Stupid Pregnancy Comments

What is it about having a bump that gives every Tom, Dick or Harry the right to make a comment in your direction? They tend to come in two groups – the tut-tutters and the laugh-a-minutes.

The tut-tutters will be telling you off for eating (pastuerised) feta cheese or choosing a method of birth they don’t agree with. They can be found in waiting rooms, shopping centres and parties.

The laugh-a-minutes think your knocked-up state is an invitation to make endless jokes at your expense. These types can usually be found in the workplace.

Blue Milk gives a wonderful example of colleague asshattery:

Entering a meeting room at work as the only female in the meeting.

Man: Woah, look at you, we all better sit down before you give birth. Are we going to need some stirrups in this meeting or what?

Oh, ha ha ha! Of course, the best way to deal with bad jokes is to crack a better one back:

Me: Why, you due for a prostate exam?

I must admit I’m usually seething too much to manage a pithy response right away. I tend to stick to the method of avoidance. How do you deal with idiots in the workplace?