Things you want to say but can't

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Lip Gloss Nov 2020 5:29pm, 7 Nov 2020 45,606 posts	0 Lip Gloss Why did you have to say it was time he had a brother or sister? You never know people’s circumstances
LazyDaisy Nov 2020 5:35pm, 7 Nov 2020 31,543 posts	0 LazyDaisy [ LG]
Metro_Nome Nov 2020 5:54pm, 7 Nov 2020 5,782 posts	0 Metro_Nome [I hate that. One of my friends has been trying to get pregnant for six years and keeps getting comments “when are you going to complete your family” type stuff]
Lip Gloss Nov 2020 5:57pm, 7 Nov 2020 45,609 posts	0 Lip Gloss [ it’s nobody’s business and people have their own reasons for not having any or any more. All the more hurtful if someone like your friends are really wanting ]
phal Nov 2020 5:58pm, 7 Nov 2020 3,110 posts	0 phal [been through that. I now think that if people are so insensitive to ask then they can deal with my answer that might make them feel uncomfortable. They obviously don’t give a flying fuck about asking so they can deal with it. ]
phal Nov 2020 5:59pm, 7 Nov 2020 3,111 posts	0 phal [Then depending on who they are it might be the last time I speak to them. Totally and utterly inappropriate or acceptable behaviour.]
macca 53 Nov 2020 6:14pm, 7 Nov 2020 28,249 posts	0 macca 53 [We went through the “is everything alright”? questions when we got married (married seven years before we chose to start trying) - we are extra careful not to pressurise son and dil]
Lip Gloss Nov 2020 6:15pm, 7 Nov 2020 45,610 posts	0 Lip Gloss [ me too Macca, it’s entirely their business and not mine ]
Wobbling Nov 2020 6:18pm, 7 Nov 2020 6,395 posts	0 Wobbling [no ones ever asked me. I must seem completely lacking in maternal instinct]
phal Nov 2020 6:22pm, 7 Nov 2020 3,112 posts	0 phal [or, wobbling, you are simply surrounded by thoughtful and sensible people who have a modicum of emotional intelligence]