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I was in the middle of a sentence, explaining about our store card (because we're being harped on about it, as I will post in MiM) when she asked me ""How long do you have to go?" *sound of record scratch* At first I was confused, and then was wondering why she was interrupting me to ask about my schedule. I asked her how long for what, and her response was "Are you pregnant?" I told her no and she said my face looked like I didn't feel well. So not feeling well means I'm pregnant? And the women who ask me this are usually bigger than me. She certainly was. I'm so sick of this. Every. Other. Month.
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Obviously this lady hasn't heard the rule about not asking a woman if she's pregnant until you can see the baby crowning.At the conclusion of an Irish wedding, the priest said "Everybody please hug the person who has made your life worth living. The bartender was nearly crushed to death. -
Personal questions like that are inexcusable for exactly that reason -- the person asking hasn't got a clue and often ends up with their foot jammed in their mouth (although I'm sure they don't see it that way). Hence the reason for keeping conversations with people you DO NOT KNOW to general things like the weather, wow you guys are busy, the weather, can you recommend (whatever), the weather ...Comment
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Well, I can't actually answer the question of the post's title without doing exactly what you mention in the post's title.
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FTFYQuoth mathnerd View Post
I make it a point never to bring up something like that unless the person specifically tells me they're pregnant. I had one co-worker tell me that she thought I was nuts because I wouldn't bring it up, even when it was obvious, until I explained the rule to her hehe."That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
"What IS fun to fight through?"
"Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."Comment
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Of course! didn't you know women never ever get sick unless they're pregnant, then any and every symptom of anything is obviously because "you're pregnant".Quoth Food Lady View Post
Seriously, I say I'm feeling ill, I get asked, and I've had parts removed!
I've started doing this to males, it's kind of funny.Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazesComment
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Are you preggers, JimBob?Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
Wut!?!?
That head up your *** sure looks a lot like you.I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.Comment
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lol. True. Though if I ever find myself in a position where I've got some woman's half born baby in my hands, I'd consider it safe to mention it.Quoth KhirasHY View PostFTFY
I make it a point never to bring up something like that unless the person specifically tells me they're pregnant. I had one co-worker tell me that she thought I was nuts because I wouldn't bring it up, even when it was obvious, until I explained the rule to her hehe.At the conclusion of an Irish wedding, the priest said "Everybody please hug the person who has made your life worth living. The bartender was nearly crushed to death.Comment
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Because uterine tumours never happen, right? And there's no other possible reason, ever, for a person to bulge in the tummy.Quoth KhirasHY View Post
</sarcasm>Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.Comment
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Well Seshat, in her case, it was obvious...but I STILL wouldn't say anything She weighed maybe 120lbs soaking wet and fully clothed, so the baby bulge was obvious. But it's a rule, dammit!
"That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
"What IS fun to fight through?"
"Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."Comment
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If that were true, I'd be out having a sex change operation right now... they have pills to prevent pregnancy, so literally one pill a day would prevent me from ever feeling sick... sign me the fuck upQuoth BlaqueKatt View Post
If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the songComment
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You want to be really careful how you punctuate that...Quoth smileyeagle1021 View Post
I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.Comment
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Of course if you wait much longer beyond that and it wouldn't be safe to ask because she would no longer be pregnant... Unless she's having twins, but then you're back to the first condition.Quoth mathnerd View Post
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yep. the woman cutting my hair was pregnant I think. but she was a complete stranger so i kept my mouth shut. besides she did a good job on my hair.Quoth mathnerd View PostComment
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