WHY do people (read, strangers in public settings) feel the need to comment on pregnant ladies? Have we really lost all sense of decency and privacy in this day and age? Usually I don't mind the occasional, good-natured comment or ribbing from people I know, but this is crossing the line:
Teenage male walking down the street yells out:
Him: "Hey is it a boy?"
Me: "Excuse me?"
Him: "Yo' baby. Is it a boy? Is it a girl?"
Me: "I don't know." Keep walking.
Customer at work who I helped previously a few months back in very loud accusing voice:
Her: "What happened to YOU?!"
Me: "Excuse me?"
Her, pointing at my belly: "You're huge! WHO did that to you?"
Me: "My husband!"
Another customer, in his greeting to me:
Him: "Hi Little Mama...oh wait, no it's Big Mama now."
Yet another customer, talking to my boss as I walk by:
Him: "Wow. She's big!"
Her: "What?"
Him: "She was pregnant last time I saw her! Is she pregnant again?!"
Her: "Let me finish helping you here..."
Random man in the City Office when I went to pay a bill:
Him: "You look like you're going to pop!"
Me: "No. 6 more weeks."
Him: "Hm. Ladies don't get as big as they used to."
Me: "????"
Note that most of the offenders here are male. Let this be a warning to all you males: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COMMENT ON A WOMAN'S WEIGHT/BELLY. In fact, you should not comment on her weight or belly unless you are personally responsible for said condition. Pregnancy hormones are funny things - you may end up with a fist to your face. You have been warned.
End of public service announcement.
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Aww. I get a lot of weight comments, but mostly from women, when they hear how far along I am. About half say I look like I'm further along and about half say I don't look as far along as I am! I don't mind it very much... most of the people commenting are women who have been through it before themselves.
ReplyDeleteThough I had a one-eyed man sidle up to me in a thrift store and say: "How's the BOY? It looks like it's going to be a BOY!" I can't even convey the tone and emphasis properly. It was creepy but so strange I was more amused than anything.
Thanks for sharing your stories, even if they weren't very fun at the time!
This post is sooo true. Seriously, everyone has to comment on the belly. Or tell you how big you are. Or ask you why you haven't had the baby yet. Sigh...good luck!
ReplyDeleteI am still laughing Heather, but I would laugh harder if you did in fact give someone a black eye!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks to my weight issues and loss of weight during pregnanct I didn't have to deal with that--but I did deal with everyone giving me their two cents about parenting. Put on your patience hat, because that is next!
Hang in there--you are getting close!! :)