This is kinda like that scene in Jurassic Park with the sick Triceratops. Only with devastating blows to the face.
I may not be the ultimate expert here, but I can tell you at least four things this lady did wrong (two of them resulting in a hoof to the face).
Source: animalsbeingdicks
Sitting on a full train, aisle seat next to me is empty despite people standing. Ahh, space!
Catch a glimpse of myself in the window, realize my default facial expression is set between Sneer and I Smell Poop. Oh. That explains it.
From an email I just got from somebody (a man, but that’s pretty immaterial) I worked with 5 years ago, who I have emailed with sporadically since then - this is the first email conversation we’ve had in probably two years:
“So when the hell are you gonna have kids???? I thought you were all over that. Don’t wait, there will never be a ‘good’ time. Just do it. Didn’t you want a house full of munchkins? Go gurl! :)”
WTF? Why is it ok to do this? Here’s something that everybody in the world should already know - don’t ask a woman when she’s going to have kids. “But-” Nope. “But I know her-” Nope. Just don’t do it. What are you going to get out of it? Like you think she might go “Oh, you know, that’s a good point, I should get on it! Thanks so much for the reminder!” Because that’s not going to happen. And this happens to me A LOT. I know. I’m 32. I’ve been married for almost 5 years. I really should have kids by now, right? And probably it just hasn’t occurred to me that I’m not getting any younger and people expect it, and a random email (or a family dinner. Or a wedding) is a pretty good time to point that out, and put me on the spot, because what kind of answer can you give to this? The only answer that’s really appropriate for public consumption is “Oh, actually, I’m pregnant right now!” Otherwise it’s “Yeah, we just started trying” which is TMI, and also not really something you want to tell people because then they get their expectations up. Or “We don’t want kids” which you will get judged for. Or it’s “Well, I want kids but my husband doesn’t” or “We’ve been trying for 5 years and are seeing a fertility doctor” or “Actually we can’t have kids” or a whole host of answers that are just going to make everybody sad and uncomfortable and that, frankly, if you were a really good friend you would already know.
So don’t ask people that. Ever. Even if you’re a girl and you think you’re good friends with somebody and you would feel comfortable telling them anything, don’t ask about the plans for/state of somebody’s uterus. I think that’s a pretty good rule of thumb to live by.
A-freaking-men. Step off my uterus, please.
Source: erinkippen