What not to say to a pregnant woman

A little something for men.

At church yesterday, when I was getting Tristan from nursery, some guy in the ward Nick is aquainted with was standing with his wife next to the nursery door.  Apparently, when I walked past him into the room, he whispered to Nick something along the lines of "she eating too much?"  Nick says he was trying to "make a funny", but told him it was probably a very good thing I didn't hear him.

Hmm.  Let's see, maybe if I had known the guy for years, I would have laughed.  But considering I have never even talked to him, I was more than slightly perturbed.  I wish I had heard him.  So I could have said, 'yeah, when your wife looks half as good as I do when she's 8 months pregnant, I hope you will hold your tongue'.  Or, 'no, I don't get enough to eat usually thanks to my swallowing disorder, which has made two pregnancies very difficult for me,  thanks for asking'.  Then maybe he would have felt like a jerk.

I mean seriously people, who says that about a pregnant woman?  Especially one they don't know who has only gained 15 or 20 lbs, which actually took some effort.  Even if a woman is so big you can't even really tell she is pregnant, you should never comment on it!  So next to being insensitive, it was a little rude and out of line.  "Making a funny" should actually be something funny, not offensive and mean.

So to you men out there wanting to be funny, until you have thrown up for 3 months straight, gained a lot of weight all in one spot, gotten stretch marks, not been able to tie your own shoes, ruined your back, feet, belly and boobs, and then either squeezed out a giant baby head a midst pain galore or had to recover from open abdominal surgery while caring for a newborn, maybe keep your snide "fat" jokes to yourself.

Ah, I feel better now.