To be upset by this question?

[areyoupregnant]

So just dropped the kids off at school on their first day back after Christmas, I got asked by one of the other mums if I'm pregnant I just laughed it off, but I was hurt deep down. Not her fault, cuz my belly sticks out a bit. 17 st now, put on a stone since I started eating Christmas food/chocolates in November 😞

I want to lose weight, and I started my diet on 2nd January, but today was just the kick in the arse I really needed.

Cheers to a healthier 2020

Ignore her.

Ouch. If you’ve put on a stone in that short space of time I can see why she’d think you were pregnant.
Good luck with losing it OP.

Good luck getting healthier!This happened to me once and I was mortified.Also cross with the other parent as I was obviously not trying for a baby.Unless someone tells me they are pregnant I NEVER mention it!

Even if you were pregnant she’d have been rude to ask. No one should ever ever ever ask a woman that unless they’re her doctor.

Good luck with your health kick

YANBU it's an incredibly rude question to ask. Hopefully it was just a foot in mouth thing and she's kicking herself now though.

Yep, this happened to me some years back, someone we knew but not that well (business relationship) congratulated me on the baby and was then mortified when i said that I wasn't pregnant just fat!
Unless I know someone is definitely pregnant I keep quiet (or speculate to my husband privately ).

If you’ve put on a stone in that short space of time I can see why she’d think you were pregnant.

Think, not unreasonable. Asking was bloody rude though. It's a week after the most stressful and gluttonous few weeks of the year, most people outside of MN have put on a few pounds ds I should imagine. Not all of us dined on lentils, half a slither of turkey and licked a square of 'naice dark chocolate' through December.

Good luck with getting healthier, @areyoupregnant. Just find your own pace losing weight, if you take these sort of comments to heart then you're more likely to crash diet and then inevitably give up.

I want to lose weight, and I started my diet on 2nd January, but today was just the kick in the arse I really needed.

So you're not upset by this question, but actually happy with it, because it's given you the kick in the arse I really needed.

Good for you, and good luck with your diet and exercise!

Why let it upset you if you're already working to fix it?

Not worth thinking about. Good luck with the diet!

I had this on holiday abroad years ago, the waiter kept pointing at my stomach saying 'Bambino, bambino' Bloody cheek, I wasn't even that fat at the time unlike now.

Ignore her OP.

She was rude. I have been asked a few times in the past if I was pregnant, but when I was thinner than I am now. I’ve been on the receiving end of “congratulations” “you’re really starting to show now ” or simply “are you pregnant?”

It only happened 4-5 times but I realised it wasn’t my responsibility to laugh it off or save the other person embarrassment. So I started the following:

Rude person: “Are you pregnant?”
Me: (looking puzzled) “No, why do you ask?”

With the intention of making them squirm enough and not subject another woman to the same

On the other side with this, a senior colleague (3/4 levels above me) who I spoke to on a daily basis didn't ask me if I was pregnant until I was 8 and a half months, and even then checked with a colleague first just in case.

My bump was pretty obvious, I thought it was sweet. He even looked embarrassed when he asked, like he was still doubting himself

Some people do not have a verbal filter, you are dieting so have started the ball rolling.

Are you able to incorporate exercise into your daily routine?

That’s unfortunate and it always hurts a little to be on the receiving end of these sorts of comments.

But on the plus side you’ve already committed to a healthier lifestyle so you’re the winner at the end of the day! Good luck with your health kick!

Well it's a bit like when I was asked if I was ds's gran by the woman who ran the after school club. Just thoughtless and stupid, but it really hurts!