Irritating comments? Vent here!

[MPuppykin]

What wholly irritating / inappropriate comments have YOU gotten?

The receptionist at work comments to me Every Single Day ?We will have to get the floor reinforced if you put on any more weight?.

And, as I have a colleague who is also pregnant, but 7 months compared to my almost 6 ? You are a lot bigger than Elaine already. What ARE you eating? ?

It is starting to annoy me.

And you?. ????

On hearing I am going to be a single mother by midwife kindly told me she didn't know how I would cope alone and suggested my mother should retire to look after the baby. I'm 35 years old not 16! And it's not as if I'm the first person to do it alone...

i think its also equally as annoying when people comment on how small my bump is for 6 months...makes me worry is my baby not growing??
also the very worst comment came after miscarriage with DS3 at 22 weeks midwife came to my home the day after for health check and flippantly said "oh you are back in your jeans already" could definately have slapped her xx

Friend of family: How far gone are you?
Me: 6 months
FOF: You're BLOODY ENORMOUS!!!
Me (in my head): yes and you're a saggy-titted po-faced old cow who has never had children so what's your excuse?

Bump stroking in general by anyone other than my DH who ironically does not ever touch the bump unless I force him to (for fear of "hurting the baby")... Especially when they ask "do you mind if I touch your bump" and then do it immediately before I have had a chance to tell them "no piss off I find it really invasive and how would you feel if I randomly started stroking your non-preg belly FFS??"

People in General: " how old will your daughter be when the baby is born"
Me "16 months"
PIG: "ooooh you ARE gonna have your hands full" / "plenty of sleepless nights" / "oh dear 2 in nappies that WILL be fun haha" / "was it planned" etc etc etc....
Me (in my head): FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK OOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF you bunch of self-righteous, irritating twunts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DH (practically on a daily basis after having intentionally wound me up about something or other in a hilariously funny ha-ha way): "Oh just stop being so bloody pregnant and irrational" and/or "Please don't start crying: I can't handle it right now"

OK thanks for the vent people! (Am 38 weeks and SO enjoying a spot of pregnancy-induced insomnia right now and SO nice to get that off my chest, gonna go to the loo for the 20-millionth time and try and go to sleep now!!)

Am only 10 weeks with DC2 so not had any comments yet but had loads with DS1. Mainly from MIL about the size. EVERY time I saw her, oooh yes you are big aren't you, it's definitely going to be a big baby. Told me that my DH was big and that I wouldn't need many 0-3 month clothes as he'd be out of them in a week. Despite me telling her every time that I was measuring perfect for dates. Also kept being told by the midwife that I was going to have a big baby, including one during labour who examined me internally (just what I needed to hear!) Needless to say my DS was 6lb 6 and had nothing to wear ! Sent DH to mothercare for lots of 'tiny baby' clothes!

Yes to being force-fed horror birthing stories! And, "It'll change your life." (Good. That's what we want!) "Your social life will disappear." (Hmmm. You said that last time. Didn't though, did it?)

DH rescued me from the women's team at the pub quiz last night so I could talk about something else with the men. Bless him!

Also, ex-BIL's new wife on hearing I was pg with DD (smiling sweetly): "You'll get fat - sorry." Me (sliently): "Your son is 12. What's your excuse?"

And, from my sister: "You will stop now, won't you? Two's enough. You can't handle it." (She has three.)

just tell them to fuck off!!!

feeling fed up... so decided to look at my first 'mums'forum... Thank god others are going through the same thing!

was out of my jeans at 12 weeks (now 38 weeks) and have been massive since 5 months! Now out of my first lot of maternity clothes and into 2nd lot bought in the christmas sales!

have had to suffer the 'twins' comments and the one baby, during the scan, hiding behind the other jokes!

Actually the most hurtful comments have been from another preganant 'friend' who enjoyed telling me that I was the only person she had met who looked preganant from behind???? and that it was such a shame that I had all her symptoms as well as her own!!!as well as her water retention...

ROAR!!! feel cleansed now!!! thank you!!!

agree with totallys from DP
"why are u crying its ur bloody hormones"
me-"no actually its because u have been a complete twat today and upset me"

i hate being accused of being hormonal when someone upsets me or pisses me off... anyone else??

one of my normally quite polite and considerate male colleagues just tried to enquire on the status of my pregnancy (34w+4) by asking me "err, umm and how is everything "down below"?

WTF??

I know what he was trying to say but still...Pregnancy does seem to bring out the foot in mouth syndrome in so many people.

"not long now" said in a sickly sweet voice.
Always makes me feel violent.

oh and "it'll all be worth it in the end"

Knowing look from elderly neighbour, followed by the comment: "Were you as big as this last time?"

Well no, probably not, actually, seeing as last time around I was living down south and wasn't standing outside in minus 10 temperatures with two jumpers and a thick cardigan on!

I was only 5 months at the time and have had a complex ever since. I'm not that big either - still wearing normal clothes in the main, and people at work are only just beginning to notice.

I only have one boy bigmuther65 and lots of people are asking me if I want a girl!! They seem really surprised when I say I really don't mind!

When pregnant with DS lots of people asked if there was anything wrong because my bump was small. He made up for it in the 2 weeks after due date that he wouldn't budge and was a very healthy 8lb 12 1/2!

I don't understand what happens when you get pregnant that you become public property! The first thing you are asked is about the baby, never about you and all and sundry are permitted to comment on size, shape etc when they wouldn't dare before!!

Not showing yet and only told few close friends but it's seeping out into the general community now so won't be long before I will be a talking point!

Well, I've been avoiding the most irritating comment by saying "I'm only 22 weeks and I'm already HUGE. . ." and wittering on about it, because it's true! and yet I still don't want other people commenting on it!

Am 7 weeks pg with DC3 and my MIL rang to congratulate me yesterday: "...and to think you were just getting your figure back...!" DS2 is 2 years old.

Also, "Where will the baby sleep?"

The shed?

i am getting annoyed that everyone has started ringing to ask if i've had the baby, any baby movements, any signs etc. Today is my due date. This could go on for another 2 weeks...

I hate people touching my bump too. Someone earlier said 'that's my uterus you are holding you know' or words to that affect. I am planning on utilising that one tonight. We are going to a party and there will be someone there who I do not know that well but the last two times I have seen her has manhandled my bump. (Mind you, she also has a 'thing' for DH and insists on kissing him on the lips every time she sees him. he hates that too).

Others I have received this week;

1. Inviting another couple out and suggesting a Japanese restaurant. Getting from the wife 'You aren't allowed to EAT sushi, you know'. No, but it is not a sushi bar, it is a Japanese restaurant. They may have other things too.

1. Mentioning to the wife of a friend that I was in the middle of writing my birth plan (I want it to be quick, and not to hurt. Thank you) and had learned heaps from mumsnet I intended to include... such as asking medical staff to not examine me without first explaining what they are doing and why. She looked me up and down and sniffed and said; 'Well I would NEVER have dreamed of telling them how to do their jobs'.

That really pissed me off TBH.

was that her way of of saying "i was a spineless gimp and didn't dare to find out what would happen to my body whilst having my baby" ?

stupid woman.
probably went to the old woman in the woods for advice too. what century is she in?

i've decided i will nicely tell everyone to fuck off if they annoy me when i'm pregnant. i am not a patient person!

Very funny all! To be honest I'm the type of person who couldn't care less about people commenting on my size, my focus at the moment is to have a happy, healthy baby and whether I do that in size 8 or size 18 jeans is not my number one concern! I don't know if any other first time mothers will appreciate this, but the genius comment I always seem to get is, "Oh, you wait, having a baby changes everything". Really?? You don't say??

BTW I am dreading people touching me, my MIL went for the grab when we told her the news, I was 10 weeks, why? Why would you feel the need to grab my stomach, mortified! I might start working on some sort of detachable protective shield...

I'm the first of my friends to get pregnant and I've had

"are you keeping it?" from my single girlfriends.

"I think you're milking this, you can't be THAT tired" from my fiance.

But the best has been the 'congratulations' letter from my Grandmother who is also a retired GP (and 86) "Pregnancy is not an illness"

"Whatever you do DON'T PUT ON MUCH WEIGHT"

"I might be old fashioned but I do wish you'd got married first"

"Listen to your Midwife as Doctors are more intimidating" (She IS a Doctor..and in fairness quite intimidating)

OH, your fiance's comment has made me absolutely furious. I was absolutely shocked at how tired i was in the first 3 months. I have NEVER felt anything like it before, it was like being hit with a brick. I was so tired that at times I could not even say a complete sentence without becoming too exhausted to finish it.

Way to go on the support, mate.

Totally agree about first trimester tiredness.

The most annoying comment I got with DS was that one colleague would ask me every week what it felt like when baby was kicking.

"It feels like being kicked. From the inside."

"Wow!"

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"And, from my sister: "You will stop now, won't you? Two's enough. You can't handle it." (She has three.)"

leolo, my sister was similar. I think it's a statement of her own feelings. She had just had her second when I announced I was pregant again, and she said 'how are you going to manage two? Haha!' About 3 weeks later she was moaning about hard it was with 2 babies. Well, there you go - if you do go having another when the first is still only a baby himself you will struggle with all the nappy changing and feeding palaver. At least my dd is old enough not to need pushing everywhere in a pram, and should be potty trained by then. I'll do things my way and not comment on your way if you promise to do the same for me!

I have an annoying comment and action from my father in law (who is not at all close to my DH)...!
We told him at 7 weeks that I was pg and SPECIFICALLY told him it was v early days, don't make a big deal, and we're not telling anyone except our parents.
First thing he does is send a huge "CONGRATULATIONS" card to my parents and to all my brothers and sisters (who we hadn't told at that stage). Great.
Next thing is he calls and says "So how's Mum? Is Mum ok?" Ummm, I may be pg but I actually still have a name....

x x