Stupid things people say

[SandraC]

Hi ~ WELCOME TO "STUPID THINGS PEOPLE SAY" THREAD!

I'll start......

In my family, most of my mother's generation "HAD TO" get married. Here is the phone call I made to my mother to announce my engagement.

ME: Mom, I am getting married!
MOM: Are you pregnant?
ME: No
MOM: Then, why are you getting married?

 

[Tiiiigergirl]

Allow me to say it:

Congratulations!!!!!

 

[lisajl]

I was pregnant with our third and last child.
A co worker of my DH's said, " Do you know what causes that?"
"Maybe you should have a talk with your hubby".
As in...why are you having another one.

Well...my reply..."Yes, we know what causes it, and that's our problem...we like it!"
That shut him up!

Lisajl

 

[tc]

I had someone ask me if my children were from my husband's first wife because she didn't think I was old enough to have had them myself. I said, "Yes, that's me."

 

[adamak]

People who are not investing in 401K (when they have the extra cash), and say the government will take care of them. They would rather waste the money on fancy stereo or cars...

That's as dumb as paying rack rate for Disney hotels.

 

[Pebblszzz]

My personal favorite "stupid thing people say":

"So why don't you have kids?"

OR:

"When are you going to start having kids?"

Like it's ANYBODY's business!!!!

FYI, folks - don't say these things to people you don't know really, really well. For all you know, they're infertile and heartbroken...don't remind them of their misery.

My .02

 

[GeorgeG]

Can't you just feel the love???

Congratulations are in order and mine are heartily offered. Unfortunately, people do say stupid things, often unintentionally, but still stupid. I'm as guilty as the last person, but it's never intentional.

 

[Pebblszzz]

Oh, can I add another one????

I'm not overweight, and can wear a bikini on the beach without scaring anyone....but one day, I was in Wal-Mart, wearing a really big sweatshirt over sweat pants (hey, it's comfy-stuff!), and the clerk said:

"so, when are you due, my dear?"

I coulda killed her.

Don't EVER ask a woman that, unless she's wearing a tee-shirt that says "Under Construction" with an arrow pointing to her belly.....

 

[Sonya]

Right now it's 2 things:

You are looking huge!

and:

You have no idea what you are in for once that baby arrives!

Duh..... I've never had a baby before so of course I have no idea! I don't need your superior attitude like you know everything!

 

[nativetxn]

You have no idea what you are in for, Sonya. (<b>I'm teasing, I'm teasing</b>)

 

[JC2]

lol Katholyn



Some of these are so rude. I just wonder to myself, "What are people thinking???"
Makes me want to be even more careful to think before I speak!

 

[Sonya]

VERY funny Katholyn! And you just keep right on laughing JC2!

 

[DisneyJules]

I was flying to California a couple years ago with my family when a woman a row across from me looked at my sister and I (we were both 17) who happened to be sitting on both sides of my half brother ( who was 3 at the time) and said "that's not your brother." Not expecting anyone to exclaim such a thing I looked at her with a puzzled look on my face and told her that indeed he was. Where the heck to people come up with such things?
Crazy!

 

[JC2]

Originally posted by Sonya
VERY funny Katholyn! And you just keep right on laughing JC2!

 

[goofygirl]

Regarding kids:

Me: "I don't want kids."
Them :"But its different when its your own!"

Oh really? You mean MY OWN wouldn't take up a lot of time, take up energy and be an expense like other people's kids? Where do I sign up for that?!

Me: talking about my cats lovingly.
Them (who don't understand loving pets): "They're JUST CATS!"
Me: "And YOU are just a (insert obscenity here)!!!"

About my hair (which is long to my waist)

Them: "Is that all YOUR hair?"

Well, YES it is. Wigs are ok, but I think my hair is obviously very natural.

And this was something.....

Me: "I have been seeing my boyfriend for 2 years."
Them (an old fashioned/conservative person not into pre-marital "relations"): "And you haven't married yet? "2 years, huh?You 2 are waiting a long time before you sleep together!"

Me: (laughing because I couldn't believe this) "Who said we are WAITING?" LOL

 

[adamak]

Good one(s), goofygirl.

Totally agree with the kid and the cat thing.... I've been married 6 years, no kid. When I say I don't want kid, they're all like .... why not? They're cute and they're yours and they'll take care of you in the future..... blah blah blah.

And one respond was " I'm so sorry that your husband is incompotent". Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

ps. the last statement is not true.

 

[Pebblszzz]

Regarding MY hair:

Them: "Is that your natural color?"

ex-CUZE me????? Like, am I wearing a shirt that says, "Welcomes strangers prying into my personal matters"???

 

[Mish19]

I always get "is that your real color hair?".

 

[Pebblszzz]

I've been looking for this darn email all night, it's from about two years ago, and I finally found it! Enjoy....


“Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, “I’m stupid”. That way you wouldn’t rely on them, would you? You wouldn’t ask them anything. It would be like, “Excuse me...oops...never mind, didn’t see your sign.”

It’s like before my wife and I moved. Our house was full of boxes and There was a U-Haul truck in our driveway. My neighbor comes over and says, “Hey, you moving?” “Nope. We just pack our stuff up once or twice a week to see how many boxes it takes. Here’s your sign.”

A couple of months ago I went fishing with a buddy of mine, we pulled his boat into the dock, I lifted up this big ol’ stringer of bass and this idiot on the dock goes, “Hey, y’all catch all them fish?” “Nope. Talked ‘em into giving up. Here’s your sign.”

I was watching one of those animal shows on the Discovery Channel. There was a guy inventing a shark bite suit. And there’s only one way to test it.
“Alright, Jimmy, you got that shark suit on, it looks good... They want you to jump into this pool of sharks, and you tell us if it hurts when they bite you.” “Well, all right, but hold my sign. I don’t wanna lose it.”

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those
side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I SWEAR he said, “Tire go flat?” I couldn’t resist. I said, “Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled Right up on me. Here’s your sign.”

We were trying to sell our car about a year ago. A guy came over to the house and drove the car around for about 45 minutes. We get back to the house, he gets out of the car, reaches down and grabs the exhaust pipe, then says, “Darn that’s hot!” See, if he’d been wearing his sign, I could have stopped him.

I learned to drive an 18-wheeler in my days of adventure. Wouldn’t you know, I misjudged the height of a bridge. The truck got stuck and I couldn’t get it out, no matter how I tried. I radioed in for help and eventually a local cop shows up to take the report. He went through his basic questioning ...okay...no problem. I thought for sure he was clear of needing a sign...until he asked, “So, is your truck stuck?” I couldn’t help myself!
I looked at him, looked back at the rig and then back to him and said, “Nope, I’m delivering a bridge... here’s your sign.”

I stayed late at work one night and a co-worker looked at me and
said, “Are you still here?” I replied, “No. I left about 10 minutes ago. Here’s your sign.”

Anybody you know need a sign today?