Uuugh.
I have been surprised actually at how few totally insensitive comments I have had when announcing this pregnancy... there have been a few and definitely lots of "hoping for a girl" comments, but generally it has been more tolerable than I thought it might be. I had one person though who I was absolutely dreading telling as she has a history of making really insenstive comments to me about my kids (such as "Oh well, you can try again" as her first and only comment about me having a miscarriage and "Oh NO! Not another boy!!!" when she first saw DS3). She also acted like I had just grown 6 heads when I told her we were having a third child. She is an all girl mum who doesn't understand boys at all and is always making comments that make me think she thinks my boys are brats when they are just being energetic kids.
Today she was eyeing my stomach and I knew I couldn't hold the news any longer... and as predicted she came straight back at me with stuff that made my blood boil. "We are having another baby" "Oh REALLY? UUUUGGGGHHHH.... wow.... was that planned?" Lots of reassurance about how we are happy and excited, and yes it was planned. She makes a disgusted face towards my boys to indicate that she thinks they are brats and replies "wow.... you are certainly going to have your hands full then. I guess you must hoping for 4th time lucky" She said this in front of my 6.5 year old. 4th time lucky!?! Because the other 3 are just simply bad luck? I have NEVER alluded to any gender desire to her whatsoever. I bristled and told her that we always wanted a big family and were happy with whatever we got, to which she replies (with a laugh) "yeah, sure you are... that's what they all say. Well, good luck with that then".
Agggh! Some people!