That colleague made comment about ginger babies

Did Viking really have red hair though? Can’t say I’ve ever met a red haired skandi/danish oerson.

The funniest thing about this.... If her baby were ginger she'd have absolutely embraced it and loved her all the same.

Some people are guilty of making stupid, unnecessary comments about lots of things.... me included.

One of my friends was pregnant in her 40's.... instead of saying congratulations I said 'sucks to be you!' What an absolute d/ck!!

Well who's laughing now.... the same happened to me the year later! And rightly so.... she reminds me all the time 🙈😅🙄

But actually I'm loving life with her xx please try not to be offended xx I said it without thinking xx

My ex has red hair and I really hoped one of our children would too as I just think it's stunning. However, I'll never forget when we went to York for a weekend and a Hen party walked past us and started shouting things about him being ginger. They were brimming with anger and looked disgusted. I'm mixed race and I've never received such overt hatred like that from a group. It did make me think it should perhaps be a protected minority. I'm not sure but people do behave in an ugly way towards red hair. I've witnessed it many times.

One word:

Titian

Nuff said.

I thought ginger had gone full circle and was incredibly trendy now

I wouldn't get worked up about it.

I was bullied as a child for my ginger hair. People said awful things to me. Kids and adults. Some children with ginger hair have committed suicide from relentless bullying, so it definitely needs to stop and be taken seriously.

No I think it depends where you live.

We've never experienced any bullying or derogatory comments either. It's just not done here and certainly wouldn't be accepted.

I'm in Northumberland and we have loads of redheads here so it's not just Scotland or Ireland.

OP my daughter has the most amazing hair of anyone I've ever seen in real life and she gets complimented daily. No bullying ever. Your colleague may be jealous.

It is a form of racism imo. However we were always told the hatred was not because of the Scottish/Irish but because of a fear of Viking raids along our North East coast back in the day. Murder, rape and pillage led to a a hatred of the red headed Viking berserkers.

It would explain why its a British thing rather than many other countries.

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And apparently more resistant to general anaesthetic. We gingers are born tough .

My DS2 has gorgeous deep red hair. I think he’s stunning & it totally suits him down to the ground. When I took him into the office at 3 months old to show him proudly off my supervisor (a bloke) looked at him and said “He’s ginger.” Nothing else - no congratulations or any compliments. I was so upset.

What a cunt. And this was someone who works as a Practice Lead in a Social Care environment. You couldn’t write it. Prejudice is hard-wired into some people

I had a ginger baby and watching her hair change from a rose gold to reddish blonde to red to a beautiful auburn over the years has been lovely, her temperament has matched her hair , fiery, kind, sweet and fiercely independent . She's grown into an amazing woman who really rocks the hair that me and her dad (red head) have given her 😍

What an absolute cow! Imagine saying the sentence and replacing ‘ginger’ with any other group in the minority of the population. It’s completely out of order.

YANBU

I think red hair is absolutely gorgeous and hoped one of our children would have it despite the chances being low.

I never understood the hate against red hair.

The red hair brown eyes combination is my absolute favourite. I am so jealous anytime I see people like this.

Ginger hair is a gift.

I have red hair and just assume those who comment negatively are envious (or not very intelligent). It’s one of the last ‘acceptable’ -isms isn’t it?

I mean it was obviously a joke but since you've taken it so seriously, I'll bite. I hate the idea that one should always have to take the high ground when someone is openly being a cock (usually women who get told this too, funny that). Why should I? Someone calling my baby's hair ugly is getting it back, sorry. It's the same shit that was said to me as a child "oh just ignore bullies, turn the other cheek!" Which obviously works so well. Why not be petty and bite back?

Bluntly pointing out how rude and stupid she's being by giving her some of her own bullshit back is far more effective in my experience than trying to "take the high ground" or hitting her with a mumsnet tinkly laugh and "did you mean to be so rude?"

She's talking absolute shite, including all the ridiculous 'would of...' You should have said, "I assume you mean would HAVE?"

Were you part of the conversation? If you were I don’t know why you didn’t say ‘what would be wrong with that? Luckily I’m not superficial and I don’t care what colour hair my baby will have’ although it’s easier in hindsight and I definitely get bolder as I get older!

Ginger hair is fantastic! 💗

I have never understood the crap about ginger hair. No one would dream of passing comments like that about any other form of human colouring.

I love ginger babies, they are the cutest! Ignore her stupid comments xx

Just leaving this here... 😁

You are right to be annoyed however as a red head i am glad that neither of my 3 have red hair! They are pale & burn easily like me but have dark browh hair like their dad. It it more “fashionable” now to have red hair with people paying a fortune to try to dye it but personally i always hated having red hair & the bullying that came with it and it took me until my 30s to embrace it and stop dying it.

of course if i had had a baby with red hair i wouldn’t have been upset or embarrassed and would have raised them to value themselves & their “uniqueness” and whilst a healthy baby was all i had hoped for (hair colour wasn’t a worry nor
was gender) i am glad they won’t have a life time of jokes like i did.

i now like my hair, i embrace it & i’d laugh of any ginger jokes but sadly there is still dome people out there who think it is ok to slag off ginger hair or make out there is something wrong with it and i can help being glad it’s one less thing for them
to be ridiculed over. I would still have said something to your colleague.