People blaming everything on pregnancy

[maggz]

Does this annoy anyone else??

A couple of my coworkers (one of my managers included) blame everything I do on me being pregnant. For example, tonight I was just in a "fuck it" kind of mood lol (I work at a restaurant)... Not pissed off just didn't really care and wanted to go home. I was doing silverware with one of my coworkers and we were talking about how we wanted to just be done already and she asked "Do you wanna switch tasks?? I don't wanna have an angry pregnant woman on my hands!!"

I'm like damn I'm still me, you know, I still have my temperament and I can still be happy or sad and it's not all to blame on me being pregnant!

I would understand if they had ever seen me being upset or crying over something but it's not even like that! Ever since my coworkers found out I'm pregnant it's like I'm wrapped in freaking cotton.

/rant over lol

 

[Ferry]

Yes! I was quite justifiably raging at a colleague and all I got was "Ooh! Hormones!"

No, I'd have been annoyed whether I was knocked up or not! And saying that did not exactly cool my temper!

Was wondering if I could bash her one and blame it on the hormones

 

[LovemyBubx]

It is annoying! The only person I want to blame my outbursts on pregnancy is OH (so I don't feel so bad after raging) & he seems to think I'm just being a b**ch

 

[lisaalove]

My Coworkers have been doing the same thing. I swear everything is well you are pregnant or its because your pregnant. I'm over here like could you please just stop because your acting like I've never wanted food before or like I've never had emotions.

PregnancyProblems....

 

[Menelly]

I think it's often like that in life. If we're not pregnant, it's "PMS" or "that time of the month". Women apparently aren't allowed to genuinely be pissed off for any reason, it's always gotta be hormones. <sigh>

 

[RebeccaR19]

I worked with this girl in a child care job a few years ago, and I couldn't stand working with her ever. She was nasty to the kids, nasty to me, and very very lazy. People would say, "Well, she is pregnant!" Like it was an excuse for her to be a b**ch and lazy all the time. I really didn't get why when someone is pregnant everyone suddenly deflects everything she does back to pregnancy.
I think I'd snap on a coworker who acted like they didn't want to be around me because I was pregnant. I guess they think they are giving you an excuse when really they are just making it seem like you're abnormal. I personally don't feel THAT much different being pregnant from not being pregnant. I do have hormone problems occasionally (with crying), but it is not constant. And the rest of the time, I'm pretty much me. Maybe you should punch someone and say, "Oh I guess pregnancy made me do that. Those crazy pregnancy reflexes!"

 

[MeaganMackenz]

My grandma does it, but it's kinda sweet cuz it's my grandma. Everyone else knows better then to comment haha, but I'm a tad bitchy anyway nevermind being pregnant!

 

[pansorie]

I have a very meticulous job where reports have to be carefully created, read and examined. An error can set us and the banking customer back. For example, due to an error someone in my dept went in and took $150 out of a customer's checking account.

Somehow, even with my pregnancy brain I was able to catch that error. Now we have to put the money back, send apology letters.... It's a mess.

That being said I have found myself to not being quite there since becoming pregnant. Honestly, I have complained about it. A friend of mine has been kind enough to triple check things with me, as he put it "due to my medical condition".

So yeah, it sucks when everything is blamed on the pregnancy, but at my job the issue may be legit, lol.

 

[mod19]

It is annoying, but I try not to let it bother me. What bothers me is when I'm trying to do something and my coworkers interrupt and take over because "you shouldn't be doing that". Um, its fine! If something is too heavy or too much I ask. If I don't ask I got this.

 

[BabyCleo]

Ugh that bugs me. Ive been really sad lately, and ive told a few close people that I need to talk to someone cause its a severe depression. I kept getting "oh its just hormones" one night I finally lost it and had a huge anxiety attack, and that's when finally people stepped in and realized maybe its a real depression, not just hormones. it pisses me off.

 

[hairftsher]

the opposite seems to happen to me. there's another girl i work with that's pregnant as well, and she's constantly told "its not that hard to be pregnant" because she's' more sick than i am.

 

[CamoQueen]

To me, it seems like a way to invalidate your feelings. Like, if you're upset or angry about something, well you're pregnant so obviously you're blowing it out of proportion. Therefore your feelings can be disregarded as "pregnant hormones" rather than legitimate complaints.

And yes, I hate when people do this. Granted, sometimes pregnancy can make me hormonal, which results in me being much more emotional than I usually am. That doesn't, however, make all of my feelings hormonally driven! Just an excuse not to address the issues at hand, I think, and it sucks.