People Who Need to Stop Killing My Vibe: Pregnancy Edition.

Some of my favorite posts ever are the lists of people who need to stop killing my vibe (here and here). I think we have established that there are rude people who can't keep their thoughts to themselves pretty much everywhere you go, but let me just tell you...those people come crawling out of the woodwork when you're pregnant. It's like your growing stomach is an open invitation for strangers to come up to you and say inappropriate/rude/bizarre things.

When I was pregnant, I kept a list on my phone of these things to use for a blog post. And then I forgot all about it, because, you know, I was having baby. But I found it this morning, and so I present to you: The Pregnancy Edition of People Who Need to Stop Killing My Vibe.

People who say, "You look tired!"



And then wait, as if I am going to explain why I look so tired. Because surely it couldn't have anything to do with the fact that I AM GROWING A HUMAN.

People who say, "No more of that! Life as you know it is over!"

Sure. Also, when you get a new job, life as you know it is over. Or when you move, life as you know it is over. My life is changing, it is not over.

People who tell me they can tell I'm definitely hang a girl, no matter what the ultrasound says. 

I mean, I have a pretty graphically obvious picture on my fridge that says otherwise, but okay.

People who ask me how much weight I have gained. 

See also: People who now ask me how much weight I've lost.

People who ask, "Yes, but is your HUSBAND really happy?"

I actually got this one a lot. It's always asked like, "But did he actually want a baby?" As if this is a one person job.

No, I secretly got myself pregnant on purpose and now I'm making him stay with me through his misery..why don't you let me tell you all the juicy details?

Also, I'm fine, thanks for asking.

Anyone who sees pregnancy as an invitation to tell me a horror story about something terrible that happened to their friend when she was pregnant. 

And most recently: People who like to retroactively tell me what I did wrong when I was pregnant. 

I know you guys have some of these! Please oh please share them. 

(More) People Who Need to Stop Killing my Vibe.

Part one here. 

When you compliment my outfit and ask something like, "Is it Free People?!" And I tell you it's from Forever 21, and you say, "Oh...hmm."

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When you tell me the movie was better than the book.

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When I'm eating dinner with you and you're like, "Gah I'm such a fatty, this is my one cheat day, I'm eating lettuce for the rest of the week." And I'm just over here eating my cheeseburger thinking it's a normal Thursday.

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When I'm blissfully enjoying a cup of coffee and you tell me how tea or hot water is so much better for you and how coffee is probably going to kill me.

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When I'm ordering at a restaurant or checking out at the grocery store and you feel the need to tell me my healthy/not healthy ratio of food is off.

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When a Taylor song comes on and it's highlight of my night and you interrupt my jam session to tell me that Taylor Swift is overrated.

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Who needs to stop killing your vibe?

A List of People Who Need to Stop Killing My Vibe.

I feel like the world can be broken into two groups:  people who are happier when they are making other people happy, and people who are happier when they are NOT making other people happy.  Not only when they are not making them happy, but when they are taking happiness away from them. 

Let's look at some examples. 

When I'm obviously into a song, and you say, "This song is so old, why do they even play it anymore?"

When I tell you something I really like, and you respond with, "I really want to like it, but so many other people like it...I just feel that it's a little too mainstream."

If I'm watching a show or reading a series that's already finished, and you decide it would be appropriate to tell me the ending wasn't all that great.

When I'm eating a cheeseburger and it's the best cheeseburger I've ever consumed and you choose that exact moment to tell me that meat or cheese or bread is what makes people fat or unhealthy or sick.

If you tell me you think flower crowns are stupid.

If you tweet anything along the lines of: "So utterly over seeing ______ pop up all over my feed" and the blank is something like pictures of flowers or rainbows or puppies. 

When you tell me whatever I'm feeding/teaching/doing with my dog is wrong and I should do it a different way. 

Basically, if you have a habit of saying things that ruin other people's day, and you enjoy it.

Have a happy happy Monday and don't kill anyone's vibe today.  Because that's just rude.

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