or rather, did I over-react? Colleague thought it would be funny to spread a rumour as an April Fools joke that the father of my unborn child is my boss, not my DH

[MamaG]

I was NOT impressed and told her so in no uncertain terms.

Apart from the fact that I don't want bloody rumours about the parenthood of my baby flying around the office (of course, it is DH's, no doubt about that !!) its effing unprofessional!

Should I have laughed it off, or was I right to be annoyed?

hopefully it didn't reach the boss...she can live in terror of you from now on lest that happen

glad it got sorted MamaG

out of interest, is your boss fit? or is he a minging muppet? cause that of course makes it all ok if he is fit

hee hee at heifer

Seems like a gracious apology to me, good for her.

oh no, he's a minger!

YAtotallyNBU what a terible thing to do. Its intrusive and a slur on your beautiful baby - i would have been tempted to smack her in the mouth, but then im pretty hormonal myself just now (PMT from hell).

Mind you, we did this, i used to have to spend lots of time at work in a small room with a male collegue who im really good friends with. He was involved with another close friend of mine at the time. But we perpetuated a myth that my baby was his and my partner knew and was happy about it - i think some people did actually wonder. Mind you, it backfired a little, when DD was born with a "spock/pixie ear" identical to the one my friend has . He got much teasing for that - we tried to get a couple of T-shirts with "who's the Daddy" on them for the christening (hes a godfather ) but felt that it might be a little inappropriate for a catholic ceremony

ah just seen the apology post - that was nice

it's workplace bullying. what a bitch. april fools day was clearly just a convenient excuse for her to humiliate you.

Ok, I forgive her, she apologised properly and admitted it was in poor taste.

She's probably a bit of you being a Mum.

That is incredibly stupid - how old is she 3?? I would have been horrified - she needs speaking to by your boss and she should apologise and let everyone know that it was a stupid childish april's fool.