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Original poster

to feel outraged by a mum who said "congratulations! I didn't know you were expecting..."

78 replies

sauce · 25/05/2007 12:07

Yesterday when picking up the dc from school. It was hot & I was wearing one of these stupid smock dresses. I wanted to strangle the stupid, nasty, ill-bred b*tch. I'd seen her the day before at a PTA mtg. She was sitting opposite me, wearing a t-shirt and I noticed a small roll of fat hanging over her jeans when she was sitting. I think she knows I noticed her roll & decided to get back at me? Still, I was seething. Still am.

OP posts:
otter · 25/05/2007 13:22

laudaud ....go on then swear you did not have a peek!!!

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:22

Otter! you checked my profile. I was wondering what you were on about. The staircase was already in. I wouldn't have picked the wires (too dangerous) but it's not bad.

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tissy · 25/05/2007 13:21

I also agree that everyone wearing a smock looks pregnant...isn't "congratulations" a nice thing to say to someone? Doesn't sound bitchy to me. You don't like her, so have interpreted her words in a way which reinforces your predjudices.

Laudaud · 25/05/2007 13:21

Otter,
Were you checking out to see if sauce looks pregnant?

tinymum · 25/05/2007 13:21

You know what they say.....always better to let a pregnant woman stand on the bus then to make a chubby girl cry. LOL

Someone asked me when I was due about six months after my baby was born, I was embarrassed to have to say I'd already had it but to be fair I was still pretty overweight.

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:20

As for venom in posts, it's tongue in cheek.

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otter · 25/05/2007 13:20

omg sauce i am lovin your staircase
i am looking inot one for my new house - did you put it in?

ps woman is a bitch!

Laudaud · 25/05/2007 13:19

laudaud waves back {bloody namechangers}

Was just about to send you an email.

Okay sauce and Devil - back to your discussion - sorry for the interlude.

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:19

Sorry. Primark.

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OrmIrian · 25/05/2007 13:18

laudad - that tends to happen more I think. A number of mums with children in my DS's classes have suddenly appeared with buggies and brand-new babies and I never noticed them getting any bigger.

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:18

Devil in Prada: "You sound like a pretty vile woman tbh."

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BreeVanDerCamp · 25/05/2007 13:17

Bree waves to Laudaud. |

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 25/05/2007 13:17

Sauce.
I sadly canot ignore that, so have taken your bait.
In what way do I 'sound like a nasty piece'?

Laudaud · 25/05/2007 13:16

I've had a colleague mention her due date and another colleague saying "oh I didn't realise you were pregnant". She was quite a few months pregnant but was overweight so people didn't notice or like to ask. That was probably just as bad.

To OP you seem to be overreacting a bit and your response was hardly reasonable either. If you found it offensive, why be offensive back?

TinyGang · 25/05/2007 13:15

Smock tops = maternity. Hate 'em!

She's living dangerously though - I always triple check before mentioning pregnancies because it's very easy to be wrong.

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:14

Thanks, Devil. You sound like a pretty nasty piece yourself.

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BreeVanDerCamp · 25/05/2007 13:13

Ahem, I think you will find that I considered her post to be Chavtastic.

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 25/05/2007 13:12

And I am quite surprised that most people who have posted on here are on your side. You sound like a pretty vile woman tbh.

unknownrebelbang · 25/05/2007 13:11

People say things without thinking.

I'd be sneeped, rather than outraged, and think about going on a diet....after I'd eaten a bar of chocolate.

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 25/05/2007 13:11

I agree. If this happened to me I would just laugh it off. Maybe a little hurt, but certainly wouldn't want to "strangle the stupid, nasty, ill-bred b*tch"

It sounds like you have some serious issues.

redtoenails · 25/05/2007 13:10

learn a lesson and don't wear it again. You got the most honest style advice you could ever get!

BreeVanDerCamp · 25/05/2007 13:07

I am really struggling with the venom in your posts, is there an underlying reason ?

Original poster
sauce · 25/05/2007 13:05

It's gorge! New from Zara & I love(d) it. It looks good around the neck area - my neck, chest & arms are reasonably un-chubby...

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lionheart · 25/05/2007 13:05

It's a daft thing to say unless you know for sure someone is pregnant.

ConnieDescending · 25/05/2007 13:04

everyone looks pg in smock tops - give her a break