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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 09:37 AM
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20. Sorry, but "looks like you're getting fat/your belly is expanding"
is not something I want to hear. I don't ask men how long they've been going bald, or "is that your real hair?", and there's nothing shameful about being bald, either. It's just in this society, we don't generally point out things about a stranger's body.

I imagine women who have already HAD their babies would prefer not to be reminded that they haven't dropped their pregnancy weight yet, either.

And no one ASKED me if I were pregnant -- they just made the assumption and ran with it: "...if you drink coffee in your condition" and another person saying "you must have to use the bathroom a lot now that you're expecting" in response to my request for the bathroom key.
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