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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 10:39 AM BST
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Total posts: 4159
First post: 27/6/2005 Last post: 23/11/2009 |
In Response to Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...: I make comments on people's belly (if I know them) and I hope I've never upset anyone by accident!I do stop myself touching them, even though I always desperately want to. I find pregnant bellies so amazing, and my hormones always react in a way that make me want to stroke it! I always mean with it love though! Posted by chocolatejo You are soo lovely Jo you wouldnt upset anyone, you commented on my bump but you did it in a interested and fascinated way which felt nice. I wish more people would have been like you!!! Now people tell me how big my baby is for her age instead of commenting on me! Jeremy Osborne: Stop pissing on my bonfire. Mark Corrigan: There is no bonfire! Jeremy Osborne: That's because you keep pissing on it! I hate the new bag !! |
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 12:59 PM BST
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Total posts: 3441
First post: 26/1/2008 Last post: 17/11/2009 |
I agree you know, of course my bump will be head of convo, it does stick out quite a fair bit and I don't mind comments, just nice ones like the "Ohh aren't you glowing" or "your bump is so neat" Nt christ on a bike woman who ate all the pies!! Your right, people do lost tact! As for touching the belly, thats a big no no for me unless I've said do you wanna touch my belly his moving or its someone close to me.
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 1:03 PM BST
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Total posts: 3438
First post: 24/9/2003 Last post: 7/9/2009 |
In Response to Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...: Why do people lose tact when it comes to pregnancy though?... It's like they just see you as a baby-making machine or something! I mean, pregnant women do have feelings.. I try to be careful when talking to pregnant women; the most I tend to venture is 'When's it due?', 'Do you know the sex yet?', or 'Have you thought of any names?'; I'd never go 'Oh my god, you're massive, are you expecting triplets?!' (lol) I think the tact thing follows right through pregnancy and into parenthood though if you ask me; people seem to feel they have the right to comment on others decisions when it comes to pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, co-sleeping etc even if their opinion has not been asked for. This is even more the case for people who are already parents too IMO. Posted by barbie86 So true! |
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 4:34 PM BST
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Total posts: 5441
First post: 26/2/2006 Last post: 14/11/2009 |
I find how you all feel so at odds with how I felt when I was having my babies...I loved all those comments about the size of my bump! It probably is the case with the women who comment on your bumps, that they felt like I did, when I was pregnant. Be proud, people usually love the look of a pregnant woman, and that's why they say these things to you. |
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 5:15 PM BST
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Total posts: 7288
First post: 17/10/2005 Last post: 14/10/2009 |
But they don't say you've got a lovely bump Elsie - they'll say things like 'gosh aren't you big' does that mean... a) the bump is too big for how far on I am b) I'm a fat heffer c) I have a big fat baby d) I'm lying and actually nearly full term carrying triplets I have to say I haven't had that many bad comments, I've had some nice ones too but this random woman (total stranger) questioning how far on and I am and how many babies I have in there was just so insulting... what else could she mean but 'feck me, you're far too big for 24 weeks gone'?! Tis rude. |
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 5:50 PM BST
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Total posts: 4159
First post: 27/6/2005 Last post: 23/11/2009 |
I would have loved nice comments about my bump (there were a few!) but most comments werent nice. A pregnant friend of mine was told her face had filled out when she was 9 months pregnant, there is no need for that, its just plain tactless. When people commented on my bump it usually went like this, how long have you got to go? followed by, wow you are massive. Again just tactless. Thinking about it I think the people that make the horrible stupid comments are jealous and a bit bitter!! Jeremy Osborne: Stop pissing on my bonfire. Mark Corrigan: There is no bonfire! Jeremy Osborne: That's because you keep pissing on it! I hate the new bag !! |
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Re: Sure, feel free to comment on my size...
posted at 6/7/2009 6:18 PM BST
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Total posts: 29084
First post: 11/5/2005 Last post: 27/8/2009 |
I'm sure people don't mean it as a personal insult, to me if someone said that then i'd take it as they'd meant you're getting big from your bump, certainly not because of your size. Perhaps if you've had issues in the past with your weight, you're a bit more sensitive now when people make comments concerning that.
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