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post #21 of 25

My friend and I are both pregnant, due only weeks apart, and we had a chance to go out to lunch without our kiddos in tow.  A woman was at the cafe and had twin 3 year old boys and was trying to give us the "preview of coming events" speech, which I have been guilty of if I'm being honest.  But, we just nicely told her we have kids and boy do we know.  So then after we order and go sit down, she comes over to us and pulls up a chair and asks her 3 year olds to "tell us what it's like to have a 3 year old", and one of them looks at me for a second then hits my belly and punches my arm and then walks away.  These kids were bat-shit-crazy-hyped up....uhh, yeah, I've got a 5 year old and my friend has 3 and 7 year old boys....thaaaaanks for the update.  And then when she couldn't "school" us on having 3 year olds OR boys she goes on to talk about how she's glad that she's "so old" because she doesn't have anything else she's wanting to do other than be there for her sweet boys....ummm...kaaaaaaaaaaay.  Just. Weird.

 

Oh, and an update on my grandma, she topped herself this time:  I was sharing a small ice cream with my daughter and she says, "Remember, you'll have to take that OFF later!".  Yup.  Thaaaanks, I'm doing just fine.

 

Most of the time, people really mean well and are trying to relate or be helpful in a situation where they can't currently relate.  But, it always seems to be a bad time, and I hope I remember that when I'm not pregnant.  It's also hard for us because we're kind of exposed, even if we don't want to talk about it people know at least one thing about you immediately by looking at you, so instead of talking weather they talk baby.  Also, I recognize that those with small children really need to feel useful, too, hence the "advice"...but still.  duh.gif

post #22 of 25

Weird story, Jasmin! How odd.

 

I've noticed that no one says anything to me when I have my kids with me. If I'm alone, however, that's when I get comments. I think first time moms must be targets! I guess when people see me with kids they think, "Darn! She's done this before. Can't give her any of my 'wisdom'". lol.gif

 

I think my favorite thing is the size comments and how the vary from person to person. In the same day I'll hear that I'm tiny from one person and huge from another. Random.

post #23 of 25
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ROTFLMAO.gif Sorry to laugh but wow, Jasmin, that story is insane. I can't believe that woman had the guts to just pull up a chair and do that!!! And that comment from your grandma too, jeez....

post #24 of 25

Yeah, I feel like I'm getting much less "advice" the second time around. Mostly just sympathy - "Oh, it must be SO HARD to be pregnant and have to chase after a toddler."  

 

But the first time? Hoo boy. I got all the usual ones mentioned above, plus what I thought to be the most annoying one "Better get lots of sleep now, because you won't once the baby comes!" Like sleep was just something I could bank up and save for those sleep-deprived early days.  

 

The best one from the first pregnancy though: I was on my way home from a midwives appointment, and stopped in at Value Village to see what was there. The woman behind me was APPALLED at how swollen my ankles were (they were, I couldn't shove my feet into any real shoes, and was wearing flip flops in March.) and practically pushed me out the door saying in a panicky voice "You have to go to the hospital NOW - you DEFINITELY have preeclampsia. Did you know that can KILL YOU? And your BABY? GO NOW!" 

 

I was kind of shocked by this, and replied snappishly "Thanks, but I just had my blood pressure taken 20 minutes ago, and it was perfectly fine."

 

And the thing was, she kept insisting that I was going to die unless I went to the hospital, until I finished paying and left the store. I'm glad she was so ridiculous that I had to just laugh. 

post #25 of 25

UGH! Jasmin, what a horrible way to tell someone how to be a mom! Basically, by saying she had nothing better to do than be with her boys, she was insulting you cuz you didn't have your kids with you. I HATE things like that. My son is visiting my mom for a month this summer, partly because he is a tyrant(lol) and partly because the situation I was in was unstable and since he's old enough to remember, I didn't want him around that. I get people ALL the time, saying I've abandoned him because I think he's a bad kid, and this is NOT the case at all. I miss my son badly enough without horrible assumptions such as these from either complete strangers or from misinformed, gossipy family. It's just..... *Growl*

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