If you don’t have anything nice to say, just go ahead and say the same crappy things over and over again
I’ve decided that rather than take personally the inappropriate and downright rude comments regarding my pregnant body made by my coworker, I’m going to document them here so you can all laugh at them with me. And if some of you want to form a mob to take her out, well, I can’t stop you.
This is the same coworker who, when I walked out of my office into the hallway where she was standing talking to another coworker, looked up, saw me walking toward them and said, “My, don’t we look…skinny?”
Henceforth, let’s refer to her as Muffy. Because, really, I think that describes her pretty well.
Yesterday, my friend/coworker J. and I were talking when Muffy walked into his office and said “Now THIS is a pregnant woman,” while putting her hand on my belly. J. asked me if I had sent our baby pool to Muffy. I hadn’t, mostly because I’m afraid of her guesses. I said no. She asked what it was and when I explained that it’s a website where you go enter your bets about how big the baby will be, etc., she said, “Oh, so I can go in there and say I think you’re having a 13 or 14 pound baby?”
After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I told her she was welcome to enter whatever guesses she wants to. I also told her she could guess about when the baby will be born. I laughed as I told her my mother-in-law is guessing I’ll be a week late.
“Oh god! I hope not!” said Muffy. “I mean, look at how big you are now!”
I wished them both a good night and walked out of the office laughing and shaking my head in disbelief.
Needless to say, I haven’t sent her the link to the baby pool website.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
the comment about 13 or 14 pounds is past rude and into mean territory…or maybe I’m just being sensitive on your behalf……feeling guilty that I look much more pregnant than I really am (12 weeks) and anticipating those remarks in the too near future.