Hands down, one of the best parts of being pregnant is when you reach the point where you can finally share the happy news with others. Keeping such an exciting secret is so tough, and that's why it's so much fun to finally shout "I'm pregnant!" from the rooftops and see all of the happy reactions from family and friends.
But sometimes we don't exactly get the over-the-top ecstatic response that we're expecting -- or at least I definitely didn't from one very important person. My own grandfather made me feel like total crap after I broke the news to him over the phone. (Yes, as much as I love him, I'm still annoyed seven years later.)
Soooo -- want to know what dear old Gramps said to me? After I blurted out, "I'm pregnant!" his exact words were:
"Oh. I guess you're trying to make me feel older."
I don't remember what my response to him was after hearing that comment -- but I do know I felt as though he'd burst my bubble. I know he didn't mean any harm or anything like that, but his words were still a total buzz kill. (And I'll never forget them.)
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But there are plenty of other things no pregnant woman ever wants to hear after sharing her big news -- such as anything similar to these 15 comments.
1. "Is it mine? Oh, really? Are you sure?"
2. "Time to break out the fat clothes!"
3. "Well, I guess your life is officially over then ... [followed by bouts of uncontrollable laughter]."
4. "Does this mean you're going to quit your job?"
5. "Gee. I guess you & the hubby were REALLY busy on your honeymoon."
6. "WHAT?! How could you let something like this happen?"
7. "Are you NUTS? You're way too young/old to have a baby!"
8. "Huh. Have you told the father yet? Do you think he'll be ok with it?"
9. "Do you even know who the father is?"
10. "Ok -- so when are you two getting married, then?"
11. "How do you think you're going to afford a kid on your salary?"
12. "When your father hears about this, he's going to lose his mind."
13. "Oh no! Did the condom break? What are you going to do?!"
14. "Ugh! Does this mean you can't drink with me anymore? Thanks a lot."
15. "I wondered why you've been looking so rough lately."
Did you get any bad reactions when you announced your pregnancy?
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When I was telling my dad, I told him I had some Christmas news for everyone. (we were on the phone with each other) He said, "You're pregnant aren't you?" I asked, "How did you know?" (I was in NC he was in ND) His response was, "I figured it was going to happen with your lifestyle"
My mom said "How did that happen?"
My FIL said I will believe it when I see it.
When my now husband and I told my parents it wasn't good. We weren't married and had no immediate intention of getting married. We told them by showing them the first ultra sound. My moms jaw dropped and my dad said, "oh, what's with the weather map?"
Maybe I should add, I was 34 and he was 36. Not children by any means!
As if to only make this announcement worse, my mom didn't talk to me for 3 days. When he did, she told me of a conversation she had with her brother. After asking Guess Who's Pregnant? And he went thru the entire list of my cousins, not thinking of me at all, she told him me. Shocked he asked, "Wow! What do you think about that?" My mother told my uncle, "Well if you are stupid enough to get pregnant, ya get what you get."
While I was still in the throws of emotional turmoil, I began to cry, and told her that she is never allowed to call me stupid again. And that she needed to decide if she could love and accept this baby without me being married, or sacrifice not having a relationship with it.
Fortunately she made the right choice. She immediately came over to my house, took me to lunch and shopping for baby clothes. She and my son are as close as can be and have a great relationship.
(I did jab her after he was born, by asking if it hurt any less when you are married to push a baby out?) We have been good ever since!
My grandparents had 8 kids. When Grandma got pregnant with the 8th she told grandpa she thought she was going through "the change". She went and seen her doctor and came home and grandpa asked her what the doctor had to say and grandma replied I'm pregnant. Grandpa said "some change it's the same old thing" LOL
Everyone was pretty good about the news but my husbands grandparents didn't think we could handle it and didn't think we would be good parents. They said that they would be happy if it was a girl though. We had a wonderful little girl and everyone thinks we are amazing parents so now everyone sees it was the right decision for us. We also were not married and were not planning on it right away. I was 23 at the time so some people you could just tell they thought it was a bad idea by their reaction.
I also remember when ppl at work found out I was pregnant, I overheard one older lady whisper to another, "I didn't know she was married".