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I know I shouldn?t have but?
# 1) I peeked at my registry and there are a few things purchased! The invites went out this Monday past?Holy quick! & Yay Presents ? 
# 2) Even after reading all your responses that I was over reading into the email my gut was still telling me differently. So I sent a reply and you?ll never believe the answer I got back!!! I?m laughing at how silly and un-educated this person is!
Lisa, please remind me when the early start and expected start dates for your mat leave are? We'll need to advertise and start the recruitment process about 2.5 months in advance, given prior experience.
thanks
Bilal, I'm confused - by early start do you mean me having a premature birth?
Right, that's what I meant.
Ummmmm???so should I nicely tell him that I can?t plan a premature birth nor would I ever want one? I?m just hoping that he doesn?t know what it really means and it just using the wrong ?term/phase?..
Re: I know I shouldn?t have but?
Right...we know for a fact he's as we call him "Socially Stupid" so these comments don't surprise me but I too don't think it's what he means.
I just can't believe that he asked it - LOL
EDIT: I'm sorry, I didn't want to offend anyone. I've edited my comment.
Careful how you use this term. It's very offensive to many of us. And in an ironic twist, I don't think you really meant what it means either.
http://www.r-word.org/
I was thinking this too, Kat.
You work with the guy Lisa, so none of us can doubt that he's socially inept, but in this case, maybe you should just give him a pass for being male. Most men don't really know much about pregnancy - especially if he hasn't recently become a father or is about to be.
My dad has three kids and probably wouldn't know the "proper" terminology.
Of course if he's in HR and responsible for hiring for mat leaves, he certainly shouldbe a little better versed.
thanks for posting this, Kat.
First...SHAME on you for for peeking! It's supposed to be a surprise, ya know!
Second, I think what he's asking is what might be the earliest date, based on the info you have right now, that you can expect to be gone.
Even if that's what he means, ignore him and tell him what day you're planning to be off. Something like "Assuming there are no unforseen complications my last day at work will be ...."
In our group of friends we had a number of women have their babies early, everything from 2 months - 2 weeks. No one for awhile (like ten babies) went to full term. DH asked me if that was normal, he had no personal experience to go from. So even though the guy is socially inept, give him the benefit of the doubt for your own piece of mind and stop trying to analyze what he might mean.