tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post9056309615935685401..comments2023-07-27T09:43:37.478-06:00Comments on formerly phread: once upon a faux pas~j.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02959570365515658547noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-14072594015048950492007-07-31T11:04:00.000-06:002007-07-31T11:04:00.000-06:00Okay, so I know these posts are a month old but I ...Okay, so I know these posts are a month old but I haven't read your blog in a long time... sorry.<BR/>Right after Carl and I got married and I was working in the ASB, I was standing in front of the Financial Aid window downstairs and a girl from my freshman ward (so I hadn't seen her for... about 5 years) said, "When are you due?" I said, "I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat." She said, "No really, when are you due?" Can you believe that? At least I was married. I had someone ask me a few months after the mission (when I was a beautifully trim 145 lbs-which is about right for me) when I was due. Catch is I was sitting behind the tuition office window which came all the way up past my chest. She could only see my shoulders and head. Was she high? I didn't even know her. I just held up my ring finger and said, "I'm not even married." Like that helped.Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025068909855339449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-86520936705412400762007-07-01T02:23:00.000-06:002007-07-01T02:23:00.000-06:00Guy at hubby's work asked when I was due."Due? Wha...Guy at hubby's work asked when I was due.<BR/><BR/>"Due? What do you mean?"<BR/><BR/>"When are you going to have the baby?"<BR/><BR/>"What baby? Do I look PREGNANT? Oh my gosh, you think I'm pregnant!"<BR/><BR/>"But, I thought... um... Ben... ah..."<BR/><BR/>Ben couldn't take it anymore and told me to cut it out. I was visibly pregnant and about 6 months along. Ben had already told the office that we were expecting but I couldn't resist. You just don't ask that... no matter what. So I had to apologize and the guy about fell over with chest pains it hurt so bad.<BR/><BR/>But it gets better.<BR/><BR/>I had my mom with me. So when she was introduced to everyone she said hello-nice-to-meet-you until she got to THE guy. To him she said, "Just so you know... I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat."LuckyRedHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-33014821947966533452007-06-30T03:32:00.000-06:002007-06-30T03:32:00.000-06:00Unbelievable. Why must people be so clueless? I ha...Unbelievable. Why must people be so clueless? I hated it when one girl rubbed my empty, post-partum belly and asked when I was due. It's bad enough to have someone reach out and touch you without permission when you're pregnant; but please, do NOT mess with my after baby flab. Ugh.Jennifer B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18027072144184440842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-7482936606386524622007-06-29T08:31:00.000-06:002007-06-29T08:31:00.000-06:00nat - I got the dress at Nordstrom. this is me - ...nat - I got the dress at Nordstrom. <BR/><BR/>this is me - I don't know that i'll be wearing that dress anytime again soon, either...which is sad, because I really like it.<BR/><BR/>queen - <B>OH NO THEY DIDN'T!!</B> Elimiated the position? Grrrrrr...<BR/><BR/>ceej - you're fly.<BR/><BR/>sue - It absolutely could be. That right there is, hands down, the best lookin' family in the ward. <BR/><BR/>geo - ew. It's so sad when we're compelled by others to retire our favorites to those dark corners. But, as you said, sometimes it's just too dangerous.~j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02959570365515658547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-56558109701781997892007-06-28T18:16:00.000-06:002007-06-28T18:16:00.000-06:00I like Azucar's response—silent but deadly.This ha...I like Azucar's response—silent but deadly.<BR/><BR/>This happened to me too recently, twice in a day I was wearing one of those apron-esque deals, a Gap sale item, something I really like(d). It was actually the day I debuted it, at church. First, an old lady in my ward approached me in all sweetness and aksed if I was pregnant again, then made it much worse when she expressed her great disappointment at my negatory answer (me too). Rob spent the afternoon doing damage control with me—"Honest, you don't look pregnant! That tp looks good on you," etc. As we were walking home from dinner at the in-laws' that night, I got the same pregnancy quiz from one of the neighborhood boys, a kid who's just moved in. Then he got his rub-it-ins in by telling us how awful it is we don't have kids, how sad, how terrible, etc., and asking "Why not? Why not? Why not?" Said white eyelet apron top is now gathering dust in the long-term parking end of my closet. It's too dangerous.Geohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928364622023202837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-15302569790319353802007-06-28T14:02:00.000-06:002007-06-28T14:02:00.000-06:00Is that Berta?Is that Berta?sue-donymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05157709722120704944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-14878390691274437872007-06-28T09:41:00.000-06:002007-06-28T09:41:00.000-06:00I've seen you in that dress and you are smoking.I've seen you in that dress and you are smoking.C. Jane Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480875440863002634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-58890965860281204072007-06-27T23:37:00.000-06:002007-06-27T23:37:00.000-06:00I should of done what AZ did to my CEO when he sne...I should of done what AZ did to my CEO when he sneered with disgust seeing me pregnant a second time. Instead I just said, "nope, just fat." AND... I should've known - twice pregnant...work position eliminated. Nice...QueenScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270993732115125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-40031797705203414682007-06-27T22:23:00.000-06:002007-06-27T22:23:00.000-06:00Oh, I HATE when that happens! It's happened to me...Oh, I HATE when that happens! It's happened to me more times than I would like to remember. It totally sucks! I always respond, "No, I'm just fat. Thanks for asking." Then they feel stupid AS THEY SHOULD!<BR/><BR/>By the way, I love the dress and I'm sure you look great in it. Some people are just stupid!Carihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088250453390627338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-61538578990040721472007-06-27T16:02:00.000-06:002007-06-27T16:02:00.000-06:00"You haven’t had that baby yet?"I responded to one..."You haven’t had that baby yet?"<BR/><BR/>I responded to one guy who asked me that by raising both my hands and then extending both middle fingers. He didn’t ask me anymore. No one else at work did either. Perhaps hand gestures is the answer for all of the above?Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-61441440960985789152007-06-27T15:16:00.000-06:002007-06-27T15:16:00.000-06:00And "Your husband is such a great guy. How did you...And "Your husband is such a great guy. How did <I>you</I> land someone like <I>that</I>?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-82258229115733521962007-06-27T13:30:00.000-06:002007-06-27T13:30:00.000-06:00I am so loving your daily posts. And... I feel ya....I am so loving your daily posts. <BR/><BR/>And... I feel ya... when I was preggers with melia... some guy...at a dealership... not a sales guy...a guy just looking at cars - WAITS 7 minutes until my husband and I finish talking to the sales guy to ask - "Are you having twins?" I wish I had said: BITE ME. ;-)QueenScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270993732115125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-57373953685552146282007-06-27T12:42:00.000-06:002007-06-27T12:42:00.000-06:00I have totally had this happen to me! Luckily, the...I have totally had this happen to me! Luckily, the (5 kids and still a size 0) lady who said to me, "Oh, how cute, you're pregnant!" just kept walking down the hall, so I didn't have to respond. That was a year ago and I still stress about looking pregnant. And I don't think I ever wore that dress again!This is mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029222863413761445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-46397252687263467892007-06-27T11:23:00.000-06:002007-06-27T11:23:00.000-06:00Once while caring for my friend Melanie's children...Once while caring for my friend Melanie's children, I had #4 on my lap. She asked if I was going to have a baby and when I replied no, her response was "Your tummy feels like my mommy's when there's a baby in it" I think Tio was 4---not months years. I think my tummy still feels like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-70582314774226427812007-06-27T11:00:00.000-06:002007-06-27T11:00:00.000-06:00But really, aren't you having twins?Tomorrow?And a...But really, aren't you having twins?<BR/>Tomorrow?<BR/>And aren't they gong to weight 40 pounds each?<BR/>And you look really tired.<BR/>And remember when you were skinny?<BR/>And it must be really hard to choose to have a career instead of a family.<BR/>And isn't it so empowering to be so secure that you can just let yourself go?<BR/>And when you went on that bell tower, wasn't it just freeing?La Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044092297673361855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-63537811280953330962007-06-27T10:47:00.000-06:002007-06-27T10:47:00.000-06:00how awkward! those old people think they can say ...how awkward! those old people think they can say anything! where did you get that hip dress? i love it.{natalie}https://www.blogger.com/profile/04856091446572200477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13871850.post-45125024388254376032007-06-27T10:13:00.000-06:002007-06-27T10:13:00.000-06:00i would've said, "how come you're not dead yet? y...i would've said, "how come you're not dead yet? you're like, a million."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com