Weirdest reactions when you told people you're pregnant?

[tindel]

As I'm now 17 weeks, I've pretty much told everyone that I'm pregnant. Most people have been lovely about it - even had a couple of people crying because they were so pleased - but two reactions have definitely stood out as being a bit odd and one slightly rude, imo.

First one was when I announced it at my team meeting, which was mainly done over teleconference. After I'd said it, I had people saying their congratulations and then my boss said "Yes, well done Tindel". Well done? For what? Getting knocked up? I know it was meant nicely, but it just seemed a bit weird to be praised in the same way as if I'd finished a work project!

The other one, I'm still not sure if I should have taken offence at. When we went to tell DH's parents, MIL's first reaction was to turn to him and say "And I suppose this is your doing?" FFS, who else would it have been, given that we've been together for more than 10 years?

So share - what has been the weirdest reaction you've had when you've told people you're pregnant?

When DH and I told PIL, FIL said "Well I hope you don't expect us to look after it!"

They spent 15 years looking after sils 3 boys, as soon as one was in school she had another, so they looked after them full time when she went back to school, so I get why he said it, he had had enough childminding, but This was our first DC and we had never mentioned TTC let alone asking them to look after our DC!

I was very hurt by this comment, needless to say they rarely ever looked after DC, only half a dozen times in an emergency over the years. Sils DC' are most definitely the favourite, so is sil come to that.

Mil is widowed now, we don't see her much, due to their behaviour over the years, funny how she rings us every time she needs help now! because she doesn't want to bother sil!

Ugh Scooby! My own dad said something very similar about "not being the type to look after your kids every weekend so you can go out." I was mid twenties and married and not really the "going out" type.

Flash forward 8 years and he is besotted with my two. Thinks they hung the moon and he and my mom would have them permanently if I'd let them.

Scooby2015 reminds me of my pils. They've barely seen dd since sil got engaged when dd was a week old. Who cares about the actual new person that's been born when sil's going to get married. When/if sil has any dc I know they will be the favourites.

I only had one weird reaction which was from my brother who's a single dad who sees his son once/twice per week and has huge amounts of family support... Basically he told us our lives were over and we'd never sleep again and that he was surprised I was actually pregnant... Bear in mind he has never not been able to get free babysitting/childcare any time he's needed it and comes back to stay with our parents every weekend so that he has help with his now 5 year old

I'm in the middle of a course I fought long and hard to get onto and have had no plans to have 2nd child yet (even though dd1 is 4 :-) had a very surprising bfp and now in process of telling uni and everyone...

Even though I'm 33 and married I am just waiting for the barrage of "oh no's" from out families ...!

I'm actually very pleased-the course will wait. But I know particularly my family will be disappointed on my behalf been though I'm happy!

My grandmother just kept repeating "oh dear" to herself like she was in shock. She's really pleased now it has sunk in though.

A friend: "I thought that OH had more sense than that!" Err, thanks. Given that we live together and I'm closer to 30 than 20 I think we're big enough and ugly enough to decide to stop using contraception and see what happens.

I'm now 35 weeks. Same friend rang me up at the weekend and asked whether I was still living with my OH, or whether I had gone back to my parents! Err, what?!? Clearly she sees my life differently than I do...

bedsheets4knickers, thank you! I was apprehensive about people's reactions at first, but I've yet to meet anyone who's not been anything other than positive. Quite simply, always wanted to be a mum.

A male work colleague: "I thought you must be when you wore that dress"
Me: "why, because I look fat in it?"
Colleague: "no... your boobs have got bigger..."
Huh?

I did the "well done!" thing to BIL when he told us his wife was upduffed. I don't know why, it just came out. Felt like a right twat.

An old school friend of mine guessed when I wasn't drinking at a party. She dragged me into the kitchen and asked me, then said "I thought you got married suddenly!" We were engaged for almost a year, and anyone who knows anything about me would never think I gave a crap about babies being born in wedlock.

Oh, and DD re. current pregnancy: "Is it going to come out of your foof???"

I think the worst things I had with my first were...

"Oh so that's why you got engaged then?" (We found out about pregnancy 2 weeks after getting engaged-so not related at all! And had been trying for several months pre engagement!)

My boss "is that good news or bad news?" -- seriously????

With no.2 in laws were told the exciting news via FaceTime........ Silence! Of course they're excited now, but you could clearly tell they were not happy we were having a second child out of wedlock!