My boss's stag do
was going very well. In the pub, we were discussing the Baby P case, in which a small child died, if your memory doesn't serve you well. My friend piped up with: "Who cares!? It's just a dead baby!"

In front of my boss. Whose fiancee had recently suffered a miscarriage.
( krang, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:48, 5 replies)

Oooof!
But why was a woman at a Stag Do? It's asking for trouble.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:50, closed)

There are certain topics you don't mention in the company of women.
Rape and dead babies are the top two.
( girlinthehole, Thu 12 May 2011, 14:58, closed)

Also
Never EVER ask a woman when her child is due unless you are 100% absolutely positive that she is in fact pregnant.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:05, closed)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:32, closed)

Sage advice indeed!

( Evil Bastardo, Thu 12 May 2011, 16:57, closed)

The two replies have missed the fact that it was the boss's stag do, the boss who heard the comment
... and that a miscarriage could be upsetting for a chap too.
(sabre-tooth monkey, Thu 12 May 2011, 15:54, closed)

I imagine it's because...
the OP has used the masculine for Fiance which has inferred that it was a woman at the stag do, and the man had suffered the miscarriage.
( Evil Bastardo, Thu 12 May 2011, 16:57, closed)

Duly corrected

( krang, Thu 12 May 2011, 22:57, closed)

This annoys me.
I have had a miscarriage, and it is possibly the second worst thing that could happen to somebody (the first being losing a child that's already been born and become part of the family, I'd rather lose a thousand unborn cildren than my 3 year old daughter)..... BUT.....
People make jokes about all sorts of things. It's only offensive if they make a joke about a dead baby and already know of your dead baby. Same goes for dead mothers, fathers, anyone really.
I hate it when somebody makes a dead baby joke in my presence, and you hear the gasp, and all eyes are on me..... WHAT? They weren't talking about MY baby, and they didn't do it to upset me.
I don't like the jokes, and sometimes the joke stings a little, but I don't feel the need to burst into tears, flounce away and make a massive issue of it. That's called attention seeking and those who act that way are a whole different subject right there....
Sorry, but this is one of the only things that riles me up!
I'm gooing to crack open a nother cold one and continue reading, for the most part, your funny stories andenjoy them :)
(Even though only about a third of them are on topic :) )
( user_names_suck, Sat 14 May 2011, 20:02, closed)