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And the winner is...

fishsticks-n-custardfishsticks-n-custard member
in January 2016 Moms
I worked a 4-2am shift on Halloween, with a time change, with a full moon, perfect storm. Anyway, the top I wore apparently made me look very pregnant (cute orange top with jack'o'lantern face over belly) so everyone there that night felt the need to comment on my pregnancy. After literally 15 people commenting on the pregnancy in three hours, I decided to start keeping track and letting everyone know the tally. Final score for the night:

18 for "You look so small, are you sure you're 31 weeks?"
12 for "You must be having twins."

The best part was the embarrassed looks every time someone commented and I gave them the updated running score count. Most people stopped commenting after that. 

Me: 35, Hubbie: 33
Married DH: 2013
DD: Dec 2015
BFP 8/14/17 --> Due 4/27/2018

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Re: And the winner is...

  • willashbabywillashbaby member
    I think that's a great way to handle it! Shows people how ridiculous it is!
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  • TheliopsTheliops member
    Haha I love that you told them the running tally. Everyone thinks their comments are SO ORIGINAL.

    I worked with a teacher who would make the same "hilarious" comment every time I had to go to the bathroom. "Gee, I can't imagine why, with two babies in there! HAR HAR HAR"

    I should have kept a tally with her, that would have been amazing.
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  • maddisonwallacemaddisonwallace member
    Wish I could've done that to this lady at home decor shop. After 5 minutes of me being in there, she YELLS across the room, "I'm actually impressed!! You're very pregnant and you haven't even asked where the bathroom is at yet, which for your information is right around the corner!!! How many weeks are you? Is it a boy or girl? Have you thought of a name? How did you decorate the nursery? You should totally come up with a business card with the answer to all these questions. I'm sure asking all of these at once is considered rude but I don't care!!"
    I just sat there on a couch and stared at her and said, ".... I'm going to sit here and pretend you're not talking."


    I've had it with the comments and questioning.
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  • essentialpeaceessentialpeace member
    Love the count!! =))
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  • maureenmcemaureenmce member
    edited November 2015
    This is hilarious!  I need to start doing this for some of the absurd comments I get.  On Friday, a male co worker of mine found in appropriate to ask me (in front of the whole office) "So, how many times a day do you go the bathroom now?"  I was like um... what?  I just laughed it off and said "too many," but good god.  Did he want an actual tally?  Just #1 or #2?  Including the middle of the night?  I mean, what on earth is going through people's brains when they talk to pregnant women??

    Edited: because apparently words are hard for me today.
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  • huskerfan2012huskerfan2012 member
    Just this week I got my first round of comments that rubbed me the wrong way (and still irritate me, to be honest). A lady at our hospital pharmacy was in our clinic and she asked when I was due. I told her January and she said, "are you sure it's not sooner?!", which I informed her I was sure. She then proceeded to ask if I was absolutely sure I only had one baby. So incredibly rude. When I told another lady, who's about 8 weeks behind me, she told me that I'm not big at all and she was just being rude. People just need to learn to not comment about the size of a pregnant woman!
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  • TTiger03TTiger03 member
    I was at Joann Fabric last week and touched my belly. This guy asked if I was ok. I told him I'm expecting twins and just getting tired. He said "Oh, I was with a set a twins last night (har har har)". I called him a dork.

    The wait for fabric cutting was long and I kept running into him waiting for my number. He felt the need to announce "oh, it's the twins" at least 5 times when he ran into me. Once he even made a general announcement to the people looking at the patterns.
    One old lady just said "what a blessing".

    It got old really fast.

    Some people.

    The worst part was when he tried to insist I guess how many kids he has. I refused. He proudly announced he has 6 with 6 different women. Apparently this kind of guy does something for some girls.
    At least his friend seemed embarrassed to be with him.
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  • GinnyBarretteGinnyBarrette member
    The cashier at Walgreens told me he felt that I was having a boy, and that baby would weigh 7 pounds, 6 ounces. This was after greeted me by saying "looks like ya have 2 months left". No, sir I actually have 3 months left but thank you for pointing out I'm looking extra round today! Ugh
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  • juneandboojuneandboo member
    I posted a pic a few days ago on Facebook, and DH's aunt (who lives overseas..) responded "you just keep getting bigger and bigger."  Nothing else..no, "how exciting", or "looking great", or anything like that.  Just that I keep getting bigger.  I mean...obviously that's the point of a health pregnancy, but she and her husband are the sort of always comment on people's weight, so it got me all agitated.
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