That colleague made comment about ginger babies

[CheesexCrackers]

To be annoyed about a colleague making comments about ginger hair?

A colleague has recently come back from maternity leave and was talking about her dd.

She said she's so glad she's got brown hair, it would be the worst to have a ginger baby, I would of hated to have a ginger baby it would of been horrible.... she then glanced around the room and noticed my hair and made an awkward face.

I'm pregnant with my first and may well have a red haired baby, which I would personally love.

Is it the pregnancy hormones talking or am I right to be pissed off that she's targeting red hair.... and even red haired babies??

I live abroad and am literally slightly famous for being "that woman with the red-haired children" 🙈😅🧑‍🦰 EVERYONE comments on their hair, usually positively. I get a lot of "Oh, Prince Harry/Ed Sheeran!!" too which I find bizarre but they always mean it nicely.

I would prefer it if someone called them Weasleys But it's quite nice really.

I'm hoping my baby has ginger hair, I think times have changed. Red is seen as beautiful in the newer generations.

It's really out of order, I hate comments like that

My mum used to say she was so glad I wasn't born with ginger hair and that she's worried about it. Honestly the shit people come out with.

I actually think ginger hair is beautiful

Unusual colour combination - must look quite striking

I have 2 ginger haired kids and while my daughter gets nice comments from time to time, my son has had some vile comments at high school. Boys seem to get it worse for some reason. I think you’re right to feel this way. It’s a lame, outdated, childish reaction and she sounds like a prick.

My daughter has a 7 week old baby. His dad is ginger. At the moment his hair is brown, but my daughter and I delight in seeing hints of red in it. Will he go more ginger? Probably, and how wonderful. I’m more interested in whether he’ll have freckles. I really hope so

Congratulations on your pregnancy

Yanbu! I don’t understand why it’s acceptable for people to be rude about ginger haired people.

I am ginger although greying now and has a lot of teasing as a child. As an adult I got loads of compliments, it was most odd!

Ds1 is bright ginger and has never experienced much teasing! His hair colour is incredibly beautiful and he has blue eyes so he’s really unusual.

Ginger hair is interesting and unusual, society needs to embrace it!

Absolutely pathetic

She sounds awful

I live abroad and no-one ever mentions red hair, it's such a non issue

What an absolute tit she is. My partner and I had a surprise ginger baby (neither of us are) and were thrilled. A few people have said 'she'll probably grow out of it' but I really hope she doesn't as it's a beautiful colour. She's nearly 2 now and no sign of it changing. I don't understand people like her.
It does mean that when I see another ginger child i give them extra as they remind me of my little one

I have a very handsome ginger 16 year old lad, everyone comments on his lovely hair. I can always pick him out in a crowd too. Shes a twat and treat her as such from now on.
Also my friend has the same colour hair but all 3 of her kids are brown/mousy. I think its terrible people are still mean about ginger hair,.you can't say a word about people's skin colour, religion, sexual preferences, but this hair colour is still fair game.
I hope you get the ginger baby you want, 😊😊xx

I think your colleague was talking out of her arse.

my DD is red haired and there’s lots of it in my family. It looks great.

My niece and nephew are reid heeded not uncommon in Ne Scotland.
Don't understand the hate for ginger hair.

@Borgonzola I do the same, people must think I'm mental when I'm not actually with my son when I'm smiling like mad at a ginger child 🤣

Heided.😃

I really don’t think the weird thing in Britain about red hair is an anti Irish thing because the French are also insulting about gingers for some reason. I think it IS a form of racism though, because red headed people tend to have specific physical characteristics aside from just hair colour- pale skin, freckles etc.

I choose to dye my hair auburn (when I dye it) - I think red hair looks awesome, and your colleague should be ashamed of having such a bigoted opinion, @CheesexCrackers.

Red had to be on both sides of the family for a baby to inherit it.

Red hair is beautiful. My little girl has strawberry blond hair. It’s glorious

@Myonlysunshine123

Of course the petty thing would be to look at a photo of her baby, coo and ahhh then say ‘she’s a poor wee mousy thing though isn’t she? Will you dye her hair?’

I had similar comments OP, DH is a red head as is MIL (auburn) and my sister has very red hair, carrot coloured so its in my genetics. People said it in a mostly jokey way but it bloody pissed me off. I have 3 kids none of who are ginger and a few people have said it afterwards, like thank God you didn't have a ginger, as if I would have cared.

My DH was bullied terribly as a child over his hair. Its a sore topic for DH and he gets really angry when comedians especially on panel shows joke about it. They wouldn't joke about other ethnic features or colours but gingers are fair game. I agree with him on this and its actually shocking how acceptable it is.

There’s a thread at the moment with people talking about their parents being really thick. I assume she will be one of the parents who is being talked about in a thread in 20 years time.

I hate this anti-ginger thing even though it doesn’t affect me personally. It only exists in England as far as I can tell - Scotland and Ireland have many people with red hair so embrace it.

Is it thinly veiled racism?

I remeber someone cuddling my red haired baby (I'm red headed too) and saying "Oh, her hair is such a lovely colour. You wouldn't want it yourself, of course....."🤣