Do you say, "WE are pregnant" or "When WE were pregnant"?

[ghosty]

For some reason this really really bugs me. Why do people do it? Yes, my children are also DH's children ... but I was pregnant, not him - does he have the saggy skin, the c/s scar, the droopy boobs to show for it? No, he bleeding well doesn't!

I spent all day with someone today who kept saying, "When WE were pregnant" and by the end of the day I wanted to scream

It really isn't like me - I am usually pretty chilled about how other people do stuff .... sigh.

god no its sickening

the day DH says 'we were pregnant' I'm selling him to a bloody circus

No I didn't! I was the only pregnant one. I didn't notice him suffering too much!!

if men did have children there wouldnt be any around
your right its just you thats preg not we

no it sounds ridiculous

but i think "we're expecting a baby" is just about acceptable

No I never said it, sounds wrong to me too

it does make the man concerned sound like a medical miracle, I must admit.

I can see how its sweet, but it always makes me want to double take.

Think "we're expecting" is marginally ok.

its the women who say it who make me want to gagg more tbh

I'd only ever say "When I was pregnant" but might refer to "When we were expecting DS" if I were going on to say something about both of us.

Dh says 'we', I say 'I'. He said it the other day (I'm currently pg) I said that seeing as we are pg could he take the baby on Friday night so I could get p*ssed?

I don't particularly like it but it's his way of feeling involved so I'd feel mean sniping at him about it.

I said "I" was pregnant, but "we" were expecting our baby.

confess i said it a few times at the beginning of 1st pg, to make dp feel more involved. we were very new to each other tho, so was still on pretty soft ground IYSWIM. agre its bollocks tho; he had a shag, I was pg

I know somebody who does this and I agree it really is silly.

No, tis barftastic.

As is "we're potty training at the moment" and other similar phrases. No, your child is potty training, you oik!

nO.
iT'S SO NAFF.
i ALWAYS HAVE TO STIFLE GUFFAWS WHEN Anyone says it do.

Similarly
'We're trying for a baby' mkes me want to hurl.
A little bit of mystery puhleeeeze,people!

When dp got pregnant I'd say "we're having a baby - dp's pregnant". Thought that was OK.

no, we're pregnant is biologically impossible and sounds SO wrong!

I hate 'we' are pregnant. That's impossible.

I think 'we're potty training' is OK tbh. You are doing it with your child. I sometimes say 'we're bf'.

But 'we're pregnant' - nonononono.

Lol moondog. 'Trying for a baby' sounds faintly clinical - like bunsen burners and clipboards and graphs are involved.

'We're pregnant' grates on me too.

I knew a couple once, and the dad wouldn't drink alcohol in sympathy with the mum when 'they' were pregnant.

Pregnancy is a biological event. Men do not experiance pregnancy. They can expect a baby, they can have a newborn, they can walk about with it all night if they like, but they cannot be pregnant. Women don't say "We ejaculated early" do they!

Similarly, if dp said "We are going to the pub", I wouldn't be too chuffed at being left at home!

'Trying for a baby - urgh. Why not just say 'we're having loads of sex'.

And as someone else has said, I'm the one whose body is wrecked, I'm the one puking my head off, I'm the one who'll have to pass yet another human being out of my body, so I'M pregnant. (and brim full of hormones, can you tell?)

OK, maybe not "we're potty training" but I've also heard "shall we change our nappy?"

f....f....s!

LOL at we're going to the pub, Colditz!

"we ejaculated early" followed by shaking head solemnly I suppose

PMSL