Burgerville...Now hiring summer smiles!
Now on to what this post is really about.
DL and I had been out on our hot date to Babies'R'Us picking up a few necessities for the wee one. It was nice to be out without the boys and they were much happier playing with friends than shopping with us, so a win/win situation for the whole family. On our way home we decided to stop in at Burgerville for the seasonal raspberry shake and Walla Walla onion rings. Both of which are too good to be true. It was an uneventful ordering with the exception of our toothless cashier and a friendly man commenting that he loved David's 'I Love Hot Moms" T-shirt.
We innocently sat down to partake of the yummy goodness that is Burgerville, when the friendly man approached us. I should have been alarmed when the first thing out of his mouth was "I don't mean to be forward, but..." Let's stop right there. If you don't mean to be forward, then maybe you should turn around and go sit back down.
This is how the conversation progressed.
Forward Man:"I don't mean to be forward, but are they guessing the size of your baby?"
Me:"No, not yet."
FM:"I can see why."
Me:"Oh? ha ha (nervous laugh)"
FM:"I didn't think anyone could get bigger than my wife could, but I was wrong."
(I look over at his wife, who easily has 40-50 pounds on me. Which I didn't point out.)
Me:"Well, this is nothing I still have a week to go!"
FM:"Our baby was 9lbs. 1 oz. and my wife got huge, yours is going to be even bigger."
Me:" Our last one was 9lbs, too. It's nice to have a big baby. They seem sturdier."
FM:"If you don't mind me asking, how long did you push?"
Me:(in my mind) Is he still talking and did he just ask me that?!) Audibly, "I actually have had 2 c-sections, so no pushing for me!"
FM:"Well, that's good. My wife pushed for 4 hours, but our second just came right out!"
(Great, more info than I really wanted)
Me:"That's great!"
FM:"Well, I'll let you go, but I just couldn't believe how big you are!"
Me:"BYE!"
David: Still laughing at the whole situation.
So in my defense, I was wearing the same dress that sparked the comments from the RS president a few weeks ago. I am now retiring it. It will not have the opportunity to cause any more awkward conversations during this next week.
And I am only 5 foot 3. Where do they think this baby is going to hideout? I am measuring exactly right at each appointment and I am still 15 pounds lighter than I was when Calvin was born. This is why I need to stay one one place for more than one pregnancy, so the locals have something to compare it to.
Last question. Where was this man's wife during all of this? DL would have been in a headlock in the parking lot after the first sentence came out of his mouth.
8 comments:
wow, Phoebe I am shocked by him! Some people have no manners and I can't understand it! It sounds like you were very polite which was very nice of you. You could have said some things to him. It's so shocking that someone would say those things and ask those questions to a complete stranger! Only a week left?? How exciting. Good luck!
i honestly can't believe someone said that to you.
and i love the headlock image.
who are these people?
And now is the time for my signature line (at least Ryan tells me it's my signature line):"YOU"VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Unfortunately, I know you're not. The nerve!
i think you should send this one to Dear Abby (or Ask Amy or one of those) - for her measured but effective retort.
Actually, nothing surprises me anymore! Especially when it comes to what comes out of people's mouths.
I'm sorry you had an encounter with such a rude guy.
Rude encounters make me think about what I say to people and if I am being rude. I always hope not.
When I was barely pregnant with my last baby I was giving a lady in my ward a ride home and she said "you're not having any more kids are you?" Seemed rather rude to me. (I didn't tell her I was!)
Oh geez.
My first thought was also, where was his wife?
In a matter of days it will all be over and you'll have people falling all over themselves telling you how cute your baby is. Much better than telling you how large you are.
OH. MY. GOSH. !!!! The nerve!! That is definitely the most appallingly rude thing I have ever heard of!! You handled it with grace. I probably would have spit in his face. And I am sure that you are the loveliest pregnant woman around.
When I was pregnant last time, a cashier at Wendy's insisted that I was having twins. Like insisted multiple times even after I assured him I was not. Sure, I'm 5'1", and was 9 months pregnant at the time, but still... I wasn't overly huge. My commenter wasn't mean-spirited, just oblivious, so whatever. It was amusing.
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