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I have had few people ask if I am pregnant when I packed on the pounds last year. I didn't bother me. However, I asked this other lady if she was pregnant at work and she said no. I said sorry she said not to worry about it and other people have asked her as well.
So would you be offended if someone asked you if you are pregnant when you just gained weight?
Yes, very. And I would never be dumb enough to ask someone that.
I have had few people ask if I am pregnant when I packed on the pounds last year. I didn't bother me. However, I asked this other lady if she was pregnant at work and she said no. I said sorry she said not to worry about it and other people have asked her as well.
So would you be offended if someone asked you if you are pregnant when you just gained weight?
Never asked and have never been asked.
None of my business if someone is pregnant and if a relative is pregnant I already know so don't have to ask.
I agree with everyone after I asked this women I felt embarrassed and rude. Now I never ask just in case I am wrong. I also have another question. How about pointing out someones weight gain? I had someone point out my weight gain and I told them that I was offended by it and they acted surprised. like wtf?Ever had this happened to you?
Not a very smart or polite question to ask anyone. If a person is expecting they will tel people when and if they want to share. If the person turns out to be just over weight it could really hurt their feelings. Either way it is none of your business. Don't ask.
I've twice asked if someone was pregnant. The first time I was an idiot (she had recently gotten married and was wearing a dress that gave her a pouffy belly). I thought I had learned my lesson, but 10 years later I was working in an office with all women, and one of the girls was always talking about how she lived to take care of her man (she had been divorced a couple of times and had kids). One day she showed up with a maternity top on and yep, I asked. Wrong again. Now you can give birth in front of me and I still won't ask. And women, please, even if you are 90 pounds, get rid of your damn maternity tops when your pregnancy is over!
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Originally Posted by MissmamaAnnie
I agree with everyone after I asked this women I felt embarrassed and rude. Now I never ask just in case I am wrong. I also have another question. How about pointing out someones weight gain? I had someone point out my weight gain and I told them that I was offended by it and they acted surprised. like wtf?Ever had this happened to you?
Yep, twice. Once I was in the most miserable job ever and had gained probably 20 pounds while there. It was a big place so you didn't really see people outside of your general area often. One day I saw a guy who used to work in our section more and he was telling me how he'd seen me a few days earlier down the hall, but didn't recognize me as I had gotten "so big". Ouch. Sad thing was, my size hadn't changed all that much, I was just a bit softer and then I felt self conscious so I bought a few slightly larger pair of pants. I was still going to the gym every day too.
The second time wasn't to my face but a friend was telling me how one of the other guys at work was telling a bunch of people how hot I used to be when he used to see me at another work place years prior. Of course I was in my mid-20s then and also in the gym almost every day, and rode my bike to work a lot. 15 years of office work after than, and now 10 years of hormonal imbalance and misdiagnosis have taken its toll, even though I'm fairly happy with how I look for my age.
If someone asked me if I'm pregnant I would just laugh and tell them to get their eyes checked because I'm a tall, skinny dude.....
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