why do people feel the need to spout this gubbins?

[sazzle82]

Ok, so I admit I am pretty grumpy & quick to get angry at the (best of times) moment, but is anyone else fed up of the clichéd stuff people come out with?

I am sick of being asked how the bump is, how I'm liking the hot weather, repeatedly telling the same people over and over when I finish work, and being told I am massive!!

However, it's the weight/food side that annoys me most. I am amazed at how people feel the need to comment on what I am eating. A woman at work can't walk passed me having a snack without loudly asking if I am eating for two, even when the whole team were eating birthday cake.

Same women shouted loudly across the canteen that I shouldn't be eating chocolate. When I asked why (possibly in a quite antagonistic manner) she looked a bit uncomfortable then claimed it would give the baby a sweet tooth. I told her she was being ridiculous and stomped off.

Another woman at work told me I shouldn't eat chocolate (a different sweet machine incident) because I was getting fat. She then laughed and said, 'seriously, you shouldn't eat it, you'll find it hard to lose the weight after'.

Whilst this has brought much hilarity to my team mates who are as disbelieving as I am that people could say this, is this what everyone is experiencing or do I just work with a particularly rude bunch of people?

Sorry, it seems you work with a bunch of dickheads. This sort of thing isn't normal in my experience. My coworkers / acquaintances only say I'm looking great (though I'm enormous) and that they've been thinking of how I've been feeling with the weather.

Mat leave for you soon, hopefully?

Ugh, I feel for you Sazzle. I work in fashion retail where everyone has an opinion on your size and shape. I have put on very little actual fat and am a size 8 in maternity, but constantly told how massive I am. One woman even said to me "I know you're pregnant bit you're only like 3 months and you can still tell you're just a big girl" I was actually 8 months pregnant at the time. People just talk shit, try to laugh it off. Or else wear a sign that says "yes I am excited, no I don't like the heat, no I'm not worried about getting fat and no you can't touch my bump"

You do work with some rude people!!

But maybe the second one did have good intentions - I found it really hard to lose the weight after my DS (breast feeding just seemed to make it cling to me rather than losing it!) & maybe she was just trying to pass on her experience. I made a promise I would be much more careful with what I ate second time round . . . .

Unfortunately I have absolutely no will power and I'm eating exactly the same amount of cake & chocolate as last time! Oh well!

Good to know is not the norm and that the people I work with a rude, I will continue being grumpy with them.

I'm sure people do have good intentions, but it's still annoying.

Yup- they're rude. Same with the woman who said Sour was "just a big girl". At a size 8 in maternity I'm assuming you haven't got tree trunk arms and legs and hundreds of double chins. How unbelievably rude!

I'm so careful of what I say to pregnant women now, especially after reading mumsnet!

As for me (pg with number 3) I get VERY annoyed with people saying "you're mad" (my choice!) and various things about how hard it's going to be to cope.

Anyone who comments on my food is putting themselves at severe risk of being stabbed in the eye with whatever cutlery I have to hand.

MrsW that's all very well and good, but after months of criticism like this i think even a saint would have had enough!

I hate that pregnancy apparently gives people the right to comment on your body and choices. I hate the way when people see you, instead of saying hello etc, they stand back and look you up and down. Then make some inane comment on your size or more surprising to me, where they think you are putting the weight on. this would not be appropriate in any other situation, surely??

Sorry rant over!