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the strangest response you have had to telling someone you are pregnant ?

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sazlocks · 12/07/2009 21:47

I thought that two of my colleagues asking if it was planned was pretty odd but got the strangest so far today on telling a friends 20 something daughter who said " oh never mind" to which her mother replied "she doesn't do children" charming !

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Paranoid1stTimer · 14/07/2009 14:13

"We were trying to work out how to tell you to cut back on all those Mars Bars!!!"

Although I was eating lots of Mars Bars cos I had chronic morning sickness (all day every day of course) but they all thought I was getting fat.

Why does everyone who is not close to you ask you "was it planned?". I think that sounds soooooooo rude!

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sazlocks · 14/07/2009 19:47

very rude to ask was it planned - I could understand if I was a teenager but I am late thirties and been with my partner for 13 years and already have one DS concieved through fertility treatment..............which the people who have asked me was it planned know very well.

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maxbear · 14/07/2009 20:26

I told a chap at church and he put his finger to his lips and said 'shh its a secret'.

rainbowlight · 14/07/2009 20:38

My old boss a total career woman anti marriage, men and kids said "oh dear - well if it was me I would drink a bottle of bleach" She did apologise the next day.

Minshu · 14/07/2009 22:17

A nice but surprising one from a male friend who is really not into kids (can't remember the precise words, but something along the lines of): "I'm really pleased for you because I know that it's something you've wanted for a long time and hope you'll be very happy".

My brother was really pleased for us and kept telling me so.

DP's family also keep saying how excited they are, but he did get a "was it planned" on first telling them. He's 41 and I think they'd given up on the idea of him adding to the roll call of grandchildren.

Gran (incredulous): "But you look thrilled?" She's happy for me now, but concerned that I'll not be able to visit her as often.

My GP gulped and said "oh", with a big smile - she thought I wanted to discuss the next steps in fertility investigations.

hackneybird · 16/07/2009 23:17

'It's not mine is it?' - a very bad taste joke from my BOSS.

piprabbit · 16/07/2009 23:31

I was wafting around work, 7 and a bit months pregnant. Please bear in mind that my bump was huge, I'd been wearing the most god-awful maternity wear for months and not kept the news secret in any way. These were people I worked with everyday, spending hours in small meeting rooms and generally living in each others posckets.

I offered a plate of lemon yellow cupcakes decorated with little ducks and bunnies to one of my colleagues. He looked at them and asked 'what's this in aid of then?'. I replied that it was to celebrate my last day at work. 'Where are you going?' he asked. I explained that I was about to start my maternity leave, to which he replied ' Oh, are you pregnant?' .

Not exactly from the initial phase of telling people my good news - but obviously the first my colleague had heard about it .

gigglewitch · 16/07/2009 23:35

"you stupid idiot" - my sister (ds1 was very planned and fertility treatment that dsis obv was unaware of)
"are you pregnant?" (couple of days before dd was born, 36wks pg)

gigglewitch · 16/07/2009 23:36

#2 = work colleague

MrsMc82 · 17/07/2009 07:05

Aw love this thread! Not had too many weird reactions yet as only been telling people for a few weeks now but my nana bless her did say "oh how unusual!" that made me giggle!

Also suprised at how many people think its ok to ask if its planned! (it was and been married for nearly 3 years now!)

savoycabbage · 17/07/2009 07:32

Somebody asked me if I was "pregnant by the same babyfather". I am married to an accountant. he plays golf. He does in fact own a Boden jumper. He reads books about tax in his spare time.

itsabingthing · 17/07/2009 07:53

I held off announcing to my dh that I was pregnant with our third (slightly unplanned, very much loved) dc for a couple of days as I was so shocked myself, eventually thought now or never, told him in the kitchen while busy cooking tea, his response was: "How?" To which I could only say: "How do you bloody think? Same as the others!"

crockydoodle · 17/07/2009 08:24

Red haired husband. Had 3 ds (brown haired)
so when asked when expecting baby 4 if I was trying for a girl this time, I answered that no, actually I,m trying for a redhead.
Loved the look on their faces! Usually had the effect of rendering them speechless.

crockydoodle · 17/07/2009 08:25

She was a girl though in the end and still no red heads. I musn't have the gene.

verytiredmummy · 17/07/2009 13:32

Some of these are so shocking!

My BIL and SIL both said they "knew" I was pregnant because they'd guessed when they last saw me. The last time they'd seen me was at a family party, I was necking wine (in order to deal with said family) and if I was pregnant at the time, I was only one-day pregnant. They didn't say congratulations.

But this is the same couple who "Just can't understand" where my son gets his white-blond hair from and comment on it every time we meet. I am blonde.

insertwittynicknameHERE · 17/07/2009 14:07

I will tell you about what my nana said to my brother when he told her that his GF is expecting, But i will need to set the back story and explain from the off that my nana is a lovey but very, very dotty/dopey woman.

backstory, My brother has a staffy who got hold of a seagull in the garden and ripped it to shreds (really nice dog just not around birds)

Anyway GF finds out she is expecting so my bro rings my nana to tell her, he has her on loud speaker so that we can all listen in (Nana is famous for her silly and daft replies so we all like to listen) Anyway bro tells nana IN true bro style by saying he got his bird pregnant....long silence on nanas end of the line..... and then she says what the seagull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cue me, mum, dad, DH and bro falling about in fits of laughter all we can hear on nanas end of the line was her saying but how, thats not possible!!!!!!

God I love my nana she is the best, but she is so dopey it is unbelievable.

BaDaBing · 17/07/2009 14:14

My mum - "Thank god its not cancer!" She said when I phoned to find out if she was going to be at home alone so I could talk to her she started panicking I was going to give her bad news!

Daisy134 · 17/07/2009 14:59

Loving this thread. My partner's grumpy nan said to us 'How did you manage that?'... Surely her memory isn't that bad... She then asked him if he'd had some dental work done...

Woooozle100 · 17/07/2009 15:02

are you massaging yr perrenium?

this was off a bloke at work

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sazlocks · 17/07/2009 19:13

no pixiemason - - I feel embarassed on your behalf !

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sazlocks · 17/07/2009 19:15

oh and today - I thought you were looking a bit ropey.
hmm - cheers!

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craftynclothy · 17/07/2009 19:33

With 1st baby, MIL's response: "Oh, I don't think that's a good idea. I don't approve".

When I announced I was pregnant (this pregnancy - 2nd child) to my mum, she said "How do you know?"

And this time round when dh told MIL (who has 2 sons): "How many is she planning on having? She's like a baby factory"

xfingerscrossedx · 17/07/2009 21:32

I bought a pregnancy testing kit from Sainsbury's and the spotty teenage boy behind the counter chirped up "Have a nice day... if you can!"

Didn't know whether to laugh or hit him!

ChocFudgeCake · 18/07/2009 21:51

When I told my mum I was pg she picked up DS, 8 months, and told him "we are not talking to mummy" and walked out of the room. It was quite a shock to her.
When I told my dad on the phone, there was silence then "At least this time you are here", I had been overseas when pg with DS and had difficult pregnancy.

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