@RedBreast35 you should totally say, “No shit, Karen with no kids. You try looking your best after an exhausting week working, chasing a naked, crying toddler around the house who threw a massive tantrum last night because you turned on the water for the bath and he wanted to do it himself. Oh, and also add the fact that you’re growing a human being who is literally sucking life from you to sustain itself and you couldn’t sleep last night because your husband kept coughing in his sleep because he wouldn’t put an extra pillow under his head.”
@kgg2241 LOL at "it's just my face, Karen!" Ain't that the truth! @lillywonderland wait, so it's not just my toddler who flips his ever loving shit for absolutely no reason? I'm sorry I handed you the cookie instead of letting you take it out of the box yourself, DS, I'll wait the 10 minutes for you to calm down so you can eat the dang cookie anyway...
@RedBreast35 that comment gets me so mad! I'm a makeup every day kind of person, but some days I just do not want to bother. Without fail, those are the days that coworkers say shit like, "are you ok? You look sick" or, "are you tired? Hang in there!" WTF, Britney, you know DAMN well that I'm just not wearing makeup.
@themadcamel same-same-but-different: I tend not to wear makeup to work every day, so the rare times I do, I get: "You look GREAT today!" (... as opposed to every other day when you obviously think I look like sh*t! THANKS Karen!)
[I feel bad complaining about this, I know people are trying to be friendly/supportive]
This was more funny then inappropriate, but when I was pregnant with my first, I worked at Target. I was around 29 weeks, a lady asked me how many weeks I was and I told her. She said “dang, you’re bigger than me and I’m 34 weeks!” And her mom responded “yeah, you’re carrying in your ass, of course she is” 🤣 I was 1 quarter offended and 3 quarters amused. I know I was huge, I carried high and out front, all belly. Looking about the same now.
Also, I always want to punch people that ask if I’m tired or what’s wrong. Seriously, it is just my face. And yeah, I probably do look tired. I’m freaking growing a human and work at 6 am every day!
Not so much a inappropriate comments, but my MIL is super focused on my weight — like every single time we interact she asks how much I’ve gained and if I don’t immediately answer she follows up until I do. We live 2,000 miles away and pretty much only post pics of our dog on social media so it’s not like she’s even reacting to how I look, but she asks about my weight gain 10x more than about anything else!
So I am bring this thread back lol.... so at work today while at lunch I mentioned I was going to walk to the candy store around the corner from work. One of the girls I work with was like "aren't you worried about diabetes you know you can get that while pregnant"(this was said in a snappy judgmental voice)... nope I get tested for that twice during my pregnancies and never have I been close to failing.(also I have to go next week for the glucose test so hope I didn't just jinx myself). Not sure why she is worried about what I am putting in my body. And it's not like i am going to sit here all day and eat candy like a crazy person. I just want a few pieces of salt water taffy.
Why do people think they know everything about pregnant women? @kdl89
Ive gotten pressure to try for a vbac instead of c-section, of course from people that had perfect labor and deliveries. It’s not like I’m so super stoked to have my abdomen cut open and to have to recover from that. 🙄
I just had the most awkward encounter... A (fairly significantly) overweight lady at work just said to me "you're looking more like me every day!" Was she making a self-deprecating joke? Or was she calling me fat? Either way, I just kind of awkwardly smiled and walked away...
Can I just say that every time I say I want to try to have a med-free birth to someone I get the MOST patronizing smile from them followed by "sweetie, just take the drugs." Stahp! Maybe I WILL take the drugs but y'all could be just a little supportive of my choice to try to do things without intervention.
@RedBreast35 that’s so awkward... what are you supposed to do? Say Oh yeah I am! Or correct her?!?
A male (who is a Zumba instructor and beach body coach) at my work just asked if I was joining our company “weight loss challenge.”
Me: “nope, I’m only gaining weight for the foreseeable future!”
Him: “well that’s an unhealthy outlook at life!”
Me: “I mean, I am 6 months pregnant soooo...”
Him: “oh my gosh you aaaare? Well, you know you can still lose weight while pregnant!! Think about it! And with the baby it’s even easier to lose weight because your body is burning more energy!”
@cmdesigner it was totally one of those moments where I was literally so shocked that I couldn’t think of anything to say in the moment, and then five minutes later I had already crafted a 12 page speech in my head of the one million responses I should have had!
@sunshine2417 I can’t believe you had to have that conversation. What a dumbass! It was bad enough when he commented on your weight but it reached a whole new level when he told you you could still lose weight. SMH so fucking hard.
Yesterday was field day (which my work BFF and I have planned and executed for the last two years) and the PE teacher told me I was a wuss for not going in the dunk tank. I told him it’s because I’m pregnant, thinking that he didn’t know. He said, “Yeah I know, but you can’t let that stop you. Man up and do it!” Asshole.
@themadcamel OMGGGGG! Yeaaaah you can’t let that stop you—who cares if it injuries you or your baby!! Why are people such MORONS?!?!? The nerve! Tell him to “woman up” and sustain another life in his body for 9 months!
@sunshine2417 uh, you should have just ended him instead of just thinking about it. What an ass.
My boss told me I was fairly productive considering “that bump”. Uh, I’m still doing my job right? WTF, it’s not like I’m skipping work all the time or something.
@sunshine2417@zuuls_mom he’s the worst. Pretty much everything you could imagine about a stereotypical PE teacher guy. He walks around the halls saying “HOO-rah, HOO-rah!!” for no damn reason and has missed soooooo many school days in the last 5 years that he’s been with us. I count on those two days a week to have a free pee break!
“You don’t look pregnant at all - you just look like you’ve been eating too many cheeseburgers!” From one of my husband’s friends. He had NO clue why I was upset and kept telling me she was giving me a nice compliment. Uhh, after 5 months I’d rather be told I look pregnant than fat.
When DH announced we are having a girl on social media, one cousin commented “Oh no! I’m praying for you.” Seriously?? He has 2 girls of his own! I’ve come up with a million different things to say back to him but so far have been able to restrain myself.
There are zero girls on my husbands side for this generation and people flat out refuse to believe she is really a girl because of it. DH is the only boy of his generation meaning all the little boys that have been born so far are from husbands that have married into the family. Why would my husband’s sperm be in any way connected to theirs?! The whole “wait til she comes out a boy” jokes are getting old fast...
@duewithpu2 that’s so obnoxious!!! Like okay, cool... he can’t just release both X and Y sperm and we magically get one?!?! Despite the actual experimental outcomes, the theoretical probability is still 50/50 people!
@sunshine2417 What the actual F&#*!?!?!??! OMG. I'm floored by that jerk's comments on losing weight while you're pregnant. I wonder if he also thinks anorexia and bulimia are suitable ways to shed pounds. Ass-hat.
@duewithpu2 Omg. My step dad's family had a true boy epidemic. He has 4 siblings (2 girls) (2 boys) and every single one of them had boys (2-3 each.) All of their boys have had boys (I think there are 10 of them) and they just found out there is finally going to be a little girl. Now that's...statistically weird. Your situation? Not so much, pretty normal. lol People need to lay off.
I just had a customer tell me that I am big now, just wait until September. Well I just told you that there are two of them ya turd. I told her yeah I know I won't be able to fit behind my counter.
"I love seeing you eat all of your lunch every time you come in here now that you're pregnant!" - the lady who owns the bakery I eat lunch at 2x a week. FYI, I've always ate all of my lunch.
This isn’t inappropriate but just clearly not seeing the big picture. My coworker said to me today, “I want to get pregnant just so I can wear all the cute pregnancy clothes!”
1. I’d rather live my life naked, in bed, under my sheets right now 2. You know that “empire waist” clothes exist for non-pregnant people too, right?!?! I mean, I know that the cinching on the sides of all my shirts is super sexy... 😂
Re: The Inappropriate Comments Thread
@lillywonderland wait, so it's not just my toddler who flips his ever loving shit for absolutely no reason? I'm sorry I handed you the cookie instead of letting you take it out of the box yourself, DS, I'll wait the 10 minutes for you to calm down so you can eat the dang cookie anyway...
@themadcamel same-same-but-different: I tend not to wear makeup to work every day, so the rare times I do, I get: "You look GREAT today!" (... as opposed to every other day when you obviously think I look like sh*t! THANKS Karen!)
[I feel bad complaining about this, I know people are trying to be friendly/supportive]
Also, I always want to punch people that ask if I’m tired or what’s wrong. Seriously, it is just my face. And yeah, I probably do look tired. I’m freaking growing a human and work at 6 am every day!
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
Ive gotten pressure to try for a vbac instead of c-section, of course from people that had perfect labor and deliveries. It’s not like I’m so super stoked to have my abdomen cut open and to have to recover from that. 🙄
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
Was she making a self-deprecating joke? Or was she calling me fat? Either way, I just kind of awkwardly smiled and walked away...
@cmdesigner pretty much any plan will get you those looks!
A male (who is a Zumba instructor and beach body coach) at my work just asked if I was joining our company “weight loss challenge.”
Me: “nope, I’m only gaining weight for the foreseeable future!”
Him: “well that’s an unhealthy outlook at life!”
Me: “I mean, I am 6 months pregnant soooo...”
Him: “oh my gosh you aaaare? Well, you know you can still lose weight while pregnant!! Think about it! And with the baby it’s even easier to lose weight because your body is burning more energy!”
Me in my head: I WILL END YOU, A$$#OLE!
Yesterday was field day (which my work BFF and I have planned and executed for the last two years) and the PE teacher told me I was a wuss for not going in the dunk tank. I told him it’s because I’m pregnant, thinking that he didn’t know. He said, “Yeah I know, but you can’t let that stop you. Man up and do it!” Asshole.
My boss told me I was fairly productive considering “that bump”. Uh, I’m still doing my job right? WTF, it’s not like I’m skipping work all the time or something.
Married 8/16/13
BFP#1 DS 11/13/16
BFP# 2 MMC dx @ 13w 10/30/18
BFP# 3 Preemie DD born at 38w (IUGR) on 8/28/19 weighing 5.5lbs. Our little miracle
DS: 18 months
Dx DOR AMH .2
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“You don’t look pregnant at all - you just look like you’ve been eating too many cheeseburgers!” From one of my husband’s friends. He had NO clue why I was upset and kept telling me she was giving me a nice compliment. Uhh, after 5 months I’d rather be told I look pregnant than fat.
When DH announced we are having a girl on social media, one cousin commented “Oh no! I’m praying for you.” Seriously?? He has 2 girls of his own! I’ve come up with a million different things to say back to him but so far have been able to restrain myself.
There are zero girls on my husbands side for this generation and people flat out refuse to believe she is really a girl because of it. DH is the only boy of his generation meaning all the little boys that have been born so far are from husbands that have married into the family. Why would my husband’s sperm be in any way connected to theirs?! The whole “wait til she comes out a boy” jokes are getting old fast...
1. I’d rather live my life naked, in bed, under my sheets right now
2. You know that “empire waist” clothes exist for non-pregnant people too, right?!?! I mean, I know that the cinching on the sides of all my shirts is super sexy... 😂
My work friend every time we sit down at a booth for lunch “ya sure you can fit there preggers?”