Really Mom? REALLY??

amalama

So I am just getting over a really bad stomache flu. My daughter was with my parents at their house so we could go out with friends for NYE. I had been feeling naseous on and off for a couple days, that's why I found out I was pregnant the first time, so I POAS. I am on the shot, we are very careful, we are also a little paranoid, and I had one in the house so we figured better safe than sorry.

My mom drove my daughter back up to our house because we were both sick, and for some reason was inspecting the contents of my bathroom trash. Asked me about it in front of BF and my father, which was of course awesome and not awkward at all. Then she calls me on the her way home (in the car, where again, my father could hear) to ask me if we are being careful and about BC, etc.

Oh but wait, it gets even better. Today I got a FB wall post (not private message) from my sister, saying "Mom says you might have news, do you have something to tell us?? :):)" WTF?

nda_roxybabe

omg moms...Isn't she the same mom who accidently opened the box of sex toys? (or am I thinking of someone else?)

At least you're not KU right?

amalama

Haha, that was BF's mom actually, but she didn't end up opening the box, I was just worrying about it coming when she was babysitting. But it came when I was home thank god. I swear we have the nosiest parents ever.

And yes, so glad I am not KU. But if I was and that was how I had to tell everyone, my mother may not have been welcome in my house again for a while.

kikibaby

Whenever I've had to POAS, I'm always worried about my mom or a guest or someone finding it.  I even worry that our cleaning guy will go telling the neighbors or something... totally paranoid for some reason.

nda_roxybabe

Nosy, nosy parents!
Yea, I would not be happy to announce it that way either.

Several months ago I was late and T announced at dinner to his mom, sister and her bf that we may have a new addition...I was like "ummm..we might?" and hes like yea, Amandas late....It took a bit of convincing for everyone to finally believe me that I was not pregnant. I was NOT happy with T.

amalama

Well apparently you have good reason to be paranoid Kiki. We took out the trash right after that in case anyone else is at our house soon. And I deleted the FB comment because I didn't want 8 billion questions about what the news is.

And how are you ladies this evening? I am bored out of my mind, finally feeling better, but I can't sleep because that's all I did all day!

nda_roxybabe

Im good, got back from vacation to find out my boss is on vacation (yay!) but now I'm feeling sick so I think I'll go to bed.

amalama

I would have killed T for that one Roxy. Wow.

And boo on feeling sick! Good night!

mocha beans

Ah mothers, they can be so awesome sometimes...

Friend of mine back in high school when we were seniors had super strict catholic parents.  Her and BF were getting lazy about cleaning up after themselves and removing all evidence of their "nefarious activities", as her mother called it.  Well, the dog came bounding out of her room one day with a used condom in his mouth, and dad caught the dog.  I think her parents knew, but didn't want to believe it.

If I had to POAS, I'd be taking the bathroom trash out immediately.

nda_roxybabe

Yea, his mom darn near killed him.
Night!

mocha beans

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[QUOTE]Nosy, nosy parents! Yea, I would not be happy to announce it that way either. Several months ago I was late and T announced at dinner to his mom, sister and her bf that we may have a new addition...I was like "ummm..we might?" and hes like yea, Amandas late....It took a bit of convincing for everyone to finally believe me that I was not pregnant. I was NOT happy with T.
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Wow, if FI did that, ever, I'd be telling him right then and there that his chances of ever having the opportunity to try and get me pregnant again were diminishing, rapidly, to zero.

saschaduran

I never, ever snoop in my daughter's stuff.  There are some things I would rather just not see.  I made the mistake last year of looking in her drawer for my tank top and saw a sex toy and nearly died.  I will never look again.

nda_roxybabe

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I was mortified and pissed. Granted, I'd be excited to be pg but that is not okay, ever. We had quite a chat about appropriate DINNER conversation, how to tell the parents when it does happen, and that me being late is noones business.

thesuninherhead

Oh god Roxy, I would have died. Clearly he was a little concerned/excited/overwhelmed and wanted to tell his family about it, but seriously? How awkward.

 

and amalama, I can't believe she was looking in your trash!

thesuninherhead

(although I wouldn't put it past my own mother, either... which is why I always hide the pregnancy test packets right at the back of the cupboard when she comes over. I don't want to have to explain to her that I test every couple of months as I skip periods, and I know she'd have told my father and grandmother before I had a chance to explain anything).

BecW2be

Holy cow she sounds like my mom. I'm a horrible daughter, though, in that I'll leave stuff out for her to find and wrongly assume. Once she was nosing through my daytimer and found an expense check for like $4000 that I was going to deposit and pay my work AMEX bill the next day. Since it had the company name on it, she assumed it was a paycheck. I walked in and saw her thumbing through my book and knew she'd seen that check.

I let her assume, and when she asked me a few minutes later how often I got paid I said weekly. The look on her face when she couldn't tell me why she was asking was priceless.