What's the most ridiculous thing anyone has said to you?

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I occasionally volunteer at a local community centre. It's managed by a woman who tells anyone who cares to listen that she has a medical condition that means she can't eat. She looks well-nourished but I've always been too polite to ask her questions about her condition.

I volunteered at an afternoon event today. I get the seniors to their seats and make pots of tea. Cake was served. The woman who never eats was standing there eating cake.

'Look at you, eating cake! Are you better?' I said. 'Oh,' she said, 'you know me, you know I can't eat because of my medical condition.' 'But you're eating...' She walked off and is apparently really pissed off with me. Apparently I'm rude.

There are some real weirdos around, aren't there?

That's not even premature 😂😂

I remember a mum from toddler group sympathising with me as her DD was "premature" and she knew my DS was too so she knew "exactly how I felt and the emotions I had".

Her DD was born at 38 weeks weighing 7lbs and came home the next day. My DS was born the at 30+6 weighing 2lbs and spend 8 weeks in scbu 🙄🙄

Even if it was significantly premature, there's no need to factor in prematurity past the age of two. Marvelling at a teenager managing to keep up with classmates because she'd been born prematurely is pure nuts, even more so when she actually wasn't!

@HarrietJet exactly. My case in question our children weren't even 1 so there was still a massive difference in their ability.

Once my DS was 2 he was discharged from the SCBU clinic and the prematurity was never mentioned again, it's odd that school aged children are compared due to when they were born

My oldest was premature at 4 weeks early from Pprom, it made fuck all difference except they kept us in hospital just on a ward for a week until the point he would be classed as term. He is MASSIVE biggest in his year group, smart and exceptionally healthy.

My middle child was term at 38 weeks but in the NICU and has lots of health issue, same size as my oldest.

My youngest was full term at 39 weeks and by far the smallest but perfectly healthy.

When a child is born does not really 'mean' anything when it comes to peers or size (unless your talking micro-preemies).

My house started subsiding - crack in the lounge wall that let in cold air. So I notified my insurance company.
A Chartered Surveyor arrived; first question was
"Was it like this when you bought it?"

I was and still am baffled. Especially her saying my 6lb baby was bigger than her almost 8lb one was !
I actually had to buy tiny baby clothes from mothercare as most shops only started at newborn size which was far too big and she didn’t 🤷

Premature lady is nuts.

Both of mine were born early but full term.

Dd was 38+4 and weighed 5lb 13oz. She went home on the second day because we were trying to breastfeed. When I moved over to bottles, we were discharged.

Ds was 37+3 and weighed 5lb 4oz. He wouldn’t stay latched on. Just didn’t have the energy or strength to do so, so we put him on bottles and we were released the next day.

Apparently they can in extremely rare cases, where one twin is male and the other is female with Turner syndrome.

@autienotnaughti

https://www.twins.org.au/twins-and-families/frequently-asked-questions/62-twin-facts/19-can-male-female-twins-ever-be-identical#:~:text=In%2099.9%25%20of%20cases%20boy,into%20a%20male%20%2F%20female%20pair.

Everyone wants to think that their baby is the most special and unusual one.

Yes I was going to say there was no "we" about it. Some (rather a lot) British voters voted for it.

Tbf being this premature can cause you issues

LOL I've had both of these

At pizza express yesterday with ds who has milk and soya allergy

Me:'ds has milk and soya allergy, can he eat these breadsticks?'

Waitress:'.....erm, I'll get him some gluten free ones'

Me:'do they have milk or soya in?'

Waitress:'I'm not sure I don't think so'

Me:???????

About two weeks after my teenagers dad died ( my ex) someone I thought was a friend seemed amazed that they were still upset at the their fathers death !

Fine but typically it's a no. We should not encourage stupidity

No, but I like accuracy.

I considered 38 to 40 weeks full term. Apologies if I am wrong there.

"Would you like whipped cream on your soya hot chocolate? "

That's...not a ridiculous question.

Not peculiar. Eg some people prefer one thing. Or it's an intolerance rather than allergy.

I met a young lady once who could only eat Brussels sprouts and rice. Everything else have her severe digestive issues. I can't remember the name of her condition but she was very thin, not surprisingly and had periods of time being tube fed.

I was assembling the flowers for a hat I was making for a client. 'Ooh, yes, I like that!' she said. Then, 'Will I still like it when it's finished?'

An acquaintance of my DH. 'Oh Toxic, all my life I've been looking for a woman willing to work. You can leave your DH and I'll leave my DW, and you can work hard for me. It'll be great!'

"My son walked at 4 months".

When the woman, whom my EXH cheated with, accused me of having an affair with my EXH!

i probably would have said "oh really? That's nothing, there was a lady in Galilee area in about 30AD whose son walked on water!"😀😀