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Dana Jean

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Well, I think it's pretty darn funny. But, this is coming from the mom who dressed her 1 month old son as The Pope for halloween, complete with conical hat.

I feel her frustration. I bet she is tired and having to answer the same damn questions over and over probably fried the last nerve. I had a woman at my work who would run full bore at me down the hall to touch my pregnant stomach and scream in my face, "babbbbbbbeeeeeee!" squeal! And she wasn't the only one.

I wish I could have hung a note around my neck that said, "If you touch my stomach, I am going to touch your face with my fist"
 

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:D Ha! I just saw my typo........LOL

Well, I think it's pretty darn funny. But, this is coming from the mom who dressed her 1 month old son as The Pope for halloween, complete with conical hat.

I feel her frustration. I bet she is tired and having to answer the same damn questions over and over probably fried the last nerve. I had a woman at my work who would run full bore at me down the hall to touch my pregnant stomach and scream in my face, "babbbbbbbeeeeeee!" squeal! And she wasn't the only one.

I wish I could have hung a note around my neck that said, "If you touch my stomach, I am going to touch your face with my fist"

John Paul II?
 

skimom2

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Well, I think it's pretty darn funny. But, this is coming from the mom who dressed her 1 month old son as The Pope for halloween, complete with conical hat.

I feel her frustration. I bet she is tired and having to answer the same damn questions over and over probably fried the last nerve. I had a woman at my work who would run full bore at me down the hall to touch my pregnant stomach and scream in my face, "babbbbbbbeeeeeee!" squeal! And she wasn't the only one.

I wish I could have hung a note around my neck that said, "If you touch my stomach, I am going to touch your face with my fist"
Agreed, DJ. I've known several mothers of twins who privately express the same thoughts that mom put on her sign but generally force a smile in public.
 

Dana Jean

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Agreed, DJ. I've known several mothers of twins who privately express the same thoughts that mom put on her sign but generally force a smile in public.

I don't know why, but people forget boundaries and manners when it comes to pregnancy or babies. Some of those questions are personal and inappropriate. Some are just nice questions, but when you only have so much energy in the day, you don't want to spend it having to put on "the face" for complete strangers.

Sometimes you just don't feel like being nice to the 100th monkey who asks you, "C-section or vaginal birth?"

The kids are adorable.
 

Alexandra M

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Well, I think it's pretty darn funny. But, this is coming from the mom who dressed her 1 month old son as The Pope for halloween, complete with conical hat.

I feel her frustration. I bet she is tired and having to answer the same damn questions over and over probably fried the last nerve. I had a woman at my work who would run full bore at me down the hall to touch my pregnant stomach and scream in my face, "babbbbbbbeeeeeee!" squeal! And she wasn't the only one.

I wish I could have hung a note around my neck that said, "If you touch my stomach, I am going to touch your face with my fist"


Whoa! Hormone rush? :wink:
 

skimom2

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I don't know why, but people forget boundaries and manners when it comes to pregnancy or babies. Some of those questions are personal and inappropriate. Some are just nice questions, but when you only have so much energy in the day, you don't want to spend it having to put on "the face" for complete strangers.

Sometimes you just don't feel like being nice to the 100th monkey who asks you, "C-section or vaginal birth?"

The kids are adorable.

So agree. My husband and I chose not to have kids right away--we waited 4 years because we wanted to WANT kids and not resent them because of what we missed. By year 2 (remember where I live--people have lots of kids, early and often), the questions we were getting were completely outrageous. I have LDS friends from CA that lived here for three years and couldn't take it any more: they were infertile and got sick and tired of the intrusive, eternal questions and suggestions.
 

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So I'm not the breedin' type. Love kids, enjoy being around them, but my partner chose not to have children. I thought the photo was hil-frickin-larious, but that's probably because of my sense of humour.

And as to people touching pregnant women's stomachs without permission, asking how the child was conceived, or worse, delivered -- I would find all of those things APPALLING.
 

TheRedQueen

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I don't blame this mom at all. If I was brave enough, I'd do the same type of thing. It's true that when you are pregnant or have kids, perfect strangers think it's totally ok to come up and ask the most embarrassing questions, invade your personal space, and, worst of all, touch your kid without even asking. I always want to ask these people, "You wouldn't pet a dog without asking the owners' permission, so why in the hell are you touching my baby?!" And best of all? These same people that have no problem with invading someone else's personal space suddenly get all butthurt when you call them on their behavior, and then you're the bad guy.

It's really no wonder I can't stand people. :evil:
 

GNTLGNT

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...I don't blame her a bit...when Seth was a baby-Tracy and I got fed up with people staring at US!....I'm 6'9", she's 5'1"...and people would just look us up and down, no attempt at trying to be circumspect about it...till I finally started loudly saying "The process worked fine, I WAS able to insert Tab A into Slot B...the evidence is in the stroller in front of us!!!!".....