Ahhh God, Again?
Another night volunteering at the hospital. Always a lesson learned. This week:
Don’t EVER assume that someone is another person’s mother until you know for sure that they are not actually friends.
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Oh noes! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
I don’t live near a TJ but just wanted to leave some comment love and say I have resubscribed. You haven’t lost me!
I feel your pain. I once said, “you have a very cute grandbaby” to the gentleman standing next to me at the nursery window only to have him say, “that’s my son”. Yikes! Who can blame me the mama looked about 16.
I don’t think I need to resubscribe because this is still coming into my e-mail box. STJ.
Anyhow, my sister is forever being treated like her son’s daycare provider instead of his mom. She had him when she was 20, not 14! Our genes make us look young.
Hey Jess, just testing out the comments…
When walking home from school with a friend once, he spied my Mum on the front porch. “Is that your grandma?” he asked. He was realy embarassed when he found out it wasn’t. In all fairness, my Mum is old enough to be my grandma. And I have a niece and nephew who are my age, so he wasn’t far off! (Yep. I was a “surprise” baby. Prefer that term to “mistake”.)
Feel your pain.
I (re) subscribed! You haven’t lost me. I am too attached to your site to go away.
As for the grandma thing… My mother-in-law is a dead ringer for Olivia Newton John. Which is to say her work is looking real good these days. I hate going anywhere with her because people think I’m the older sister. At least they’re not asking if I’m the grandma!
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Ouch. At least you didn’t ask the “mother” when her stomach fat baby was due as well.
STJ and It’s no accident that I waited until the end of NABLOWS to subscribe. Mwah.
Don’t ever ask when the baby is due. Some asshole asked me that when I had a 1 year old and wore size 8 jeans. Hate him till this day and that was 20 years ago.STJ
Aw, hell, there are worse things you could have said. I can’t think of any; yet I’m sure there are.
I hate it when that happens. To me.
Ahh…at least you didn’t ask somebody who wasn’t if they were pregnant.
I’ve made the grandma mistake to somebody who was actually mom once…definitely didn’t make a friend that day.
Ha ha, this is like the rule never to comment on someone’s “pregnancy” unless they mention it first. I almost broke that rule once, and turns out she WAS just heavy-set — disaster narrowly averted!
Also, sorry about your blog feed troubles. I recently switched blog platforms and no one could figure out how/where to find me, so I feel your pain. But I’ve resubscribed to your blog and am happy all is up and running once again.
Oh, and “STJ”, ’cause why not?
I’m with K: my partner says, after making that mistake one time with a non-pregnant but oddly shaped lady, that he’s never again asking “when is the baby due” unless the woman in question is actually crowning.
EEwwwe, That’s kinda of in the ballpark of asking a girl when her baby’s due, and she’s not pg. I can visualize a whole lotta do do!! Well, at least you’re out there helping these folks and doing it for free!!!
Love you,
Jen
ALWAYS assume someone is the parent or spouse or sibling. Even if it’s OBVIOUS that they are of a different generation and are thereby robbing the cradle. It usually puts them in a better mood, anyway. ESPECIALLY if they ARE the grandparent!
Nice
BTW… STJ
Yikes, that’s almost as bad as asking someone when they’re due without actually seeing the baby’s head emerging.
Once, as a kid, I went trick’or’treating. I stopped at a friend’s house and commented that it was nice of her grandfather to stop by and hand out candy at her house. He informed me that he was, in fact, her father. And the worst part is that I knew him. WFT? I blame the sugar high.
Happy Thanksgiving! I once asked if a woman was another woman’s mother…she was the daughter! STJ