UGHH I just need to vent you guys. I was at my office Halloween party and my female colleague, said to me, in front of everyone, "Oh wow! Your boobs got huge!". SO inappropriate.
I am generally a very modestly dressed person at work - no cleavage, short skirts, bare shoulders etc. But I really can't help it if this pregnancy has caused me to have bonkers!!!!!!!!
What's the most inappropriate thing someone said to you during pregnancy?
honeydew / 7589 posts
@cokiezombie: I'm sorry! If it makes you feel any better, I had a total stranger comment on my body yesterday.
I was wearing a regular tee, and when I lifted my arms to get something off the shelf, my belly completely popped out. This lady goes "Looks like you've got quite the beer belly there!" Excuse me... what? I'm obviously pregnant. Maybe she thought it was funny?
Regardless... maternity shirts from now on.
eggplant / 11287 posts
A stranger once told me that I looked "beautiful" and then told me he had a life-long fantasy of having sex with a hugely pregnant stranger.
barf.
bananas / 9973 posts
@Arden: Oh wow! She MUST have known you were preggers and trying to be funny, because no one would downright tell someone they have a beer belly right? *cringe*
@cokiezombie: 
Are you guys close? I mean, that kind of comment would be totally normal with my group of girlfriends (co-workers included). It'd be weird if it was someone you're not close with though...
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Ugh! Ewwww! Barf!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: are you serious?!!? ewwww that is seriously inappropriate.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
@cokiezombie: Weird!!! What are people thinking?
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Omg. Definite barf!
@Arden: People definitely think they're comedians! I have gotten this several times too lately - "Wow you need to lay off the beer!" YUK! YUK! YUK! What a bunch of cornballs!
The weirdest thing that happened to me was when a male doctor (I'm in medical device sales, so he is a "customer" - haha, sounds like I'm a prostitute) asked me if I planned to breastfeed. Then proceeded to launch into loads of information about breastfeeding - he was all about it! I couldn't decide if he was being creepy about boobs or if he just really believed in it, but either way, I don't like talking about breastfeeding or anything boob-related with men other than my husband!
grapefruit / 4703 posts
@PrincessBaby: haha at least he was a doctor and not like, the cashier at the grocery store!
pomegranate / 3204 posts
My sister asked me if I felt gross once. It was out of the blue and very rude. We don't really get along and she's usually a b*tch like that
pomegranate / 3643 posts
My mother in law likes to touch my stomach and say how tight and hard it is. Then she tells other people to feel it.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@cokiezombie: wow, that's inappropriate!
@Rainbow Sprinkles: gross!!
apricot / 286 posts
@shopaholic: I wouldn't have mind if she said it to me personally, but she said it in front of the entire office (VPs and execs included)..so that was NOT cool at all! 
pomegranate / 3272 posts
This actually didn't happen to me while I'm currently pregnant. However, 4 years ago, my SIL had my niece. My boss at the time turned to me and asked me if she "had it V" and made a V sign with his two fingers. It took me a bit of time to realize that he was asking if she had had her vaginally. This was just one of the very inappropriate and odd things he used to say.
pineapple / 12234 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: EW I think that has to be the winner of most inappropriate things said to a pregnant person...bleh!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: WHAT?! Was he hoping you would respond with "oh really, I would love to be that stranger"?? So creepy.
I really have been pretty lucky in the comments. I get comments about being small which annoys me but nothing really inappropriate is coming to mind.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: EWWW! Creepy!
I was lucky--I think the worst I got was DH's grandmother telling me that all the extra weight looked good on me.
apricot / 286 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: So gross!! Those are one of the comments that you'll probably look back on and laugh because it's so weird and out there!
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
My MIL liked to tell me every time she saw me "how huge!!!!" I was. Finally, I responded, "OMG. You too!" and she stopped.
I was maybe 34 weeks along when I was in a grocery store. A store worker stopped me and said, "Honey, you better get yourself to the hospital! We ain't equipped to deliver baby's in here!"
So, I guess I was kind of big HAHA
apricot / 286 posts
@Mrs. Jump Rope: Nice comeback! I will keep that in mind next time Ms. Inappropriate Colleague says something, but just yesterday she said, "Oh wow your belly got really big really fast".
Seriously why do people say that? It doesn't make me feel any better that my body is changing and I have no control over how big my boobs/belly gets.
honeydew / 7303 posts
An old man outside a restaurant came up to me and said he didn't think my weight watchers diet was working. What!?!?
Hubs and I were both speechless.
apricot / 348 posts
@cokiezombie: That's really not ok. I've had some comments like that, and there is just no space for that type of thing in the workplace! Sorry
coffee bean / 37 posts
I really hope this doesn't offend anyone, but I had a crazy ex-client (I seriously think she is psychopathic) call me to tell me that her husband's co-worker died in childbirth the night before, and that she needed to tell me in order to "shield me" from the news. She said I was going to find out anyways, and she thought it should come from her. It never made the news and I would have been none the wiser if she had kept her mouth shut. To top it off, she was a retired pediatrician (or so she says, not sure about that now)!!
Again, sorry if this offends anyone. I'm not even sure she was telling the truth. By far the most inappropriate thing someone has said to me while pregnant!
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