New Twist in the Saga

[Dragon_Dreamer]

Well, I've complained here *several* times about people assuming I'm pregnant. It's getting worse, I swear.

Tonight's is seriously making me re-evaluate my looks. I mean, *really.* This lady was probably in her 40s or 50s, a bit younger than most of the ones that pull this crap.

Me: Hi, how can I help you, Ma'am?
SC: Oh, I'm just looking... wow, you are *skinny.*
Me: Err, yeah.
SC: You need to eat more! Your baby needs the nutrition!
Me: I'm not pregnant.
SC: Are you sure? Your belly's huge! (Note, it is NOT)
Me: ...

And then she tried to FEEL MY STOMACH.

I walked away. I was NOT going to get fired because I ripped her hand off at the wrist, or something.

HAAAAAAAAATE people.

[Mnemjian]

Not only do those types of people need to be smacked, but those people's parents need a good smack too for not teaching them any manners at all. Sorry you have to put up with that! Don't change the way you are just because some idiots have no brain-to-mouth filter

[bainsidhe]

A reasonable person would be embarrassed. Scratch that, a reasonable person never would have mentioned a baby. But to try to touch you? Them's fightin' words.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm wondering if it might be a posture thing.

Beyond that, the woman needs a few lessons from the "Miss Manners" Clue-by-four.

^-.-^

[Dragon_Dreamer]

I'm wondering if it might be a posture thing.

Maybe? I have NO idea. >.< Seriously, this is beyond creepy and annoying anymore. I swear it happens at least once a month.

I think I posted a URL to my website in one of my previous threads. I'd rather not post it again, unfortunately, for the same reasons I had my nick changed. (WAY too traceable.)

And this one was a new twist because unlike last time, she actually DID touch me. As in, her palm was against my bellybutton, brushing my chest. I got away ASAP.

[ArcticChicken]

I'm wondering if it might be a posture thing.

Or do you wear a lot of empire cut tops?

Seriously I have never understood the people who try to touch a pregnant woman's belly. There is no situation in which it is appropriate to touch a stranger uninvited, why should it be different with a pregnant woman?

[Dragon_Dreamer]

Neither. I almost always wear either a T-shirt or a work polo. This happens most often while wearing the oversized Staples shirts. Wearing the new CVS shirts, it's all but stopped. I almost *never* get asked while in street clothes.

[Food Lady]

Well, we're in the same boat. Happens to me constantly. Doesn't matter what I wear or that I've lost 2 sizes in the last year and a half. Are you slim in the hips? I am, and it makes my tummy seem bigger.

[Dragon_Dreamer]

Kinda. My chest is on the large size, so it makes everything else look smaller. But wouldn't that mean it should be worse when I'm wearing the more closely fitting CVS shirts?

Edit: Found a shot that should work. And created a new photobucket account just for it. The shot's a couple years old, but I still look the same. The top does deliberately minimize my chest. Most of my clothes are chosen to do so.

http://s985.photobucket.com/albums/a...arbsleeves.jpg

[Food Lady]

By the way you describe yourself, I'd say we're similar. But I look at the pic and see you don't look prego at all, so I should be the only one getting comments. btw, you are absolutely beautiful! Maybe people think you have that pregnant glow...

[Dragon_Dreamer]

No idea. And thanks. ^^;; Maybe the older women of my town are just in the head? I'm certain some of them are, at least...

[ExiledV20]

Edit: Found a shot that should work. And created a new photobucket account just for it. The shot's a couple years old, but I still look the same. The top does deliberately minimize my chest. Most of my clothes are chosen to do so.

http://s985.photobucket.com/albums/a...arbsleeves.jpg

From a guy's perspective, I'm really failing to see how they're getting a 'pregnant' vibe.

The ONLY thing I can think of - and it would only apply in a top like that - is that you are obviously endowed, even if the shirt minimizes that. Maybe with how the top falls once it goes over your breasts makes the unobservant conclude that your belly goes out that far too. The only way to dispell that would be to wear something tight, which I think you're trying to avoid.

I'm hoping this doesn't make me sound like a pig. I'm trying to express things diplomatically and am failing in my head.

[Dragon_Dreamer]

I'm hoping this doesn't make me sound like a pig. I'm trying to express things diplomatically and am failing in my head.

Actually, your guess makes a lot of sense, especially since, like I said, this happens more often when I wear baggier clothes. And no, you don't sound like a pig to me.

[ApolloSZ]

From a guy's perspective, I'm really failing to see how they're getting a 'pregnant' vibe.

Seconded, I see not the pregnant look. Wardrobe I wont go into, seeing as i lack teh mad fashion skillz

Oh and Dreagon_dreamer - you missed an excelent chance to make exiled squirm... ain't I a stirrer

[mharbourgirl]

Kinda. My chest is on the large size, so it makes everything else look smaller. But wouldn't that mean it should be worse when I'm wearing the more closely fitting CVS shirts?

Edit: Found a shot that should work. And created a new photobucket account just for it. The shot's a couple years old, but I still look the same. The top does deliberately minimize my chest. Most of my clothes are chosen to do so.

http://s985.photobucket.com/albums/a...arbsleeves.jpg

You definitely do NOT look pregnant, even with that cut of shirt (which flatters you quite a bit, btw). You do, however, look eerily like my baby sister, just to toss out something completely random.