This made me laugh. The worst one for me was the Personal Question Asker. We just met, and you think I'm going to tell you how much I weigh and what I plan on doing with my boobs after she's born? Really?
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Haha, this was great! A coworker constantly ran up and rubbed my belly every time she saw me. It was always awkward but it made her happy.
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LOL, love this. i think my favorite was the last one: The Person Who Asks If You're Sure You're Not Having Twins.
I had a close friend ask me this more than once when i was pregnant. And when i let her feel baby kicking, she went on to pretend she felt movement in 2 places at once. Now we have another close friend who is pregnant and we were looking at our pregnant friend's belly pic on facebook recently and she commented "is she sure she isn't having twins?". I finally said "please don't ask her that!"
I secretly hope she gets really big when she's pregnant....kidding..sort of.
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I've met most if not all of these people! lol!
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Hahaha I've met most of these people and I'm only 18 weeks. I'm sure it's just going to get worse!
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Haha, I'm always surprised at who ends up being the personal question asker. I don't always mind, especially if someones thinking of pregnancy soon but sometimes, whew, I was surprised how many coworkers, especially men, found it as an opportunity to ask about our sex life.
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@Maysprout: seriously, that took me as surprise too! I can't think of one person (okay maybe one) who DIDN'T ask if our pregnancy was planned! i was thinking "what? you realize you are essentially asking if we had unprotected sex by mistake?"
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This is great! I've met all of these people!
The other night, though, I had to spend an evening with the worlds most annoying person ever. Drunk-talking-to-your-belly-in-a-high-pitched-voice-whilst-on-her-knees-person. Oh.my.word.
She's DH's friend's girlfriend - and also one of DH's co-workers - and she's a lovely girl but she cannot take her drink at all. Every time we have seen her since I became pregnant, she has been falling down drunk and I never realised how annoying drunk people were until I wasn't one of them!!!
Well as soon as we walked into the bar, she squealed and started groping the belly. Fine, I can deal with that. By about 9.30pm she was slaughtered and was talking at me, in ever an increasing pitch, about how she was so excited about me having a baby, her cat is her baby [cue half hour monologue about her cat]. Then this conversation happened:
Her: I will babysit whenever you want me to.
Me: Thanks, I appreciate that.
Her: No, I'm not just saying it. I really, really want to.
Me: Okay, thanks.
Her: No, you know you can trust me. Any time.
Me: Thanks. I'll bear that in mind.
Her: [turning a little argumentative] No, I'll be really upset if you don't let me....
Me: [looking for DH]......!!!By the end of the night, well, lets just say she had dropped to her knees in front of me and was talking (read: squealing) INTO my bump. Like, her mouth was touching my dress. And kissing it! All the while, holding it with both hands.
Now THAT is the most annoying person you meet while pregnant!!!
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Umm, I haven't met anyone who ISN'T the personal question asker. Everyone I talk to - friends, family, acquaintances, strangers ask me ALL these questions on a regular basis.The best is when I actually answer even though it's totally inappropriate and then they get argumentative with my response! And I've been asked twice so far if I'm sure it's not twins, both by women who are Mom's themselves! I'm convinced it comes from a place of jealousy, especially since both women were older, very overweight (if not morbidly obese) and single.
@Cherrybee: Oh man, I've encountered the drunken over-excited people as well! It's really annoying to be asked every few minutes if I'm okay and how the baby is. Can I just enjoy myself for five minutes without being asked how I'm feeling??
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This is great! I've been pretty lucky so far and only met most of these a couple of times-- only 6 more weeks to go! I'm sure the twins comments will be coming soon enough though-- only got it one time so far, and it was from a man who was quick to clarify that he is a twin and that's why he asked. Smart man (well, not smart enough NOT to ask, but at least he clarified).
I only got asked once if it was planned. I don't understand how that's a question. Why yes, I did realize that unprotected sex with my husband could result in this baby, thanks for asking.
@Cherrybee: Yeah... I didn't realize how annoying drunk people are when you can't be one of them too. And the constant- are you OK? Do you feel OK? Do you need to sit down? Really, I'm ok. Thanks.
@PurpleUnicorn: You aren't kidding about your secret hope. And that's fine by me
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I was reading the comments from the article... love this one : )
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g33 1 Fans 5 hours ago ( 9:12 AM)
I think one of these should be written for the 7 Most Annoying People You'll Meet Postpartum:
- The one who congratulates you on your pregnancy when your kid is 2 months old
- The one who lost all the weight before she returned to work from maternity leave (and has TONS of advice for you)
- The one who asks you every week how much weight you've lost
- The breastfeeder (if you're bottle feeding) and the bottle-feeder (if you're breastfeeding)
- Attachment parenting advocates, or conversely, cry-it-out advocates if you're doing attachment parenting
- The organic babyfood maker
- The cloth diaperer -
@Foodnerd81: My MIL was the one who always asked me if I was ok and if I needed to sit down. Sometimes she tried to INSIST on me sitting. It drove me crazy!
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@Raindrop: haha! You should write that one!
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This is awesome! I definitely met every single one of these people when I was pregnant! And my celebrity who was also pregnant was Snookie (gag).
@Raindrop: These are also awesome...I totally missed the comments!
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@PurpleUnicorn: I'm not sure people realize how MEAN it is to ask someone if they're having twins!! GAh. I had someone ask me that ON my actual facebook picture. I was so mad.
I also hated the "was it planned" question, not just because it's something intimate but because I feel it implies whether my child was "wanted" or not.
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@Mrs. Pen: yes! The "was it planned" or "we're you trying" is kinda weird. I know people are just curious but I think it's such a weird question to ask someone you don't know!
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@Cherrybee: Wow, she sounds like someone you'd absolutely trust to babysit... noooot!
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I'm going to say this and I know it won't earn me any brownie points... But I find self righteous or complainer or attention seeker pregnant women more annoying than all of those 7 people. I think pregnant people tend to get so easily offended (mostly from what i read online) that I don't even say anything to most of them! Not calling anyone here that though!
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@googly-eyes: i;ve found some pregnant people annoying too. When i was pregnant i tried to keep my complaining to a minimum so i wouldn't be one of them. and as for the 7 annoying people - what makes them so annoying is that you get asked the same stuff ALL the time. i find the repetitive nature of some things you hear from people while pregnant also very annoying. even polite questions like "are you having a boy or girl" or "when are you due" got old even though the person asking it meant well.
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@Cherrybee: Oh wow, that is crazy. And TOTALLY the type of person you'd want to entrust your child to.
I had the "are you sure it's not twins" lady today. She works with me only on Wednesday and asks every week. I've gained SIX pounds, and I'm 33 weeks pregnant. I'm by no means huge in the belly. And I'm fairly sure the other 20 people I work with keep asking me if I'm SURE I'm that far along, since they think I look smaller than I should - which is still pretty annoying.
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@PurpleUnicorn: yes!
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@PurpleUnicorn: Yeah I guess it gets repetitive...but IMO lots of things are repetitive in life...I just answered, smiled, and went on my merry way. But I admit I was never asked if I was having twins.
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The worst was the "was it planned?" question.
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@Cherrybee: This just made me laugh out loud...
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