Petty BP - thanks secretary for telling me I was an ugly preggo!

[janine]

Well she didn't quite say it that way..but after the Royal Baby was announced to be a boy, she said outloud "Oh I KNEW it was a boy, she looked so wonderful and girls steal your beauty!" This was out in the open floor space where everyone can hear.

Then she looked at me and said "like with you I knew you were having girls!"

I said somewhat lightly, "oh because they stole my beauty?"

To which she said "oh...well uh no, just you grew all over and your face looked ... different."

Wow, glad to know! As if work isn't fun enough I get such lovely self esteem boosters. And all I wanted to do was gossip about the royal baby!

[BunnyBee]

Ouch! I'm sorry. Well, now you can take your Administrative Professionals Day contribution and go get a facial. ;)

[DietCokeLover]

Oh my word. That is unbelievable.

[janine]

Oh my word. That is unbelievable.

seriously, I rolled with it and laughed at first. But a day later, it sits with me and I keep thinkging wow I must really look bad (let's just say I doubt I transformed back after they were born).

[ZeeBaby]

That is so rude! Totally unbelievable.

[mommylamb]

OMG, I'm sorry but I had to laugh! Who on earth says that????!!!! Talk about open mouth, insert foot!

[TwinFoxes]

Serious foot in mouth disease! That's just awful.

I'd never heard that stealing your beauty phrase before, and I read it in a book a few days ago. And I think someone mentioned it in a royal baby thread. So it must be a (not very nice) phrase. I guess that's one rude comment boy moms don't have to put up with!

[brittone2]

OMG, I'm sorry but I had to laugh! Who on earth says that????!!!! Talk about open mouth, insert foot!

Exactly. What a nut job. Everyone says something stupid from time to time, but that's beyond awful. What a witch. I'm sure you look great, OP.

[elektra]

OMG, I'm sorry but I had to laugh! Who on earth says that????!!!! Talk about open mouth, insert foot!
:yeahthat:
Brutal! She is probably mortified.

[specialp]

WTH???? Wow!

[georgiegirl]

That's horrible. I got a similar comment from a friend, "I can tell you are having a girl because you have back fat." Um, thanks.

[lkoala]

Sounds like she is jealous. Besides, the Princess has eyes on her all the time and has to be made up all the time. That would be exhausting. I'm sure she looks like the rest of us when the cameras are not on her.

[BabyBearsMom]

WTH! What a freak! I think you should say "So if my female fetus took away my looks, what is your excuse?"

[Globetrotter]

Ouch! How rude.

i took dd to my old workplace when she was a baby. She was a stunning baby.. Well, the CEO told me something along the lines of how could she have come from me. Yeah, as if I didn't already have issues with my appearance at the time. The hr director immediately dove in and changed the topic. The CEO was not a vey tactful person in general, to say the least.

[queenmama]

WTH! What a freak! I think you should say "So if my female fetus took away my looks, what is your excuse?"

Haha! Nice retort!!

Lara

[HonoluluMom]

WTF - who says something like that?

[janine]

Thanks everyone, this secretary has no kids by the way and no stunner but also no filter and can whip out some low balls.
Still doesn't mean they don't sting! Meanwhile I dragged my a$$ into the office every day while 9mo's pregnant in the middle of August commuting on trains, cars and by foot through NYC to the office, so cut me some slack on swollen everything! Plus this was 2 yrs ago, was it that terrifying that you are still commenting? Ugh.

[arivecchi]

WTF - who says something like that? Someone with zero social skills!

OP, next time, be prepared to say "what an inappropriate thing to say" and leave. Let her wallow in her stupidity.

[Dream]

WOW, she definitely shouldn't have said that.

I thinks its an old wive's tale, where I come from its a popular belief, "girls steal mothers beauty and become beautiful", this is one way family members would guess whether you're expecting a girl or boy. With both my pregnancies, I hated the way I looked, changed skin color, black marks all over etc. but you do get your beauty back:)

[Sweetum]

Ouch! I'm sorry. Well, now you can take your Administrative Professionals Day contribution and go get a facial. ;)

:yeahthat:

ETA: I always thought it was the other way around, at least for normal peeps who don't have make-up and hair stylists all the time :) when I was pregnant with DS, I had the expanded/flattened nose, the darkness around my neck, too much hair everywhere and the works. And the ones I know who were having girls looked great! I always thought it was the hormones from the baby due to its gender (or something related to it) that made it that way.

[Sweetum]

Thanks everyone, this secretary has no kids by the way and no stunner but also no filter and can whip out some low balls.
Still doesn't mean they don't sting! Meanwhile I dragged my a$$ into the office every day while 9mo's pregnant in the middle of August commuting on trains, cars and by foot through NYC to the office, so cut me some slack on swollen everything! Plus this was 2 yrs ago, was it that terrifying that you are still commenting? Ugh.
what???!!!

[Fairy]

Even if it was two years ago, I hope you told her to go f*ck herself.

[zukeypur]

Ugh!!!! What a b!tch!

I was working when I was pregnant with DD2 in the summer in Houston. I was super swollen and had pitting edema. Our secretary (what is it with secretaries!?!) said "oh yeah, you are really swollen all over. I can even see it in your nose." My NOSE!? REALLY!? The one part of my body that I wasn't concerned with at that moment, and my nose was fat too.