The 1 Thing You Can Say to a Pregnant Woman
Let's Praise This Mom and Her Brutally Honest Guide on What Not to Say to Pregnant Women
What (Not To) Say To A Pregnant WomanThis goes out to the guy who walked up to me in the grocery store, demanded to know my due date- LIKE HE IS ENTITLED TO KNOW IT- then rudely replied, "Damn, girl. You SURE it's not twins?!" and walked away. Full blog post here- http://bit.ly/2co5X7v And also to every other person who thinks that they have a right to comment on the state of a woman's body just because she's pregnant. There is no other human condition in which it seems to be acceptable for a stranger to approach someone and make comments about their body. I mean, I could have asked that guy if he was SURE he wasn't drinking a 6 pack a night based on his beer gut, but that's not appropriate. SO if you are so absolutely shocked by the size of a pregnant woman, especially one YOU DON'T KNOW, that you feel the need to say something to her? This is all you're allowed to say. That's it. Because asking us if we're sure it's not twins, or triplets, or if we're sure we're not due tomorrow, or any other comment about our size is just.. RUDE. It's rude. It's not endearing. You're not making small talk. You're being an a-hole. Plain and simple. And it's time someone told you. Hashtag: pregnant rage
Posted by Jill Krause on Sunday, September 18, 2016
If a stranger has ever come up to you and rubbed your belly or asked when you're due, you need to see this blogger's brutally honest video about what not to say to a pregnant woman. Jill Krause of Baby Rabies is pregnant with her fourth child and after a run-in with a rude man at the grocery store, she felt the need to record this video, where she shares the one thing you're allowed to say to a pregnant woman: "You look amazing!"
"SO if you are so absolutely shocked by the size of a pregnant woman, especially one YOU DON'T KNOW, that you feel the need to say something to her? This is all you're allowed to say. That's it. Because asking us if we're sure it's not twins, or triplets, or if we're sure we're not due tomorrow, or any other comment about our size is just . . . RUDE. It's rude. It's not endearing. You're not making small talk. You're being an a-hole. Plain and simple. And it's time someone told you," Krause wrote on Facebook, adding a very necessary, "Hashtag: pregnant rage."
The video is spreading like wildfire with over 750K shares, and has moms all over praising Krause for saying what everyone else is thinking. If you're pregnant, the next time a stranger feels the need to comment on your appearance or rub your belly, think "What would Jill do?"
