Inappropriate pregnancy announcement reactions

[Heaven]

wtf? I don't understand people asking this it is extremely rude!!!!!! And no one else's business!!!!!!!

[beckoes]

i had this sometimes, and im getting it this time too....sometimes i think people just want juicy gossip! it is very personal and rude! i say stick with your 'thats very personal im not going to answer that' response!!
congrats on your pregnancy!

[TeniBear]

Holy crud, some of these are so mean! PZ and TM

I suppose I had the opposite when I told my dad I was pregnant with Ianto - I was terrified he'd go off his nut because we conceived slightly before the wedding (apparently a big no-no in my family) but his first reaction was to turn to my mum and say "I told you so!" with a massive grin on his face This time, no-one's really reacted aside from asking me how everything's going. I'm not sure they know how to react, but I'm grateful they're not so rude that they ask if I'm happy about it!

[deletedit]

I've had the exact reverse with the last two .. a few "about time"s and "I thought you were pregnant"s. Everyone assumed they were planned though ... ridiculously cute boy/girl pair 3 years into a relationship, spaced 2.5 years apart, in my early-mid 30s. Nope, just too fertile.

People do tend to forget I have 3 children, or don't even know I've got 3. I don't look as old as I am - a couple of the midwives thought both of us were younger than we are (we're indoor geeks). I think I'd get more questions if I had three close together, or if I *looked* 35.

[~Kim~]

Rach.
Some people live in oblivion and really need to put some filters on.

[rhyb]

I get spoke to like I am unable to make a mature adult decision. I get asked 'Do you even know what contraception IS?' 'WHY would you want another?' 'It's not a clown car you know?' etc. No one is ever happy and now people just roll their eyes. FFS this is my 3rd pg not my 43rd!

[~Raven~]

Tell them yes it was and you are planning on having 10 of them

[{sarah}]

When we told a certain person that i was pregnant the third time, this person said "oh really, that obviously wasn't planned." But the one that took that cake was very soon after in the same conversation, "well if this one was natural & DS was natural, what was IVF, a science experiment?" UMMMMM NO! That science experiment is your grandchild.