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What do You do When People get Way too Personal?

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LauralV

PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:18 am


Why is it that as soon as people find out you are pregnant that it's okay to ask you all sorts of personal questions that they wouldn't normally dream of asking? One of my coworkers asked me if I was going to have my v****a stretched so the baby would come out more easily!

And then there is all the unwanted advice. The same coworker asked me if I was having an epidural and when I said I wasn't sure he proceeded to give me a lecture on how epidurals were "selfish" and I shouldn't "drug" my baby.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:26 am


Gosh! I don't know what to advise as I never had people ask stuff like that. I did find that I had to deal with a lot of uninvited tummy-patting - I don't like being touched by strangers. For that, if I noticed them moving in for a pat - I'd just say that I preferred that they didn't as it made the baby kick more (it didn't).
I found that it was the post-birth uninvited criticism I struggled with way more - complete strangers criticising my choice of clothing for an infant! I guess at first I was too hormonally challenged and wouldn't stand up for myself but after a bit I'd argue right back!

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:44 am


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» Loving and caring for my sweet little boy 24/7.

I didn't really have anyone around and didn't go out much during my pregnancy. So not much tummy-touching for me other than my mom and boyfriend.
Got a lot of rude remarks and unwanted advise from my man's mother though. Asking if I was sure it was his, if I was going to keep the baby or abort, that I gained a lot of weight/was huge, that I'm going to want the epidural...
Now she's somewhat okay, still basically tries to tell us how to raise our son, randomly buys s**t for me and our baby, cooks me food after I tell her I'm not hungry, says I need to eat more/better...



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:19 pm


I've been getting so many people asking me all sorts of horribly personal and somewhat insulting questions, and even more horribly insulting comments.
My Boyfriends Mother keeps telling me that she doesn't believe it's my Boyfriends baby. She keeps telling me how stupid I am for choosing not to abort it. That He's wasting his life on me. Blah blah blah....

I very politely tell her to shove it. 3nodding

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