Post # 1
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Buzzing bee
I’m not pregnant, but I was just curious about whether or not other bees were worried about telling their parents or in laws that they were pregnant after reading another thread about the announcement. I know some people are worried about saying something early in case of MC, but I’m talking about being nervous for other reasons. For example, my parents are totally awkward about this kind of thing. I remember a while back when my uncle called my dad to tell him my aunt was pregnant, and my dad said, “well that means you must have had sex!” Um, yeah! LOL SO and I will definitely be a “normal” age to have a child, married, working stable jobs, etc., so it won’t be a disappointment thing, but I am so nervous he’d say something like that to me, and just make it totally awkward!
Post # 3
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Honey Beekeeper
I wasn’t nervous at all. It’s kind of a given that if you are married, you are likely having sex and having sex leads to many a pregnancy. So, none of that was a surprise to my parents.
Post # 4
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Buzzing bee
@julies1949: I wish it were that way for me. My whole family is just super awkward when it comes to anything like this (especially my dad). My younger sister even said to me, “even though you live with SO I like to imagine that you will be a virgin for life.”
Post # 5
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Newbee
I chose “it wasn’t a big deal” because I wasn’t nervous, but obviously the news made it a big deal in a good way. I have a super supportive and loving family and I’d want them to be there if anything went wrong. I ended up telling them when I was about 5 weeks pregnant because it was my mother’s birthday and all she’s wanted for a long time is grandkids. Now I’m at almost 29 weeks.
I feel like awkward comments are bound to happen around pregnancy. My dad occasionally makes comments that are incredibly awkward but they’re funny, so we laugh it off. He’s probably one of the only people that can make comments about how gigantic I’ve seem to have gotten overnight and get away with it.
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
@MBtheGirl: My dad made all kinds of comments during my aunt’s pregnancy, and I felt so bad for her! He’d be like, “You’re getting sooo big. Wear black all you want, but you still look pregnant!” I was pretty young, but even I knew not to say stuff like this! He just has no filter when it comes to this kind of thing. I’m hoping it’ll be different with me since I’m his daughter, but who knows!
Post # 7
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Busy bee
i don’t think i’ll be nervous when i get pregnant. i will be so excited that i will want to tell them pretty early
Post # 8
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Buzzing bee
we’re telling my parents next weekend and i’m nervous (like you mentioned) b/c of the risk of miscarriage and b/c we won’t have had an ultrasound/doctors visit until a few days after. i’m not worried about my parents knowing we had sex lol. i mean…..obviously.
Post # 9
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Busy Beekeeper
We were nervous because it was so soon after our wedding (honeymoon baby), and it wasn’t planned. They were both excited for us though 🙂
Post # 10
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Busy bee
Also honeymoon baby and my dad says “you didn’t waste any time.” Err. Nope.
Post # 11
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Busy bee
@beetee123: OMG you re the first person I have ever heard say anything like this! I am sooo worried abt my family saying awkward sex things tooo! Note: I’m 29, husband is 34, we both have jobs and are “all grown up” but my family is so awkward around sex!
Post # 12
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Worker bee
@beetee123: my whole family is just super awkward when it comes to anything like this (especially my dad). My younger sister even said to me, “even though you live with SO I like to imagine that you will be a virgin for life.”
LOL! This sounds exactly like something that would happen in my family. I think my parents think me and Fiance are just going to be like platonic friends who live together forever. I know when that time comes for me, it will be awkward most definetely-its like an indirect admission to having sex…which shouldnt be awkward, but then again, you don’t know my parents….-_-
Post # 13
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Bumble bee
We were nervous because it was soon after the wedding (wedding night baby)… So I really didn’t know what they’d say. They were both happy though.
Post # 14
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Busy bee
@beetee123: I’m not pregnant either but Fiance and I worry abut this. Obvouly sex is natural and its needed (in most cases) to make babies…….sometimes I see/hear something and then im like “ewww i just pictured what the couple must look like having sex”……so my fear of being pregnant is that someone is going to be like “ewwww those too probably had some UGLY sex” and I realy dont want friends/family having to picture us having sex LOL it sounds childish and I know its a stupid fear but I have it.
Post # 15
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Buzzing bee
@Footballwife: LOL I have the same fear!
I normally really don’t care. I assume that most people have had sex even if they don’t admit to it, so I don’t care that my family will THINK “oh they’ve had sex” but that they will actually SAY something! LOL
Post # 16
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Buzzing bee
@beetee123: I’m not pregnant yet. But I’m terrified to tell my father when it happens. Everyone else will be easy. But not him. He’s not ready to be a grandfather. I’ll be 31 in a few months but, to him, I’m his little girl. My stepmother, on the other hand, is dying to have grandbabies.
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