This week we’ve been talking about life in the public eye. But what about when someone else does something to you when everyone is looking.
This weekend I was in the middle of our coffee shop and bookstore talking to an Elder and his wife and this cutie little older man we know, let’s call him Foot in Mouth Guy. Anyway, I was wearing this super cute white shirt thing that I got at H&M. We were all having a nice chat when Foot in Mouth Guy playfully tugged at my shirt around my tummy area and said “Lori, do you have something you need to tell me?!” What? NO!! And just for the record, I totally know what you are hinting at, and I haven’t been pregnant in five years, thank you very much, Foot in Mouth Guy. The look on my face must have been priceless and my screeching “NO!” seemed really loud to my own ears.
I’m never wearing that shirt again! And by the way, I TOTALLY love Foot in Mouth Guy! He is great!
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Ha, I blogged about something similar recently! Why do people feel compelled to ask if you’re pregnant every time you wear something slighty gapey, or you have a bit too much to eat? If I wanted you to know that I was pregnant I would tell you!!
I’m sorry he ruined your new white shirt for you!
Mr. Foot in the mouth guy has no idea on fashion because most shirts look a little on the maternity side- and to bash an H&M……ohhhhhhh bad Mr. Foot in the Mouth man!
For the record, Lori- you don’t look pregnant at all! Wear that shirt with pride!!!!
We had a lady who walked up to me at the main kiosk when I was pregnant and she said- “I just found out you were pregnant- I just thought this whole time you were getting fat!” I was mortified and after going home and sulking in self misery and m&m’s….. I realized some people just say what’s in that little noggin of theirs and they don’t think! ( I am so guilty of this at times…okay a lot of the time!
yes, maybe I’ll chalk it up to being unaware of current fashions — that makes me feel better anyway!
I don’t ever ask anyone if they are pregnant because of this exact reason. Too scary!
Okay. Can I say that this same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago! I was completely devastated! It wasn’t from someone at church though. It was a complete stranger . I was at the movies with my hubby (rare occasion nowadays) and was going to the restroom before the flick. I had gotten a text msg as I was trying to find a clean stall. The lady that came in behind me was also trying to find a clean one as well. She mentioned about “how it is especially important for me to find a clean stall — being pregnant.” I didn’t know what to say, so I stayed in the stall till she was gone. Okay, I know I’ve got (a lot) a baby weight to lose, but my baby is now 13 mos. old. I know I’ve got a pretty nice muffin top, but I really don’t think I look pregnant! Yes…now I’ve started back on my W.W. this past week!!!
On a different note, being from a fairly large church, how does everyone handle it when you encounter someone from church in public and they know you, but you don’t know them? I had this happen to me today when I took the baby to the pediatrician. This lady , who looked vaguely familiar to me, came into the dr. office and knew exactly who I was, but I had no idea who she was. Do you just play it off like you know them? Does this make me a bad minister’s wife because I don’t know them?
I am very sorry to say…I am a foot in mouth person! This past year, with all the joy of becoming a grandmother, I did it…not once, but two times! Asking women when they were due…to find out they weren’t! I’m not doing that anymore! I don’t ask unless I know them and know that they really are pregnant!
I always feel bad for the celebrities that have all the baby rumors going on and they really aren’t pregnant. Heaven forbid they gain a few pounds and have a slight tummy!
It is for that very reason that since I got married two years ago I have not worn shirts that could in any way make me look pregnant! I have gotten so many questions about being pregnant since I got married that now it is not quite as traumatizing as before. It is mostly parents of our students that are very well-meaning, they just don’t realize how many times I have gotten that question. Now it has become that every time I am either at home sick or at church but not quite myself because I am either not feeling well or just plain tired I start getting the question! That might have to do with the fact that three of our Pastors wives are pregnant and three others just recently had babies. So I guess that everyone figures that I am the next to go, but really do we have to ask questions about it! My new reaction, I just laugh and cheerfully say no as my inside is not quite so cheerful!
show us a picture of the shirt! We’ve got to see it!
deal, Gretchen. I’ll post it tomorrow. It isn’t dry yet from laundry duty … still digging out of the piles that we had. But I’ll totally send it tomorrow.
Okay. I got the “pregnant” question again, just this weekend. What’s the deal?!
Oh no Holly … What is wrong with people? Try not to let it get to you!
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