https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:16:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769609 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:55:55 +0000 skibobrown 1769609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There was a woman at my work who said that exact thing to me repeatedly while I was pregnant. Some people! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769599 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:46:27 +0000 Espion 1769599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Coral: Uh, thank you for the compli-sult? Yeow! Sometimes I wonder where I learned the concept of social grace...</p> <p>@Weagle: For my first pregnancy, my grandmother told me she thought I "let myself go" after marriage. Jigga-WHA? I'm a perfectly average size 6/8, and I wasn't even in maternity clothes yet when she said that! Maybe I need new mirrors. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769596 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:42:59 +0000 BadgerMom 1769596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, I feel your pain. My mom told me I looked like a sausage one day when I was about 12 or so weeks along. She tried to back pedal and say I normally look like a tube and now I look like a sausage... I told her to just stop talking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769574 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 22:08:11 +0000 Weagle 1769574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandmother's response to finding out LO would be a girl: "I knew it because your butt is so big! It doesn't do that with boys." </p> <p>And the only time she had seen me before the scan I was still wearing non-maternity clothes. In a size 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769554 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:27:56 +0000 Mrs. Coral 1769554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: @Espion: Our moms should be friends. My mom said, "Well I know I told you guys to wait a while before you had kids, but I just read that children of older fathers are more likely to be autistic, so you have my blessing." WTH?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769271 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:17:40 +0000 Espion 1769271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: Ugh! I would totally reward that with a "No shit, Sherlock"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769265 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:12:43 +0000 Dandelion 1769265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>geez! Moms are so critical! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769256 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:55:49 +0000 cmomma17 1769256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: gee thanks Mom! Does it make you feel better if my mom's reaction was just "you're going to be busy!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769244 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:42:22 +0000 autumnlove 1769244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww, sorry! My closest childhood friend said this to me a couple of years ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769235 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:34:41 +0000 LovelyPlum 1769235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I am so sorry. Ridiculous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769234 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:33:15 +0000 HLK208 1769234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Soo rude!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769227 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:23:43 +0000 Espion 1769227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: :p </p> <p>@AmeliaBedilia: I would totally go there if it wasn't my mother who said it. </p> <p>@Mrs tartan: Wut. Why do people even think that is a compliment??!</p> <p>@renee: @swedishfish: @birdofafeather: @Leialou: @MrsMccarthy: @jhd: @LAZB: @Smurfette: @FaithFertility: Word, ladies. Somewhere there needs to be an etiquette class where people are taught to say, "You look fabulous!" as a catch-all response phrase. Seriously. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769224 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:20:35 +0000 Espion 1769224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: Uhhh, my MOM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769207 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:57:51 +0000 FaithFertility 1769207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:bummed: I don't understand people </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769181 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:28:53 +0000 Smurfette 1769181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769174 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:22:13 +0000 LAZB 1769174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, that's terrible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769171 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:19:19 +0000 jhd 1769171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my! So rude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769121 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:28:03 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1769121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My god! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769104 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:09:18 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1769104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rude! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769101 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:08:29 +0000 birdofafeather 1769101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>what did they say now?! RUDE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769093 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:07:06 +0000 Mrs tartan 1769093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 20 weeks I was told "don't worry you could still just get away with looking like you are fat". I'm normally like 115lbs, my belly was huge! I was so offended! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769092 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:06:36 +0000 AmeliaBedilia 1769092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would want to say with a smile and in the sweetest tone possible, "Oh, I thought the same about you!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769085 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:04:55 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1769085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wait...it's not? Shoot. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769069 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:59:14 +0000 swedishfish 1769069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769067 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:57:38 +0000 renee 1769067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh god…. Some people! Why do people think that's ok?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769065 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:57:00 +0000 cmomma17 1769065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: RUDE! Who the heck said that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/it-is-never-appropriate-to-say#post-1769063 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 11:56:28 +0000 Espion 1769063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Oh! I thought you were just getting fat!" to a pregnancy announcement. </p> <p>SIGH. </p>