Only In My Town.....

[MAKmom]

The perfect answer to something so rude is... A real dead stare and then, Why would you ask that?

That waitress/hostess is darn lucky she got someone so easy going and hungry. I agree with the previous poster that stated most people don't even think before they speak. They just let their nonsense spill right out...

HA HA It would be funnier if your husband says that & says " why what have you heard"?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

 

[agnes!]

Not that it makes any difference in the level of rudeness, but was this a person who worked at the restaurant or a random stranger?

agnes!

 

[MrsPete]

I've been asked the same question -- always by people whom I'd consider "low" in every way. Another question I was asked (by a student) when I was expecting my first child at age 27:

Student: "Is this your first baby?"
Me: "Yes."
Student: "As old as you are?"

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Not that it makes any difference in the level of rudeness, but was this a person who worked at the restaurant or a random stranger?

agnes!

She worked there, but she was just kind of loitering around the front. (She wasn't a waitress, or the hostess.) I think she was leaving because she had her purse, but she was chatting with the hostess when we came in.

 

[clownfish1452]

How rude!!

Sarah

 

[LittleBlue22]

Sorry that happened to you. Good for her that your raging hormones were on low that night.

DMM- have one more (after this pregnancy) and you'll get the "" look. No words, just .

 

[RUDisney]

My youngest sister is 24 years younger than I am. There are 15 years between my second youngest sister and the youngest. When my youngest sister was a baby, people would always ask my Dad if she was from a second marriage. My Dad would respond, "no, when you treat them right, they don't feel the need to leave." 42 years later and he's happily still on his first wife.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

I can't believe what people say sometimes!!

DH and I have three girls -- the first was born blonde haired and blue eyed like me, the second has brown hair and hazel eyes and the third has (almost) black hair and dark brown eyes. They are ALL our children together, but it's amazing how many people feel entitled to ask whether they're all DH's. If I were looking at the situation from the outside in, my interest might be piqued, but I'd never be so bold (read -- RUDE) as to ask someone, especially a perfect stranger.

In my family we all have dark brown hair except my sister, she has blonde hair ( Dad had really blonde hair as a child then it turned dark brown). People kept asking my mom where she got the blonde. She finally got sick of the question that she would answer " from the milkman"

 

[Becky2005]

I can't believe what people say sometimes!!

DH and I have three girls -- the first was born blonde haired and blue eyed like me, the second has brown hair and hazel eyes and the third has (almost) black hair and dark brown eyes. They are ALL our children together, but it's amazing how many people feel entitled to ask whether they're all DH's. If I were looking at the situation from the outside in, my interest might be piqued, but I'd never be so bold (read -- RUDE) as to ask someone, especially a perfect stranger.

I would get the "where'd the blonde come from?" all the time after my son was born. We all have dark hair & then here he is with this really blonde hair (not so much anymore but it was really light when he was little). I got to the point of I would answer "The milkman" with a completely straight face.

Then again, due to having a girl who is small & a boy who is tall, I have had people think my older 2 are twins -- so not good for my DD but she is getting more used to people assuming she is several years younger than she is. We have put a healthy spin on the shortness (or at least we TRY to but I know it still bugs her a bit).

 

[Becky2005]

In my family we all have dark brown hair except my sister, she has blonde hair ( Dad had really blonde hair as a child then it turned dark brown). People kept asking my mom where she got the blonde. She finally got sick of the question that she would answer " from the milkman"

Are we related? We were just posting at the same time. Apparently "the milkman" must be blonde since that's my answer too.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I got to the point of I would answer "The milkman" with a completely straight face.

but I can't say that because I really do have a milkman!!

 

[KSDTink]

In my family we all have dark brown hair except my sister, she has blonde hair ( Dad had really blonde hair as a child then it turned dark brown). People kept asking my mom where she got the blonde. She finally got sick of the question that she would answer " from the milkman"

LOL. My DD is adopted and she is of Mexican heritage so she has thick dark hair and a lovely permanent tan that I am soooo jealous of. When she was just a few months old I was at the mall and she wanted her bottle so I took her out of her stroller and gave her the bottle. Two older (read older than 65 or 70) ladies were sitting across from me. One of them looked at her then looked at me (I have dark hair but my skin is much fairer than DD's). Then she asked me "Is your husband dark?" I said no, my husband is blond. She gave me a funny look and responded with "Oh, she must be the milkman's child then." ***!!!

DH said I should have responded with "I don't know, is your husband the milkman?". Someone else I told this story to said I should have responded with "I don't know, I've never met her father".

I just don't understand where people get off making such rude and inconsiderate comments!

 

[Becky2005]

but I can't say that because I really do have a milkman!!

We did too for a while but I couldn't tell you if it was a milkman/milkwoman or even what they looked like since they would deliver at something like 4 AM. I would hear the truck though...we just went through too much milk to be able to keep getting it delivered.

And I think this was *after* DS was born...so I'm safe.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

We did too for a while but I couldn't tell you if it was a milkman/milkwoman or even what they looked like since they would deliver at something like 4 AM. I would hear the truck though...we just went through too much milk to be able to keep getting it delivered.

And I think this was *after* DS was born...so I'm safe.

I see mine every Wednesday because he gets here about the time I take the kids to school. He's cute too but too young for me. LOL

We go through a ton of milk but it's nice not having to go get it at the store. Occasionally we need to run out to get another 1/2 gallon but I love how fresh the delivered stuff is.

 

[LUVMYTINK]

Are we related? We were just posting at the same time. Apparently "the milkman" must be blonde since that's my answer too.

That milkman sure does get around alot. I think you must have had our milkman's son since this happened to us almost 30 yrs. ago or he was very young at the time

 

[Tikicampers]

Ok, I've got the super blond child despite DH and I both having dark hair as well. What we get is people saying "My, his hair is blond" after which they stare at me waiting for an explanation. So much that I'm thinking of dying my hair. I'm going to try the milkman response!
I never get what makes people assume they have the right to say the things they say.

Edited to add: My brother had the same blond hair and once without thinking I said, "Oh my brother has really blond hair." Only later did I realize how bad that sounded.

 

[5Slays]

99% of the time we get asked if they are twins, but they are 11 months apart. SO they do look alike, but I think after she asked how old they were and realized DS was only 1 that he was a big boy and she was a tiny girl. So i think the body structure confused her?? haha i don't know!

My two oldest are 11 months apart. We still get stupid comments all the time, they are 7 & 8 now. My favorite one is "Didn't you figure out what caused that?" or "My goodness, it must have been a cold winter."

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Edited to add: My brother had the same blond hair and once without thinking I said, "Oh my brother has really blond hair." Only later did I realize how bad that sounded.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

My favorite one is "Didn't you figure out what caused that?" or "My goodness, it must have been a cold winter."

We get that now that i'm pregnant with #3 and the 2 are still little!

They mostly say:

"whoa you 2 certainly are busy"

and DH will hug me close and say...

"in more ways than one!!" and then wink and we leave! it used to be embarressing when he would do that, but i'm just getting soo tired of people sticking their nose in our business! It would be different if we were on the street begging for money or something like that!!