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Stupid things people have said to you

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JennH · 03/02/2004 13:42

I have never heard as much rubbish as i have heard since i had my baby.

Things i get a lot-
What is HE called? (He is a girl and always wears pink)
Aww is she a big sister (said when she was obviously new born)

Am i the only one who has a child that people constantly think is the opposite sex?

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easy · 06/02/2004 19:40

My ds had webbed skin between his fingers and thumbs when he was born. at 4 months old they operated to seperate them. One day when I'd taken him back to hospital to have the dressings put back on (again), the registrar asked me 4 times 'how the burns had happened in the first place?'

Eventually a nurse took him outside and told him that he should at least read notes before starting to ask parents stupid questions

suzywong · 06/02/2004 19:40

God, this reminds me of what my mum said to me when I called her to tell her I had miscarried my first pregancy:
' I'm not surprised dear, I had a dream this week about going to an exhibition and there was a baby hanging on to a poster and as I walked past it it lost its grip and fell to the floor. So you see I must be psychic'

Over the years I have come to the conclusion that she can't help herself.

fisil · 06/02/2004 19:45

We did not tell anyone about being pg until after the 12 weeks scan, precisely because of the comments friends had told us they had had. The worst being:

"oh well, it's really just like a late period"

"well, it was probably so deformed you wouldn't have wanted it anyway."

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fisil · 06/02/2004 19:46

Oh, and senior manager to me, shortly after I announced my pregnancy:

"I reckon we should just not employ women during their fertile years."

coppertop · 06/02/2004 19:50

10 minutes after ds2 was born, a doctor was putting in several stitches 'down below'. While still pulling the thread through she said "Now make sure you don't get pregnant straightaway."

I'm so glad she told me that otherwise I would have been rolling in the hay with dh that very afternoon(!).

hmb · 06/02/2004 19:50

Suzywong. God! Words fail me.

jessmack · 06/02/2004 19:53

hugs to those with sad stories

A comment I recieve quite often is

"You've got your hands full, haven't you?"

Well? I only have TWO children (and dog), the reason I have my hands full is because I happen to think it is sensible to hold hands with a 2 year old and 4 year old (and dog's lead!) when walking beside a busy road, unlike a lot of people round here who seem perfectly comfortable with walking along with a 2 year old trailing far behind them, occasionally turning round to yell at them to hurry up.
On this subject - I got a huge fright the other day when walking along with my kids (dd in pushchair and ds holding on at the "safe" side) and a friend with her 2 year old (walking along beside her, next to the road). Friend's dd tripped and fell, with her head not more than 2 feet from the wheels of a lorry speeding past. I think I was more shocked than friend!

charliecat · 06/02/2004 20:04

My friend had an old lady on the bus say to her son, as he was eating a sausage roll "What did you have for breakfast son" and Her son said "toast" and the old woman said to my freind "oh your not bringing him up right are you?"
My friend was so gobsmacked she couldnt answer. I would have told her to F* off!

CP · 06/02/2004 20:09

We have recently moved and the new house has a fish pond - if anybody else asks if I am going to 'safety' it for my toddler dd I think I am going to reply: " no, why should I - how else will she catch her dinner"!!!

popsycal · 06/02/2004 20:11

Not parenting related but

somerfield till person: is that a courgette or an augergine?
me: it is a mango

popsycal · 06/02/2004 20:11

AUBERGINE!!

ks · 06/02/2004 20:12

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Lara2 · 06/02/2004 20:14

When I was younger I used to have horrendous period pains. Went to my doctor whilst at college and was told "They'll go away when you get married." !!!!!!!!!

tamum · 06/02/2004 20:15

God, hmb, you poor thing. That's lovely about the dates, though, I'm glad it's a comfort. Suzywong, I find it hard to imagine a more upsetting image, really What was your mother thinking?

This thread's getting really hard to read, isn't it- we're all mixing in tragedy and really funny anecdotes!

hmb · 06/02/2004 20:21

Sorry, didn't mean to put a downer on things. A funny one ' What a beautiful boy' to dd dressed in primrose yellow top with flowered trousers.

Another beauty from my mum. 'Are you going to have this baby at home then?'

'No, mum, as I've already told you it is going to be another section. The only way I'd have it at home is if someone strapped me to the kitchen table and hacked away with a carving knife'

Mum, 'I only asked'.

To a friend with male/female twins, 'Are they identical?' Duh???

hmb · 06/02/2004 20:29

I always cringe at 'organic food'. So all the rest is made out of metal and plastic is it? It is all 'organic' it is from living things. Sorry science pendant taking over.

I also hate 'delete where applicable'. So, does that mean that I should cross out the bit that applies to me then?

And a near miss should mean that you hit something........

....I think I need more wine.

Possbily due to a child insisting that she leave my lesson today as she was concussed when she was hit on the head with a sweet!

popsycal · 06/02/2004 20:31

hmb - i love those ones!!!

twiglett · 06/02/2004 20:44

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eidsvold · 06/02/2004 20:48

hmb - that was funny - I should have used that excuse today when a student threw clay at me.... said I could not teach anymore as I was 'concussed'.

eidsvold · 06/02/2004 20:52

from very good friend afer dd's heart surgery - ' you're not having any more children are you?' she did not know what to say when

I said 'yes why not?!?!?'

her reply was but what about dd - what if..... I knew she meant what if we had another child with down's syndrome and a heart defect....

aloha · 06/02/2004 21:13

After I was diagnosed with complete placenta praevia the midwife told me I'd need a c-section (er, yes I know) and then said, "aren't you going to cry now?". Er, no thanks.

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Bozza · 07/02/2004 15:58

My MIL when we told her I was 9 weeks pregnant and therefore had been pregnant 3 weeks previously when we'd been on holiday. "I'm surprised they let you fly".

How were they going to stop me short of doing a pregnancy test on every woman of child-bearing age prior to boarding?

Angeliz · 07/02/2004 16:13

at my dd's Christening, i was trying to make sure everyone had food/drink and my sister said,"Jon (her bf) said will you put some music on as it's more like a wake than a Christening!". My mam found me crying in the bathroom about an hour later when i couldn't pretend any longer! COMPLETELY riuned my dd's day for me

Lisa78 · 07/02/2004 16:19

Bloody DH - I was moaning at him that he was taking up too much of the bed and to budge over. He said he wasn't and that I just wasn't yet used to needing twice as much space as I used to... DS2 is 3 months old and am feeling a little flabby, thanks mate! Then he added he didn't mean it like that - still waiting to hear exactly how he did mean it!