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Validate Me (or at least read my gripe)
We had dinner tonight at a small restaurant filled with tables of 2 and 4, spaced only a couple of feet apart. Halfway through our meal, a party of 4 women was seated next to us (RIGHT next to us).
Several minutes later, one woman (Woman 1) at the table says to her friends, "I'm trying to tell if that girl next to us [nods in my direction] is pregnant or fat."
One person (who happened to be pregnant herself) immediately said, "Pregnant. Obviously."
Woman 1 then went for a second look at me and noticed that I was staring at her.
Then another person at the table, who hadn't heard the beginning of the conversation, asked what was going on. Woman 1 leaned over to her and hissed, "I was asking if that girl was pregnant or fat, but I think she heard me."
They both then look over at me again and see that I was staring at them with a mixture of disbelief and stink eye. They looked away quickly, but I didn't. Finally, Woman 1 looked back at me with the facial expression of a dog that's been caught chewing up a shoe.
I didn't say anything; I just shook my head and went back to my meal.
My husband said I handled it correctly, because I came off looking relatively classy, leaving her the unquestionable jackass. But I can't decide if I should've said something like, "37 weeks pregnant. Thanks for asking."
Would you have said anything?
Re: Validate Me (or at least read my gripe)
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WTF is wrong with people. Clearly you are pregnant.
I think I would have done the exact same thing as you but I sooo would have wanted to say something bitchy.
"I am trying to decide if Women 1 ordered the fish or just has a smelly vag"
If it did, I would obviously be too full of ANGER and SHAME to tell you. So I guess you'll never know!
Rage Against the White Meat, Tummy.
BTW, you look awesome and full o' baby, Ms. 37 Weeks.
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WTf is wrong with people? I would have said exactly what you said you wished you said, but you handled it very well. You look so cute and are clearly pregnant. I want to punch that lady.
I think you did the right thing. But holy hoppin christ on a cracker what is WRONG with people?
It reminds me of this SNL sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm4ZyfhkU-8
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You missed your opportunity to lean over and say, "It's a tooom-ah."
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That whole thing gives me Cali-face. WTF? Looking at your sig pic and I can't even fathom someone thinking you're anything BUT pregnant. Your belly is magnificent, my friend.
Secondly, why would she even be interested in whether someone at another table was fat or not? I don't spend my time looking around identifying all the fat people. I don't scan the restaurant saying "Fat, fat, skinny, morbidly obese, that Kelly Clarkson body size that some would say is fat and others would say is curvy, anorexic, wicked fat, pudgy, land manatee, average sized."
I'm not pregnant, so if I heard her saying that about me I would have been half tempted to say, "If you are curious as to how big of an ass you're making of yourself, just watch mine as I walk away."
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Sorry that happened to you, button. What an idiot!
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Dude, what is wrong with people? Believe me, I do my share of talking about people behind their backs, but not when I'm like a foot away from them.
I would have said something. I like Fallin's suggestion.
This. It would never even occur to me to ask that question though. I don't really care if a random stranger is fat or pregnant.
Lorne and I play "spot the bad plastic surgery" when we're at baseball games and such, but never within earshot of the person whose nose is sliding off their face. But yeah, "Is she pregnant or fat" is a game that holds very little interest for me. You handled it very well. I would have been tempted to say something too, but I don't know if I would have been able to form a coherent thought through the anger.
We play spot the bad plastic surgery too, and I'm not above a "is that person male or female" conversation either. We just have enough sense to not do it remotely within earshot.
If you really have to ask that badly, text it. (Not that I have ever done that...nope definitely not)
We play this one as well, but I am very stealth about shiit talking. Catty as I can be, I don't want to hurt feelings.
I also like Fallin's suggestion. People are idiots. Especially regarding pregnant women. Because you are in a state where gaining weight is mandatory, it appears that to most of the population feels compelled to comment on that weight. Besides, you are clearly pregnant and she is clearly has a whorish mouth.
For less then ten cents a day, you can feed a hungry child.
I'm still kind of baffled by the whole event, but it's not the end of the world. I will go back to dealing with the "please don't give birth on my bus" stares that I now get from my bus drivers during the work week; those are much more understandable.
I will often have a 'fat or pregnant' debate in my head on the train in deciding whether or not to give up my seat for the person. It's tricky because you definitely want to give your seat to a pregnant lady, but you don't want to offend a fat one. But that's really the only place it applies.
That said, I don't know how anyone could mistake you for anything other than very, very pregnant, HT.