What do you say?!?!?


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Ok...here's the scenerio:

I was working the floor of a holiday get together of old friends when I ran into a female friend from a long way back whom I had heard was pregnant and was due at some point that I was unaware of. I came up to her and exchanged pleasantries when out of the blue by normal instincts failed me and I said (pointing at her large stomach)..."so, when is that baby due?". To my absolute horror she replies..."thanks a lot, I had the baby over a month ago". DOHHH! I then proceeded to fumble my way through the worst moment of my adult life and moved on in disgrace. My question is, what SHOULD I have said? How do you recover from THAT? :blush:

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I can't really think of any way to recover from that... Probably just change the topic as fast as you could, and act like you didn't say anything wrong - "Really? Was it a boy or a girl? What did you name him/her?" or something to that effect. :p If you're lucky she might think she misheard you or something. ;)

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DOH ! :pinch:

I would've done what evil Dragon suggested, just keep on talking and get her yakking about the baby eventually she's probably forget about what you said.

:whistle:

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In the moment, I would have simply proceeded to ask about the baby, how things are going with it, and so on.

I've heard of comparable situations happening far more than once, so you're certainly not alone. It's not like women instantly revert to "normal" state after a pregnancy.

Any "sane" woman won't take long-term offense. Awkward scenario, sure, but if you encounter her again, just stay focused on asking about how the child is doing and so on and she should essentially forget about it.

What would have been *far* worse would have been if you'd asked her when the baby was due and she hadn't been recently pregnant at all. :)

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Your fas paux might be the catalyst to force her to work on getting back into shape.

It's hard to lose that weight after pregnancy and many women are either too busy

with the new baby or too lazy to do what it takes to lose it. Her anger at you might

put a spark under her butt and motivate her.

You've probably not lost her as a friend unless she is the spiteful, vengeful type.

DUH. She's a woman. She's inherantly, genetically, spiteful and vengeful.

Too late. Forget about it.

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thats pretty bad. i know a few peeps this has happened to also. luckily, the people they said it to were good enough friends to take it as a joke. your situation is a bit more tough. just gotta hope she understands and forgives i suppose.

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