Grandparents can be so rude sometimes!!

Went round my nans today (she's 88) to see her with my sons (6yr old and 3 month old) for dinner. Now baring in mind I see her quite often as she lives close by, I couldn't get over how rude she was. I was wearing one of my maternity dresses that looks like a normal dress but has a bit of stretch to it. First thing she says to me when she sees me... " are you pregnant again?" My aunt, who was sat in the lounge told her not to be so rude, I turned round and went NO I'm not, so she then goes to my aunt well look at her stomach. It looks big like she's pregnant.

It ruined what was being a really good day cuz thanks nan for 1) being so bloody rude, 2) making me feel self conscious in what I was wearing :( I'm aware I'm not as toned as I was pre-pregnancy and have probably put on a teeny bit of weight but there was still no need to make a comment like that.

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Went round to my grandmas last week 8 weeks post partum and as im making her a coffee she gasps and screams katrina youve put on loads of weight then proceeds to slap me on the arse!! Bloody cheek of it. I said well erm I’ve literally just given birth recently she then went on to say how big my legs and bum were.
Do you just like reach a certain age and not give a shit about what you say to people anymore? My grandma is 89 but has been like that for years.

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3 month postpartum for goodness sake. The baby didn’t fall from the sky. She’s so wrong .

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This but it’s my mother! And she has been like this with me as long as I can remember literally since a child. I am always to fat or to thin to her I am NEVER ever the ‘correct size’ in her opinion. 3 days pp with my first she went wow you’ve lost your belly already. 1 week postpartum this time she said aww are you feeling better now? I said what? I haven’t been ill. She said no I mean because you’ve lost some weight already🫠🫠🫠 she is overweight herself so I don’t know if it comes from a place of jealously but I definitely think it does.. she is the type of ‘mother competing with her daughters’ vibe. I am a fair bit taller than her too and she can’t seem to register that I actually weigh less than her for that reason. Always ‘hmm are you sure’ even brought me scales round 1 day pp this time🫠that were mine that she just happened to find in her house🫠 slapped them in the middle of my front room floor and expected me to get on them.

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I have very thick skin with her as I’ve put up with it my whole life and weight is only one example, just ignore people best you can it’s honestly not worth it, if I listened to anything my mother said I would be severely severely depressed.

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Grandparents can be so rude sometimes!!

Went round my nans today (she's 88) to see her with my sons (6yr old and 3 month old) for dinner. Now baring in mind I see her quite often as she lives close by, I couldn't get over how rude she was. I was wearing one of my maternity dresses that looks like a normal dress but has a bit of stretch to it. First thing she says to me when she sees me... " are you pregnant again?" My aunt, who was sat in the lounge told her not to be so rude, I turned round and went NO I'm not, so she then goes to my aunt well look at her stomach. It looks big like she's pregnant.

It ruined what was being a really good day cuz thanks nan for 1) being so bloody rude, 2) making me feel self conscious in what I was wearing :( I'm aware I'm not as toned as I was pre-pregnancy and have probably put on a teeny bit of weight but there was still no need to make a comment like that.

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