I just have to vent!!
I'm sure I'm not the only person fed up with complete strangers talking to me about my pregnancy. I'm 27 weeks and can't hide it any more!
On a flight home from Morocco yesterday, really tired and wanting some peace and quiet, the man next to me tried to engage me in conversation about my bump. Rude, I know, but I just put my earphones in and ignored him. I just didn't want another stranger to tell me what they thought about my body. a) it's none of their business, b) I'm not really interested in their opinion that I look like I'm more six months gone and c) no it's not twins. I'd put up with it a lot that day and it was just the final straw.
But he turned round to the women behind me who kept up a chorus through the three hour flight about how I shouldn't be allowed out of the house, and how I was acting as if nobody apart from me had ever been pregnant before. Honestly, I just wanted a bit of peace and quiet and didn't want a conversation with someone I didn't know about my personal gynaecological matters. They got really spiteful at one point and my bf turned round to ask them to be quiet, at which point they wouldn't look him in the eye and pretended they weren't saying anything.
I had had a really nice holiday up to that point, and now feel like they spoilt it for me. I don't see why my body has anything to do with complete strangers and I don't know why it made them get so spiteful about me.
Anyone got any tips on deflecting those nosey conversations? A quick one-liner would be really helpful for next time!
Thanks!
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Why are people so mean and bloody nosy?
TiredTiredTired · 10/03/2010 10:35
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