Since I’ve been married (almost 6 months now), I have loss count of how many people have asked me, “Are you expecting?” “When are you gonna have a baby?”, or something else along the lines of me having a baby….”because your married now”. I’ve been pretty reasonable in my responses to people and I’ve tried to just ignore the different ways I’ve been approached about it. Well today I’ve had exactly enough. I had a woman approach me and ask me, “Did you have your baby already?” To which, “I replied what baby?” She then proceeded to say to me, “I’ve seen you every Sunday and your belly looked big and round so I could have sworn you were expecting.” 😑 seriously?
Aside from this person being clearly delusional, I’d have to say that is one of the most disrespectful approaches to what I stated in the beginning of this post. It’s 2016 people we should know by now (I know it’s a bit of a stretch though) NOT TO ASK OR ASSUME THAT A WOMAN IS PREGNANT!!
Unless it is announced or made your business, please make it your business to stay out of mine! You never know what a person is going through and it is beyond disrespectful to project your ideas of what another persons married life should consist of and when.
I may never have a baby for whatever reasons life could bring or what my husband and I may decide, so before anyone thinks to say things of this nature to any other woman or myself again, for God’s sake think before you speak! And no I did not slap this woman or cuss her out….I was in church…and I’m not a violent person. Did I think about it, absolutely. Jesus saves and I’m a living witness🙌
Respectfully,
Tabitha
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