Reply with a poop photo, they'll never do it again
Reply with a poop photo, they'll never do it againOmg, I feel this so much. Someone in my family has a 2 year old - so not even a baby anymore - and the other day I got a text saying ‘wow what a big boy X is, he did a wee in his potty!’ With an image…I was thinking no, surely they didn’t send me a picture of this child’s urine in a potty? Yep, they did. Honestly, completely bizarre behaviour
Haha good idea, if someone does it to me I’ll send a picture of one my horse’s massive poosReply with a poop photo, they'll never do it again
Mine is to roll my eyes. Its ok reading on socials, or hearing via text, but in person I have to really control myselfHow can I stop my immediate (inner!) reaction when I see another friend announce their pregnancy being “that’s a shame”Like I am genuinely happy for them but it always feels like that’s one less friend I have now. So utterly selfish of me. I just can’t imagine anything other than sheer terror at seeing a positive test. Sometimes I feel like an alien - women are meant to want kids, what is wrong with me!
Oh, god, I always hated when people brought their babies in and you (or at least, let’s be fair - just the women of the officeOmg, I feel this so much. Someone in my family has a 2 year old - so not even a baby anymore - and the other day I got a text saying ‘wow what a big boy X is, he did a wee in his potty!’ With an image…I was thinking no, surely they didn’t send me a picture of this child’s urine in a potty? Yep, they did. Honestly, completely bizarre behaviour. I get that every parent thinks their kid is the cutest thing since sliced bread but SURELY they cannot think we all want to see this kind of thing? What on earth goes through these people’s heads…I will never understand it.
One incident that really stood out to me was when someone in an old workplace had a baby. She was very senior but also really friendly and I really looked up to her, she was a real career woman. Anyway when she was shortly coming back from mat leave, she brought the baby in to see us. And this amazing professional career woman stood happily chatting away to us, not noticing at ALL that her baby had just puked all down her arm. She didn’t even flicker. Someone else pointed it out to her. And I just thought yeah…that life is really not for me.
Oh god someone brought their baby into my old workplace and we had to do the usual hoo-ha stand around and coo. One of the other girls (not the mum) took the baby for a cuddle, which is fine. But the colleague holding the baby then singled me out, said "mcfeez do you want a hold too?" and I just said no really quickly and quietly and left to go to the loo. It felt so awkward. If I wanted to hold it, I'd offer!Oh, god, I always hated when people brought their babies in and you (or at least, let’s be fair - just the women of the office) were expected to stand around in a circle and coo over how cute they were whilst the men got on with their work. Sorry, no, I’m bloody busy too.
I have two stories relating to that which stick out: one where someone’s kid puked on their arm and down their (bare leg) and she just rubbed it in. Like body lotion. And continued speaking as if nothing had happened. And another the baby pooped everywhere including on a desk and chair and she didn’t clean it up properly so when she left there was still poo on the furniture.
A hard nope from me.
I hate when people bring their babies in to work (and dogs but that’s another storyOh god someone brought their baby into my old workplace and we had to do the usual hoo-ha stand around and coo. One of the other girls (not the mum) took the baby for a cuddle, which is fine. But the colleague holding the baby then singled me out, said "mcfeez do you want a hold too?" and I just said no really quickly and quietly and left to go to the loo. It felt so awkward. If I wanted to hold it, I'd offer!
Same! I can honestly deal with back end stuff no problem (poo, pee etcI know my limitations as a person. Blood, guts gore even in real life has little effect on me. But stuff from noses, mouths and bums and mushy food/messy eating gives me a silent boak
I can cope with it when it happens professionally but at home even the Taskmaster task where they have to get the banana in the bottle I end up gagging.
The mushy foo/messy eating is obviously part and parcel of babies and toddlers and so I figure it's another thing to stick in the box of Don't Have Kids (Because You'll Keep Gagging At Them.)
See, you’d have to wrestle a puppy away from me. But a baby I won’t go nearI hate when people bring their babies in to work (and dogs but that’s another story) unless it’s someone i’m actually friends with I’ll just stay at my desk while everyone else rushes over to coo at the baby. I look like some old miserable witch
In my mind, there's very few people I'd hug at work, so why the hell would I bring in my baby to be held by some random from account. If you have friends at work, they can see your baby outside the officeOh god someone brought their baby into my old workplace and we had to do the usual hoo-ha stand around and coo. One of the other girls (not the mum) took the baby for a cuddle, which is fine. But the colleague holding the baby then singled me out, said "mcfeez do you want a hold too?" and I just said no really quickly and quietly and left to go to the loo. It felt so awkward. If I wanted to hold it, I'd offer!
1 million percent yes!!! They all moan moan moan then try and encourage us to have kids just because misery loves companySo true
Yep, I have an auntie who complained to my mother about me being childfree. My mom called me and said "at least my daughter doesn't have 6 kids from 3 different fathers before the age of 30".1 million percent yes!!! They all moan moan moan then try and encourage us to have kids just because misery loves company
Ahh see according to my dad I must want children as I played with dollies as a childI think the signs were there with me from being a small child - my parents found a doll some poor misguided soul had bought me buried in the sandpit in the back garden…Nobody was that surprised that I didn’t want children.
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