Rude comment time.

[Onemagicmummy]

went to PC world the other day to buy a new laptop charger, couldnt find one so got RAM for laptop. gets to check out. guy behind counter says to DH
^dont you have a TV!^
DH looked at me, puzzled. i looked at the dude and saw him checking out the 4 kids.
i turned to him and said
^well actually we have 3 TVs, a PC, a Laptop, a Wii, a Playstation2, and a xBox 360 and a Nintendo DS^
he says ^well in that case you have no excuse^
i just laughted.
he checked out the kids again then asked
^is this all or have you left any at home^
i said ^no! its here^ and patted my bump
he was all like OMG 5 kids
then he asked how many we were planning on having! i said 6.

it took me a while but i suddenely realised how rude he was! cheeky begger. not much i can do now, but FFS why does my family size have anything to do with what in home entertainment products i have. yes i like TV, i also knit and spin. but golly gosh i happen to LIKE spending time with hubby and being close to him and yes, shock horror we both happen to like sex. is it an unwritten rule somewhere that if you have a TV/PC/Console or other entertainment then you should never have sex again, let alone sex that may result in a baby?

Kiz

[Raene]

Hmm...as someone on the other end of things (I get a lot of "You're due SO SOON?! You're soooo tiny!!") I actually like to hear comments about how big I am. Hearing the tiny thing makes me feel like I'm starving my baby or something. It's obnoxious.

[Jilian]

People are so effing rude sometimes. My mom is the queen of rude comments. The other day she came over to pick up the banana bread I made for her and said "G-D, you're freaking HUGE" I said "thanks" and smiled. She replied "did you say thank you?" looking puzzled so I said "Yeah, I'm replying with sarcasm because it is rude to tell someone they are huge". Meanwhile my mother is obese. G-d forbid I tell her she looks huge (lucky for her I have something called manners) : I don't get why she thinks it is ok for her to say that to me but not the other way around. I'm pretty pissed at my mom if you can't tell. I think she just uninvited herself to come see the baby right after birth.

[NaturalMindedMomma]

Originally Posted by Raene

Hmm...as someone on the other end of things (I get a lot of "You're due SO SOON?! You're soooo tiny!!") I actually like to hear comments about how big I am. Hearing the tiny thing makes me feel like I'm starving my baby or something. It's obnoxious.

Yes and I think commenting either way is RUDE.. LOL I get it when I'm not pregnant too, though. YOUR SO SKINNY... It's rude to comment on someone's weight, period. I happen to just be ALL belly and boobs. My figure has not changed much otherwise. I feel for you.

I did however tell a girl I hated her the other day. LOL She asked me how far along I was I told herr and she was 2 weeks ahead of me and about half my size. I told her, YOU LOOK GREAT, I HATE YOU! LOL and smiled and winked.

[NaturalMindedMomma]

Originally Posted by Jilian

People are so effing rude sometimes. My mom is the queen of rude comments. The other day she came over to pick up the banana bread I made for her and said "G-D, you're freaking HUGE" I said "thanks" and smiled. She replied "did you say thank you?" looking puzzled so I said "Yeah, I'm replying with sarcasm because it is rude to tell someone they are huge". Meanwhile my mother is obese. G-d forbid I tell her she looks huge (lucky for her I have something called manners) : I don't get why she thinks it is ok for her to say that to me but not the other way around. I'm pretty pissed at my mom if you can't tell. I think she just uninvited herself to come see the baby right after birth.

LOL. See I am sarcastic and it took a lot for me to not say something snarky back to the cashier. I'm sorry about your mom. Mine drives me nuts all the time too. different reasons though.

[NaturalMindedMomma]

SO yesterday, I am at the post office. I needed to fill out my change of address and there were no pens. There was a line of about 7 ppl and they are SLOW there, so I politely said, EXCUSE ME to one of the postal workers helping another customer and asked for a pen, the dude puts his hand up in my FACE and says I'm HERE right now and I am helping THEM. I said all I need is a pen. Then he told me to wait in line. I was on the phone with DP who heard him and was like are you serious. So the lady he is helping, hears me telling DP about the whole thing and practically throws a pen at me. So When I went up to the counter to turn in my form, I told the lady who helped me that it would save them time and help customers if they had some pens out. The other worker, YELLS, "OR YOU COULD JUST WAIT IN LINE LIKE I TOLD YOU TO."

OK I LOST IT....

I asked him if he had ever carried a four pound weight in his pelvis or had vericose veins on his vulva and waited an hour standing for a PEN???? I told him until then to SHUT IT... (yes in front of the other customers). I also told him for what he was being paid an hour he could SMILE and be POLITE.... OOPS...

ME THINKS I shouldn't be out in public anymore...

[Coconut Chronicles]

Originally Posted by Raene

Hmm...as someone on the other end of things (I get a lot of "You're due SO SOON?! You're soooo tiny!!") I actually like to hear comments about how big I am. Hearing the tiny thing makes me feel like I'm starving my baby or something. It's obnoxious.

Right there with ya hun s

[dislocator3972]

Originally Posted by Onemagicmummy

is it an unwritten rule somewhere that if you have a TV/PC/Console or other entertainment then you should never have sex again, let alone sex that may result in a baby?

Kiz

The University of Denver did a study that saw the couples with a TV in the bedroom had sex half as often as couples who did not. Maybe this guy was one of the ones who DOES have a TV in there, 'cuz it sounds like he certainly isn't getting any!

[Raene]

Originally Posted by dislocator3972

The University of Denver did a study that saw the couples with a TV in the bedroom had sex half as often as couples who did not. Maybe this guy was one of the ones who DOES have a TV in there, 'cuz it sounds like he certainly isn't getting any!

Muahaha! So glad we removed ours from the bedroom DH has a whole game room set aside for all of the systems and games and what-not.

[Onemagicmummy]

Originally Posted by dislocator3972

The University of Denver did a study that saw the couples with a TV in the bedroom had sex half as often as couples who did not. Maybe this guy was one of the ones who DOES have a TV in there, 'cuz it sounds like he certainly isn't getting any!

thing is, we DO have a TV in the bedroom. and we are just as ahem.. active as before we put it in there. that sid thought. we dont watch it much, just when i need to lay down mid program.

Kiz

[GradysMom]

along the veins of HUGE... I'm definately showing but some might not realize it because I have quite a chest...

DH informs me that his coworker who saw me earlier in the day said to him "she doesn't look pregnant"... oh I see, they just think I'm a cow... nice... I'm not seeing a compliment in there.

[ApplePieBaby]

We get the large family comments all the time... don't you know what causes that, are they all yours, etc. Once someone said that somebody should hit my husband upside the head with a box of condoms @@

[texaspeach]

I haven't gotten any comments from anyone. I don't take Sh*t from people, so maybe they're scared to say anything to me The sad thing is I have all these come back lines I've prepared for when people say things like "OMG you're HUGE!" or other things and I haven't gotten to use them

Or maybe I just don't look pregnant to people. My neighbors JUST noticed I'm pregnant and were completely shocked to find out I've got 11 weeks to go. It's not like I was going to send out an announcement to my neighbors They didn't say anything rude though, they were just surprised.

[Kim Allen]

I get the "wow you still have 9 weeks left??" all the time from cashiers but like a few others my neighbor told me about 2 months ago "I didnt even know you were pregnant!!!" I see this woman everyday outside! let alone talk to her almost everyday and Im pretty sure we have said something about it before in front of her. oh well she is a very nice person I just feel like a cow when someone says that because why else would I look like I gained a bunch of weight in no time at all lol.

[Talula Fairie]

What makes me LOL is how ignorant he was. Does he not realize that most married couples indeed have regular sex? The only reason why EVERYONE doesn't have a huge family is the invention of birth control. Electronics have nothing to do with it. I mean, who really has sex because they're bored anyway?

I hate the large family size comments. It's so infuriating. :

[Mom&BabyChiro]

You know, I just realized that it doesn't matter much to me when people comment on my size. I think this comes from living and spending time in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico where it's really common for people to use nicknames such as "Gorda" or "Flaca" ("Fatty" or "Skinny") as terms of endearment there! It really surprised me at first, but then I got used to it and it stopped offending me after awhile. I don't think I ever got to the point where I loved it when they commented on how big my butt was, but I definitely got used to it after awhile, and found it so interesting how different things are in other countries.

But even so, I still find it strange that people in our country are so open when commenting to pregnant women about their body size but then not to anyone else. In the past week I think I've had equal amounts of people tell me "wow, you're tiny for 7 months!" and "you still have almost 3 months to go? You're going to be HUGE!!".

[annettemarie]

Just a reminder that naemcalling--no matter how deserved--is against MDC's User Agreement.

[Kutie.Pie]

Originally Posted by annettemarie

Just a reminder that naemcalling--no matter how deserved--is against MDC's User Agreement.

I'm not trying to be cheeky, but is that namecalling to other users or namecalling in general to any person even outside users?

Anywho, my sister got awful, rude comments when she was pregnant with her 4th. She's had all her kids close together, but that's because she doesn't want them all spread out. That's how she wants to do it. People have no right to give their stupid opinions about things like that. It's really none of their business. DH and I would like to have 6 and I keep telling him that I'd like to have the majority of our kids born or baking before 30. lol =P

[annettemarie]

It's namecalling period. From the User Agreement:

1. Do not post in a disrespectful, defamatory, adversarial, baiting, harassing, offensive, insultingly sarcastic or otherwise improper manner, toward a member or other individual, including casting of suspicion upon a person, invasion of privacy, humiliation, demeaning criticism, name-calling, personal attack or in any way which violates the law.

Sorry, I know it takes the fun out of things somewhat.

[adoremybabe]

I went to a family wedding last week. It was my Dad's side of the family and NO ONE knew that I was pregnant. It didn't take long for me to be surrounded by a small crowd of shocked relatives. One cousin asked, "Again?" I immediately replied, "Why not?" A few moments later her mother came up and asked if I was pregnant or if it was just baby weight hanging around from my last child.....who just turned 2.

Grace with words has always been hard to find in that family.