I can't believe they said...

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MIL on finding out we were having twins said... "I don't want to worry you, but I know someone who had twin boys and they both turned out to be gay" WTactualF?!

What are some of the howlers that you've heard been thrust upon you

I've comments about:
Ginger babies (DH is a fine shade of red)
Large age gaps (6 years between all 3. Going to a high school open evening while pg was interesting)
Being an older Mum. I'm not yet 40.
And
Having 2 girls and a boy. Bear in mind that we did it 'the right way' as DS is the oldest.
The best one though was when DH went for the snip while I was pg with DC3, his Mother -who adores all 3 of them btw actually said 'maybe you should have had it done years ago'.
Almost thumped her for that one.

Some of these are unbelievable!

My DS (19mo) recently did a little bit of baby modelling, and when we told my DH's grandmother about it, she said 'Hmmm, well you may think it's okay now, but you had better not turn him into one of these gays.' I told her exactly what I thought about that!

When pregnant with DC3, and with two DSs, someone asked me if DC3 was a boy if we would "try again for a girl." I was astounded. I was tempted to say that yes indeed, if I fucked up again and had another boy that we would immediately grab a bucket and drown him and get straight back on to the bed to try again. My DC wasn't even fecking born!!!
I have never, ever commented on other people's children's genders since.

My favorite pregnancy comments ever were from two very young, very high girls at a dubstep night.

Girls: are you buzzing?

Me: No, i cant take anything Im pregnant.

Girls: Do you know who the father is?

Me: Yes, there he is, hes just coming back from the loos now.

Girl 1: (spotting wedding rings) Aww look, theyre married. Thats so sweet!

Girl 2: Do you think it will be born, liking dubstep?

I felt very cool but all so very old. Like someelses hip parents

So dashoflime, do you know whether your baby loves dubstep?

He prefers minimal techno

I think a Dubstep baseline would be too complex for all but the most sophisticated babies.

Indeed Squiz

I'm a normal weight for my height (BMI of 23). After years of dieting/watching my weight before and after DS1, to ensure I was healthy, my DM used to constantly question me on it telling me I didn't need to.
I'm now 31weeks with DS2 and she said to me last week, "maybe you should stop eating as you're putting on weight and you can see it here"(pointing at my back just behind my armpits)

I've also had, from a friend's MIL, after finding out I'm having another boy "will you try again for a girl?"

"You do realise labour is HIDEOUSLY painful, don't you?"

Not. Helpful.

Out with colleagues last night and was asked if we'd been trying for a baby. A colleague quickly stepped in with (jokingly) "yes Jenny, how did it happen!" I went for well... "I met a man I loved very much and we got married and that's how I got pregnant." But afterwards realised a better answer of "I don't know, we don't teach living and growing in nursery"

On telling my Mum that I was pg with Ds1, she said "Oh no, now I'll have 6 grandchildren" - like that was some kind of problem?!
Anyway, she was wrong - she died before DS1 was born. :(

For some reason twin babies turn some people into complete idiots. As well as the usual rude 'ivf?' questions (to which my standard answer is 'I'll give you the details of our conception if you give me the details if yours' ) and the 'I have two a year apart - it's just like having twins' grrrr- not it's not, I've also been asked which is 'the bad one', which is the 'clever one ' and which is our favourite!!! ???

I have to say I did lose patience with the number of people who asked 'are they identical' when one child was clearly a bit and the other a girl.

^^ boy not 'bit' ... Although he was a bit if a biter so maybe it's Freudian...

Although we aren't planning anymore children (2ds 9 and 12) I keep getting asked if I don't fancy having a girl before I get too old...I'm 35 ffs! I love my boys, and I once babysat a baby girl and had no idea where to clean when she pooped :0

It seems that you become public property when pregnant but it's doubly worse with twins so get used to it now!

Lily - it's a VERY common question to ask - there are b/g twins in my family and loads of people, even supposedly intelligent ones, will ask if they're identical! I have no idea where people's brains go when they ask that question, it's bizarre.

I must have one of those 'don't even think about asking me a stupid question' faces because I've had NONE of these (or anything like them) and I'm a walking dream for some of those idiots (large family, older mother to be, big gap between last one and this one, haven't found out the gender - although no twins).

Or maybe I look like such a miserable sod no-one would dare comment...

Some of these are shocking!

I've had lots of 'was it planned?' - this is our second, DS is 2.5yrs so thought it was strange to hear this from he same people who have spent the last 2 years telling me 'it's about time for another one'!

Oddest comment so far though has been from an elderly cousin who wanted to know how old I would be when I have birth! Not sure what the relevance is tbh.

'Give birth' not 'have birth'... Having birth somehow sounds even more uncomfortable.

When a colleague announced she was having twins (after a previous mc at 4 months), an older and usually very thoughtful and kind engineer (male)was visibly so happy and excited for her, said it was brilliant, they were so happy for her, and it would "make up for the one you lost"

The silence in the room was deafening.

We have three boys, including a set of twins... To the lady in the supermarket who, when learning my newborn babies in the sling on my front were indeed boys, the same as the three year old by my side, said 'how disappointing'

Kindly fuck off...!

I was like this

Thumbwitch the difficulty is it puts you in the position for trying to find an answer which doesn't make them feel like an idiot. (Which is quite hard)

I assume it's some kind of reflex twins=identical. I'm not sure what they would do with the information anyway.

My two were clearly not identical - just look in the bloomin pram !

MrsPat Yep I have 2 friends who tell me "everyone" has a terrible birth. As in beyond pain, a normal tear, the usual interventions... Real scary stuff.
They then say they were terrifically lucky and didn't.
But everyone else does. Everyone. Except them.

Apparently they (with NO input from me: they said thjid based on nothing) feared I might be "unrealistically optimistic" because of previous losses. Yeah cause I'm going to be LESS worried and sensible aren't I?!?

When we announced dc2, both my mum and my nan were desperate to know whether it was 'natural' or assisted like our dc1 was. They have idiotic theories that we couldn't have dc1 because our sex life wasn't spicy enough based on who know what and also implied that dc2 would be better off because she wasn't assisted conception!

I has a woman see me with the double pushchair. She peered inside: ooh lovely. are they twins.

Uh... Well this twin was born September 2012 and the other came out March twenty fucking fourteen (you daft bag).

They were 3 months and 22 months old at the time.