I was at the grocery store, by myself, at the meat counter getting something for dinner, and the woman next to me stops before she walks away and says to me "Blessings on you and your unborn baby". As you may have read in previous posts I had my baby 5 weeks ago..... Now i get she was saying something nice and honestly if she was in a younger age bracket I would have snapped at her, but she wasn't and although i was EXTREMELY pissed about this comment, I just nodded and said thank you.
Later on at a completely different store someone else said something along the same lines.... This makes me super pissed basely for the fact that I thought I was looking good for where I am at. Granted I am not one of those women who are rocking a six pack a week after delivery, and thats cool, but where do people get the idea that they should comment on that....
with my first one, essentially the same thing happened only it was a little girl who looked at me and asked her mommy - "why is she fat?" now this pissed me off particularly because comparatively to her surrounding company I was not fat... and her mom instead of saying "you shouldn't say that" said "oh she's probably pregnant".
Making comments on someone assuming they are pregnant is pretty rude, making comments on peoples weight is rude. Regardless if I smile and say thank you, it doesn't negate that I end up crying in my car for about ten minutes after I leave the store.
Long story short.... think before you comment on someone regarding if your think they are pregnant, because there is a myriad of reasons why it is not a good idea to do so.
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