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To hate the phrase "X months/weeks gone"?

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BertieBotts · 06/08/2011 00:00

And variations thereof. "How far gone is she?" "How far gone are you?" Hate the way it sounds like you're either dying or trying to work out if it's too late to have an abortion. It's just pregnancy, not the end of your life or anything.

Am probably being grumpy but it's irrationally annoyed me for years.

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mayorquimby · 06/08/2011 13:30

Oh do agree also with how pathetic the "we are pregnant thing sounds." makes me think both people in that relationship are a bit tattish. I doubt I'll ever describe myself as being in anyway pregnant, because I never will be.

Also if men could get pregnant nobody would have kids until their 40's to accomodate for our sporting past-times.
Just a question if we do start to become pregnant do we get to to stop having the pain of getting hit in the nuts?

DuelingFanjo · 06/08/2011 13:33

'how's the baking going?' really used to piss me off.

bananasplitz · 06/08/2011 13:36

up the duff innit Grin

mayorquimby · 06/08/2011 13:52

Up the duff or up the stick/pole
Are these the preserve of the Irish or do they get used over in England?

CBear6 · 06/08/2011 14:14

Oh god, up the duff is vile. When I told my mum I was pregnant this time my 10yo brother overheard and before I could tell my dad he went into the living room and loudly announced "that DH's-name has gone and gotten CBear up the duff again". What the hell is a duff anyway?!

As for the pain of being kicked in the nuts vs pain of childbirth ... A friend told me that a kick in the nuts is worse because you get one kick and never want another but women can choose to have more than one baby. I pointed out that as far as I'm aware a standard kick to the nuts didn't ever tear anyone's perineum open or result in infection/PTSD/bleeding for up to six weeks.

In answer to the original question, YANBU

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