to be peed off a dps friend

[twobabies]

For starting a conversation about stretchmarks (because I'm about 6 months pregnant) and had a bikini top on which then turned into a general conversation among dps friends about how gross they are/how horrible they look and how just generally nasty they are????

I should say here that I don't have any stretchmarks yet the conversation started over one of dps friends asking me when women usually got them, so they weren't directing the comments at me more at women who they had seen with stretchmarks/been involved with who had strechmarks. But I just thought hang on here a minute you having a conversation about how gross stretchmarks are around a PREGNANT woman. I did say to dp after that I thought it was rude, but he just said yeah but you haven't got any so why are you bothered, it wasn't directed at you???

Also any quick, funny mumsnet witisisms (sp?) to throw back should this conversation come up again would be great

How about 'hey do you not think it is a bit rude to be talking about how you don't like stretchmarks in front of a pregnant woman?'

I'm sorry I am not the type to allow that to go unchecked. They would know that they had offended me.

How about

"Try pulling your scrotum round a medicine ball and then feel free to comment on stretch marks - I would help you if you like but a scrotum is a truly ugly piece of anatomy without having gone through any major upheaval and I really don't like getting that close. Wish I hadn't in the first place then I wouldn't be sitting here with my expanding abdomen on show for you lot to make insensitive and rude comments about something that cannot be helped"

i would have gone done the sarcastic route myself... that way your seen as not being too bothered but they realise it could have been upsetting and might think next time.... or being men not!

my dp's bf made me watch trainspotting while i was pregnant....... spent the rest of my pregnancy seeing that dead baby over and over again

How about..."Talking of strechmarks, Have any of you bothered phoning your mothers lately???"

Glad you correted that Hattrick because of course such things are very important here on MN!

or

"you must have huge stretchmarks round your arse, the way you are talking out of it"

I would have made them feel really bad about saying it. I would have said in a babyish voice, oh no do you think I'M gonna get them and oh i am gonna look horrible. They would then probably start saying stuff like 'no you won't don't be silly' etc. Its a good way of turning it around and taking back what they said cause they dont wanna seem mean.

Lets be honest and frank...they were arses

Reverse phcoligy (i know that is spelt sooo wrong) is the best root to take!

lol at all of you, why oh why can I never think of these things at the time and instead just sit there seething!!

Twobabies- Clearly you're not mean and horrible like me!

I would have said . yeah your mother said hers were awfull but hey thats what mothers have to go through .