So today I had a family thing and I was wearing one of those shirts that is tight on the top, ties around the waist and then is loose around the tummy. I did not buy it in the maternity section, it is just a really pretty shirt with an empire waist.
So anyway, I have an aunt (through marriage) I haven't seen in several months who was sitting in the living room with all her kids. I took in all my little "flip flop" cupcakes I had been working on, and sat on the couch. She goes "oh, I didn't know you were..."
And I just stared holes through her. And she says "you are..are you...expecting?"
I could have killed her! I said "no, it's just a loose shirt" and then she says, making it much worse
"Oh, for a second there, I thought you had turned Catholic like me!" That seemed so rude!
I said "No, not Catholic. And I don't want any more kids right now" and she said
"Yeah, we Catholics have lots of babies...."
It was so awkward I got up and went for a walk until lunch. Well needed, apparently since I look pregnant!!!! 
That's so funny - the baby doll style, not your embarassment - I was thinking that when I saw that style of top at the store the other day - I thought, "how cute.... but someone might think I'm pregnant". It USED to be a maternity style. Now it's a 'lots of people are going to be putting their foot in their mouth' style 
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I am absolutely staying away from baby doll styles of clothing.......I just dont have the figure for it, but even if you do....I saw an obviously thin woman the other day and my first thought was I wonder if she is pregnant....but I would never say it!
My daughter has been wearing tops like that and she is a little overweight and well endowed and definitely looks pregnant in them. Haven't had the heart to tell her that though. She'd kill me. 
Diane
Just think that every time a celebrity wears one of those, pregnancy rumors are all over the tabloids! Be glad it was just your aunt. 
I have steered away from that kind of top for that very reason. So many of them are really cute, but unless women are skinny with a small chest, I think they'll always look pregnant.
One of my friends was wearing one the other day and we all thought she must be pregnant, but didn't say anything. We watched her and she started drinking beer so we all just assumed she wasn't. There was no evidence of a tummy it's just the top is a 'sign' like constantly rubbing your belly!
I am embarrassed to say at a family function a girlfriend of one of the younger men was there wearing a baby doll dress....I later asked my mom if she were pregnant...not the girl though...but I was still embarrassed....cause I'd hate if that would of been me and somebody thought that.
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I love wearing empire waisted tops! That way, I can breathe easier and eat all I want. I wear them with 3-4" heels though so people either think I'm not pregnant because of the shoes or I'm fashionably pregnant. Either way, I don't mind
OMG, I was wearing super high espadrilles (sooo cute) so I thought that it would be obvious! But with both of my babies, I did have the bad habit of still wearing my heels-I just couldn't give up my cute shoes, even in the 9th month.
I have a few of those shirts. They are cute and everything, but I still tend to avoid wearing them because I'm paranoid people will think I'm pregnant. I even have one that I have never worn 
I will randomly put it on thinking "today is the day I will wear this top" and then I look in the mirror and think "wow, this will make a cute maternity top whenever I happen to get pregnant" and then I take it off
And my family *would* think that I was pregnant, because they are just like that.
I never heard or knew that Catholics have lots of babies!!! 
I never heard or knew that Catholics have lots of babies!!!
You know, that was what I thought was super rude. I thought the pregnant comment was uncomfortable, but the Catholic thing was...
Well, there is a lot of family history there. I am presbyterian, and so is my husband, but everyone else is Catholic! So I thought that was a jab.
Funny thing is the exact same thing happened to me today at meet the teacher at my DS elementary! This woman was a total stranger and obviously pregnant herself. she says to me. . . ."I only have 5 weeks left how about you?". I said for what? She said. . .OMG! I am so sorry! I just assumed you were pregnant because of your blouse. This babydoll is now to be worn around th house only! She was far more embarrassed than I was.
Elle
OMG! I LOVE these tops...I love to wear them because it hides all of the leftover evidence of my three girls...or soI thought! I was told about three different times this summer that I was pregnant! I am officially not wearing them anymore, because once is enough...but three? I feel for you...I really do!
2 days after i had my 2nd son i went back to college and the lady in the lunch room, said 'Havent you had it yet!' I wanted to cry but instead i just smiled and walked away. I was size 6 before i had him and size 12 after and i found it very hard dealing with putting on the weight.
Horrible people!!!!
You guys are making me feel so much better. I just looooooved that shirt though-I just bought it! Part of me think I am going to wear it anyway, and the other is too afraid to wear it because I don't want to be embarassed again!
I know how you feel. We were out to dinner with another couple and she was pregnant. The waistress overheard us talking about the baby and asked me when I was due! Granted, I had a babydoll top on but I was drinking a BEER 
and I'm a size 2!! Plus my friend was showing! We thought it was the funniest thing because she had served us several beers and I was drinking it when she asked, I almost spit my beer on the table. I was embarrased at first but then laughed about it because you think if she thought I was pregnant she wouldn't be serving me beer!
My grandmother had an extended hospital stay about 12 years ago. My aunt and I were visiting her one afternoon and the nurse asked her ''So when are you due?''
*awkward silence*
And my aunt goes ''Oh, I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat''.
Gawd!
I could have died, and the nurse fell all over herself apologizing....
My aunt didn't even care.
And as a side note, said aunt is now a size 4. lol
''Oh, I'm not pregnant, I'm just fat''.
LOL! That's what I say too. I was a size 4-6 before kiddo and 12-14 now. Oh well, whatcha gonna do. I actually love those tops too, but fear that I look preggo. Standing up I have a flat tummy, but sitting it all comes out! LOL! I wore one out of the house for the first time to my FIL's birthday party a week ago and everyone said I looked thin and great. Go figure. (no pun intended)
If I were drinking something at the time someone said that to me I would have for sure spit it out all over them because I would have been that appalled.
Those shirts are way cute!!!!!!!!!! I just love 'em. Hey, I'm Catholic and I only have two kids and that's all I'm having. It the whole Catholics don't believe in birth control thing that she's referring to. Sure you knew that though! That's where the Church and I don't agree. I haven't practiced in years anyway. I now go to a non-denomination so there's no pressure there.
Anyway, I hope you put her in her place!!! 
Amy
I was in the toy department at WalMart today and was reminded of this thread...we were in the Barbie aisle and I saw this Barbie who I assumed was a pregant Barbie, but upon closer inspection I realized she's some "fashion" Barbie and was wearing a babydoll shirt...opps, my bad See....it even happens to Barbie
As for the Catholic thing, it's always been said that since the Catholic church has been opposed to birth control, "good" Catholics have big families...just a misguided perception. Aunt probably just felt bad for sticking her foot in mouth and was trying to be funny...instead stuck other foot in mouth...
Jodie
I was in the toy department at WalMart today and was reminded of this thread...we were in the Barbie aisle and I saw this Barbie who I assumed was a pregant Barbie, but upon closer inspection I realized she's some "fashion" Barbie and was wearing a babydoll shirt...opps, my bad
See....it even happens to Barbie As for the Catholic thing, it's always been said that since the Catholic church has been opposed to birth control, "good" Catholics have big families...just a misguided perception. Aunt probably just felt bad for sticking her foot in mouth and was trying to be funny...instead stuck other foot in mouth...
Jodie
That is so funny!
If only I looked like Barbie!
Time to go to the gym......
Well I have a similar and equally embarssing story I will be 27 on monday and a couple weeks ago I took my 17 year old sister into the mall and we were in a store and the sales lady asked me looking at my sister if my DAUGTHER needed a back pack I about died.
I was wearing one of those tops today, I like them alot but I do feel pregnant in them. My baby is 6 months so I probably still look pregnant. A couple weeks ago I ran into a past bride in the mall, I had my 2 kids with me but my husband was pushing the baby in the cart. I stopped to say hello and he kept walking with baby. She asked me when I was due. I smiled politely and said I already had the baby and pointed out my hubby and the stroller. She didn't even apologise and just said Oh I knew you were pregnant but I couldn't remember how far along you were! Hello!! I was just newly pregant when I did her wedding about a year ago!!! Oh well.
Another time after my first child I was still wearing maternity pants b/c she was only a couple months and I didn't have anything else to fit, and lets just admit that that pants are quite comfy, the lady at BK congratulated me on my pregnancy. That time I was mortified, mainly b/c I was buying Burger King!
I am sure you looked adorable and you pulled it off quite well.
As for Catholics, My mom is one of 5 and my cousin just had her 5th. But I don't think it's a Catholic thing, just an insanity thing! (Just joking, big numbers aren't right for me, but it works for others)
I wear baby doll tops all the time and baby doll dresses. Maybe I'll wear them less now because I don't want people to think I'm pregnant. They're so cute though! And comfy! Yeah the Catholic people having big families idea relates to Catholics traditionally not believing in oral contraceptives, but I think its less common now. It doesn't sound like she was putting you down, just putting her foot in her mouth! Lol
As a former waitress, I've seen pregnant women ordering beer in a restaurant before. Legally, there's nothing you can do to stop them...just seems so wrong though.
I wouldn't wear one of those baby doll tops not only because of the pregnancy thing but also because they make your boobs look bigger. I have big enough boobs, don't need to make them look even bigger!
As for the catholic thing, I've heard people say they have large families. My mom came from a catholic family, 7 children. Catholics are against birth control. My grandmother felt she had to ask her priest permission before having a hysterectomy when it was medically necessary.
A couple weeks after my 2nd was born, I was in the grocery store checkout line. The lady working there asked me when I was due. I had the baby right there in the cart with me! I said, he's 2 weeks old, see?? lol I'd understand if she saw me w/o the baby cause you do tend to look preggo a few weeks after but the baby was RIGHT THERE!
some people are just stupid, sombra. you'd think they didn't have eyeballs. lmao.
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