We were grocery shopping today and I saw a mom and a maybe 4 year old walk past me and she whispered to him "she has a baby in her belly!" Which is fine, kids have questions I get it. ...but then dragging your kid back to stair at me, look me in the belly button and say loudly "see! She has a BABY IN HER BELLY" while your kid is pulling to get away is just weird.
This would have been a perfect time for a confused and offended "no I don't!!" It would have taken her days to work that one out with her kid
I've had the kid thing happen so this post just had my dying laughing! Like, I snorted while laughing.
I'm kinda caught up on this board. The comments have been outrageous! I'm finally commenting because I've had it with people and their comments.
I've had a rando construction worker hit on me.
Every single male deputy has something to say. Most recently, "what are you? Having twins? You better get that baby out of you soon! You're huge!" Needless to say, I reprimanded him in the middle of my courtroom.
Or what about the worry-wart person with no kids and no brain: "Should you be walking?" "Can you have a coke?" "You grabbed your dress so I thought your water broke." No moron, my dress just flew up 5 inches because it's windy.
Here's the winner: Me having a basically private conversation with my bridesmaid (wedding in Feb) in the lunchroom about going to the courthouse and getting married before the wedding so my SO's job can pay for baby and me traveling with him. Completely random intern that I've NEVER met before: "You were WAITING to get married?? You know you can get married and have a wedding later? I mean you're already pregnant." I was like, excuse me? Who are you?
I definitely had some obnoxious guy yell out of their car at me today - 'So when are you due? Next Tuesday?' in kind of a rude tone. Probably bc I was walking into Target and god forbid he had to stop for a few extra seconds while I crossed the road. Not that the guy was too far off on the date, I just thought it was pretty irritating that sometime actually thought it appropriate to yell out their car at me.
I would have smiled and yelled back "I'm actually due today" and then suddenly leaned against his car with a look of extreme panic on my face, like I was suddenly about to have the baby right then and there.
Every time we are around my FIL, he tells me to fill my plate again because I'm eating for two. Two what? Adults? Ummm, no. That is the single most annoying comment to me.
We were having dinner with some of DH's college friends (some were just acquaintances) last weekend and one of them (horribly awkward guy...DH really can't stand him) said, "so, Cherie, how you doin with this whole pregnant thing?" Well, I made it out of the house, completely showered and have make-up on and I haven't gone into labor in this pub, so I think I'm doing pretty friggin good. What a weirdo.
OMG! Thank you everyone on this thread because I was fully prepared with a snarky retort when my coworker asked....
"So are you dilated at all?"
I told her it was an inappropriate question, I don't care what her bowling friends talked about with her pregnant bowling friends, "I am not going to tell you about my vagina", then I told her she doesn't get to ask anymore questions today.
I am finding it amusing how many people keep telling me I have dropped and the baby will be here any second.... Then I tell others I am ready to be done and they say "really you haven't even dropped?" How can I be both dropped and not dropped... And how is everyone an expert on analyzing this??
My MIL came over to visit the baby today. She was holding him and made the comment "It's a good thing they took him early. He's huge. You would have had a 13 pound baby if you went to term." Um bitch. I was having a RCS anyway so it didn't matter if I went to term or not. And plus also my OB and I decided that things were starting to go downhill and we wanted to take him before anything happened. All that matters is his health and mine. IDGAF if he weighed 20 pounds as long as he's healthy.
Not pregnancy related but baby related.... we went for our first walk yesterday with the stroller and this woman who works in the pharmacy peeked in the stroller bassinet and asked " what do you have in there?" And reached over in what looked like an attempt to pull down the cover top. I swerved the stroller away and said "it's a baby" as flatly as I could and walked away... Don't try touching my baby you crazy lady!
Not pregnancy related but baby related.... we went for our first walk yesterday with the stroller and this woman who works in the pharmacy peeked in the stroller bassinet and asked " what do you have in there?" And reached over in what looked like an attempt to pull down the cover top. I swerved the stroller away and said "it's a baby" as flatly as I could and walked away... Don't try touching my baby you crazy lady!
What?! I would have smacked her. Wtf are people thinking.
I'm not due until Thursday and the ladies at See's Candy were like, "And you're HERE?! Buying CHOCOLATE?!" I just laughed and said, "Yup! I could be in the hospital on Mother's Day...wouldn't want to be without the good stuff!" Then the lady working at Costco told me I was, "Getting around very well for how far along you are!" Thanks??
I have to share this one because I laughed so much! First, it came from my MIL who I love very much! She treats me better than my own mother. I was telling her how uncomfortable I am and am ready to have this baby now. She says "It won't be this weekend or next weekend I think it will be the one after that!" I immediately burst out laughing and say "Oh you think so? That is my due date" and we both laughed! It is funny to me because before she said that she told me she thought I'd go early. I guess she didn't realize how little time I had left.
Today I went to the ATM to get some cash. The guy who was there before me turned around, saw my belly and said "Happy Mother's Day!" as he walked away. So nice! Made me smile
I feel like every Monday I have a new "church people" story. This one takes the cake. As the pastor was sitting talking with the kids for children's time, he quoted the verse, "You knit me together in my mother's womb..." and I knew it was coming. I braced for it. Sure enough, in front of the entire congregation, he calls to me in the back, "Have you been doing some knitting in your womb there, Emma?" I'm sure the expression on my face was not a happy one as I grimaced a little fake smile and didn't say a word.
Was at the mall yesterday for a pedicure and noticed a new Greek place in the cafe court. I've been having a baklava craving for like 6 months so I decided to make it happen. Ordered and the old guy working put it in a to go container and wouldn't let me pay. "It for the baby!!!"
I had a patient yesterday actually ask if I was pregnant. I thought that was sweet given im now 37 weeks and you see my tummy before the rest of me when i come around a corner.
Angel baby June 2013, DD born 22 April 2014, BFP 10 Sept 2015 - Due 22 May 2016
I went through transition at home and was screaming and swearing- with the window open! my DH went to our neighbors today to apologize for the noise and explain that I was in labor and were usually pretty quiet. The woman came over later with flowers! I was so touched!!
Re: Comments from Strangers Thread
Me: What? Me? No, it's a boy.
Creepy guy: Oh, no? You hide it well. I can usually tell these things. <stares intensely at bump>
"so...what's the deal with water breaking?"
I've had a rando construction worker hit on me.
Every single male deputy has something to say. Most recently, "what are you? Having twins? You better get that baby out of you soon! You're huge!" Needless to say, I reprimanded him in the middle of my courtroom.
Or what about the worry-wart person with no kids and no brain: "Should you be walking?" "Can you have a coke?" "You grabbed your dress so I thought your water broke." No moron, my dress just flew up 5 inches because it's windy.
Here's the winner: Me having a basically private conversation with my bridesmaid (wedding in Feb) in the lunchroom about going to the courthouse and getting married before the wedding so my SO's job can pay for baby and me traveling with him. Completely random intern that I've NEVER met before: "You were WAITING to get married?? You know you can get married and have a wedding later? I mean you're already pregnant." I was like, excuse me? Who are you?
We were having dinner with some of DH's college friends (some were just acquaintances) last weekend and one of them (horribly awkward guy...DH really can't stand him) said, "so, Cherie, how you doin with this whole pregnant thing?" Well, I made it out of the house, completely showered and have make-up on and I haven't gone into labor in this pub, so I think I'm doing pretty friggin good. What a weirdo.
OMG! Thank you everyone on this thread because I was fully prepared with a snarky retort when my coworker asked....
"So are you dilated at all?"
I told her it was an inappropriate question, I don't care what her bowling friends talked about with her pregnant bowling friends, "I am not going to tell you about my vagina", then I told her she doesn't get to ask anymore questions today.
I do find it sweet though.
we went for our first walk yesterday with the stroller and this woman who works in the pharmacy peeked in the stroller bassinet and asked " what do you have in there?" And reached over in what looked like an attempt to pull down the cover top. I swerved the stroller away and said "it's a baby" as flatly as I could and walked away... Don't try touching my baby you crazy lady!
Thanks??
I feel like every Monday I have a new "church people" story. This one takes the cake. As the pastor was sitting talking with the kids for children's time, he quoted the verse, "You knit me together in my mother's womb..." and I knew it was coming. I braced for it. Sure enough, in front of the entire congregation, he calls to me in the back, "Have you been doing some knitting in your womb there, Emma?" I'm sure the expression on my face was not a happy one as I grimaced a little fake smile and didn't say a word.
Church people...ENOUGH!
Ordered and the old guy working put it in a to go container and wouldn't let me pay. "It for the baby!!!"
adorable
my DH went to our neighbors today to apologize for the noise and explain that I was in labor and were usually pretty quiet. The woman came over later with flowers! I was so touched!!