# You're pregnant? No, really? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004 "2006-03-19T16:08:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/21 "2006-03-19T20:18:44Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Is there some connection between hairline and intellect that I’m unaware of? 😕 Only when your hairline and your eyebrow line are at about the same level. I was being humorous, in a neandertal-reference sorta way. In fact, much of my post was meant to be somewhat humorous, but I always forget that if I don’t put in smilies, a large portion of the board doesn’t get it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/22 "2006-03-19T20:28:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Only when your hairline and your eyebrow line are at about the same level. I was being humorous, in a **neandertal-reference** sorta way. In fact, much of my post was meant to be somewhat humorous, but I always forget that if I don’t put in smilies, a large portion of the board doesn’t get it. 😉 Did he order the roast duck, with the mango salsa? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/23 "2006-03-19T21:58:49Z")
I thought symphonies were the sort of place one dressed up at - no jeans, certainly no sweatpants, tshirts, or tube tops. Maybe not? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/24 "2006-03-19T23:19:29Z")
Comfort yourself with the idea that it was only her skin you saw, and not some guache advertisement in large, distorted letters done in multi-colored permanent ink. :eek: 😉 Maybe she was hot? Still rather tacky of her. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/25 "2006-03-19T23:51:31Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > I thought symphonies were the sort of place one dressed up at - no jeans, certainly no sweatpants, tshirts, or tube tops. > > Maybe not? In most cities. We have little class up here, although I saw my share of suits and furs the other night. You’re just as likely to see someone in Carhartt’s. One of the richest guys in town usually shows up dressed \*very \*casually; in fact, he looks a bit deranged with that odd fringe of hair sticking out in all directions. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/26 "2006-03-20T00:28:25Z")
I would like to clarify something: when I read the OP, I took it to mean that Pregnant Lady was walking down the aisle and pulled her shirt up under her tits, leaving her belly on display. Is this the case? Or was she wearing a premade, cropped shirt? For whatever reason to me, the former is much worse than the latter. I mean, if everyone dresses rather casually, I could see this woman rationalizing the wearing of a crop top (which is, in reality, still totally inappropriate). But if she just flashed the world her big ol’ stretch marked, seam havin’, belly button poppin gut . . . that’s worse. The same would go for suspender guy flashing everyone his stretch marked, hairy, cavernous belly button havin’ gut (forgive me if I’m wrong, but I just sort of imagined him with a beer belly- it adds to the effect 🙂 ). ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/27 "2006-03-20T01:11:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Only when your hairline and your eyebrow line are at about the same level. I was being humorous, in a neandertal-reference sorta way. In fact, much of my post was meant to be somewhat humorous, but I always forget that if I don’t put in smilies, a large portion of the board doesn’t get it. 😉 I _got_ that you were trying to be humorous. I just couldn’t figure out the connection between hairline and intellect. Please, allow me. “On second thought, after looking at the \*protruding brow ridge \* of your guy…” See? No smily required. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/28 "2006-03-20T01:13:39Z")
I’m with the OP. You can cover your damn belly in such situations. At a symphony, casual clothing may be acceptable, but as \*\*ChefGuy \*\*said, the guy in suspenders wasnt’ showing off his beer gut. Or was he? I don’t like belly shirts at work or other places like that, either. Keep it for outside, or the beach. > [@lissener](#): > > if the harley shirt and sweats is OK …(snip) but a pregnant woman NOT attired in floorlength black is not, then there’s some pretty explicit misogyny there dude. A bit of hyperbole? He just wants her to cover her belly. Where did he say she had to be in floorlength black? The guy may be in harley shirt and sweats, but his belly is covered! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/29 "2006-03-20T02:44:03Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I would like to clarify something: when I read the OP, I took it to mean that Pregnant Lady was walking down the aisle and pulled her shirt up under her tits, leaving her belly on display. Is this the case? Or was she wearing a premade, cropped shirt? I have to confess that I never heard of a “crop-top” until reading this thread. I’m mildly astonished to hear that such a thing exists for public wear, mainly because it raises the question “Why?!” So the answer is: I don’t know. **Anaamika** : No, Harley boy never has his belly exposed. His grey sweats look pretty worn and saggy, and I really don’t want to speculate about what’s going on under there ::shudder::. If you need suspenders with an elastic waistband, it’s pretty much a given that there’s a serious shed being covered up. He’s just another local eccentric, I guess. This is one place where you can assume that the shabby drunk sitting next to you probably owns the hotel you’re staying in. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/30 "2006-03-20T03:09:53Z")
I saw the same thing the other day at the mall. This teenaged girl was walking around with her 9-months-pregnant belly hanging out of her non-maternity low-rise hip-huggers and a non-maternity tight stretch top, which didn’t even make it over her belly button. Her stretch-marked, ready-to-pop belly was hanging out for all to see, and it was gross. I was thinking, geez, girly, no one wants to see that! \ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/31 "2006-03-20T03:38:06Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > … Her stretch-marked, ready-to-pop belly was hanging out for all to see, and it was gross. I was thinking, geez, girly, no one wants to see that! \ Hey, it might work as a defacto _contraceptive_ for other young chicky-babes who think pregnancy is like, y’know, groovy and stuff? Gotta look on the positive side. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/32 "2006-03-20T08:49:06Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > I saw the same thing the other day at the mall. This teenaged girl was walking around with her 9-months-pregnant belly hanging out of her non-maternity low-rise hip-huggers and a non-maternity tight stretch top, which didn’t even make it over her belly button. Her stretch-marked, ready-to-pop belly was hanging out for all to see, and it was gross. I was thinking, geez, girly, no one wants to see that! \ Wow. My wife is seven months pregnant now, and if I didn’t know better, I’d say she looked nine and a half months pregnant. But all of a sudden, I’m _glad_ she spent that small fortune on stylish maternity clothes. She even goes so far as to be mindful of the four inch wide elastic waistband of her pants, and won’t even let _that_ show, which I had thought was kind of silly. I’ll take the latter, any day. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/33 "2006-03-20T12:01:31Z")
> [@](#): > > **lissener** said: > You know Chefguy, the more I simmer over this, the more elitist and misogynist you smell to me. Wow. It only took sixteen posts into the thread for someone to call **Chefguy** a misogynist for daring to criticize some pregnant chick. The cult of breeding is more pervasive than I thought. I mean seriously, is it that big a deal that people should cover up their guts in public? Being pregnant does not give you a pass on common decency, and no not everyone on the fucking planet is as happy you spawned as you are. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/34 "2006-03-20T12:27:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We subjected ourselves to a local symphony concert again last night. The music is always good, but the people-watching is better, since we have such a collection of screwballs in this state. When I say “subjected”, I’m usually referring to the morons who clap between every movement (understandable for Falla, but Mozart? C’mon.), and the winos breathing fumes on you throughout. So where was this concert? Summer is dying it’s last breath here but during the summer we have had many concerts in the park and at the zoo. Concerts ranging from opera to hip hop. The POINT of the events was to involve as many people as possible, mostly free or minimum charge. To expose people to music they wouldn’t ordinarily meet. If someone turns up to an opera (unless it was a formal wear enviroment) then they are someone exposed to opera who wouldn’t normally be. For opera lovers surely that is a good thing? Opera has been around for a bloody long time ONLY because it is willing to adapt. Personally I would love to stick an “unfit to be in public” sticker on the foreheads of many but where what would you do with all the uglies, retards, fatties or all those non-beautiful types? Well? Guess what? They all get to go wherever they want reguardless of your rating. See you at a concert sometime 😃 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/35 "2006-03-20T12:36:48Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Wow. It only took sixteen posts into the thread for someone to call **Chefguy** a misogynist for daring to criticize some pregnant chick. > > The cult of breeding is more pervasive than I thought. > > I mean seriously, is it that big a deal that people should cover up their guts in public? Being pregnant does not give you a pass on common decency, and no not everyone on the fucking planet is as happy you spawned as you are. WOW! A thread that involved people defending pregnant people and you showed up? The cult of non breeders is more pervasive then I thought. I mean seriously, is it a big deal that people should give a flying fuck about other peoples guts in public? Being non-pregnant does not make you the the judge of what is decent, and no not eveyone on the fucking planet is as happy that you chose not to spawn as you are. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/36 "2006-03-20T14:41:42Z")
You do realize that this phenomenon is not assigned only to pregnant women and beer-bellied guys, right? IMPE, there are men of a particular ethnicity that think it’s okay to walk through the mall or grocery store or _wherever_ absent-mindedly pulling up their shirts over their chests and gosh I don’t know exactly, but it appears as though they are stimulating themselves. God it makes me sick. I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU IN ANY STATE OF UNDRESS IN PUBLIC! If you want to twiddle your nipples or stroke your belly, do it at home for crissakes! I only mention ethnicity because, again, IMPE, it has only been this one type of man that engage in this practice. _insert pukey smiley here_ ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/37 "2006-03-20T15:32:26Z")
Since **Chefguy’s** location is listed as Alaska, and it’s mid-March, and the only cities that are at all likely have an opera are Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks, that makes the weather _itself_ unsuitable for wearing a crop-anything, let alone a crop top. Venue aside, it smacks of straight up attention whoring. As I recall, March even in southern Alaska is generally not the time or place to be wearing cropped clothing. I’m not a big fan of anyone, pregnant or not, letting their bellies hang out all over the place (if, that is, the word “hang” can be applied to your belly). I just find it tacky and don’t care to see it. In my personal opinion, it’s a bad look for everyone, everywhere. It either makes you look like a hooker/stripper or it makes your ensemble smack of trailer trash. The look itself is inherently in poor taste. That is just my opinion. Doing it in late winter in Alaska makes you a moron, too. A quick check indicates that on Saturday (the most likely day for the opera viewing), the weather in those three cities was as follows: Juneau: High of 23 degrees, low of 0 degrees. Anchorage: High of 23 degrees, low of 11 degrees. Fairbanks: High of 21 degrees, low of -17 degrees. Since operas tend to take place in the later evening, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the stupid bint was running around with her belly bared in an absolute maximum temperature of 15 degrees F. Next time she can put on a freaking sweater. If her belly button is so sensitive she simply can’t wear anything on her swollen tummy, then stay the hell home. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/38 "2006-03-20T15:46:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In most cities. We have little class up here, although I saw my share of suits and furs the other night. You’re just as likely to see someone in Carhartt’s. One of the richest guys in town usually shows up dressed \*very \*casually; in fact, he looks a bit deranged with that odd fringe of hair sticking out in all directions. \ I was going to bring up Carharts and Xtra Tuffs, which mingle at chic-chic gatherings here hand in glove-literally-on the island. You want to see some characters, come on down! You won’t have to go any further than the harborside coffee shops and bars! #1 Daughter and SIL in Anchortown are going to _Cats._ They went shopping for some nice evening wear. Not formal, but nice. I am so proud of them! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/39 "2006-03-20T15:58:20Z")
This thread reminds me of a “Friends” episode. Rachel is past her due date, and she and Ross are going to the doctor. She is wearing a tight T-shirt that is several inches above her belly button and stretch pants. Her huge belly is hanging out. Ross asks, you’re going to change first, right? You’re not going out like that are you? She says, it’s like 100 degress out and I’m 9 months pregnant! I’m wearing this! This is skinny little Jennifer Aniston, with a perfectly tanned fake belly, and it still looked nasty! If it looked bad on her, it’s going to look bad on most people… ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004/40 "2006-03-20T16:01:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > On second thought, after looking at the hairline on your guy, the kid will be lucky to stay in school past grade four. Explain this to the class, please. What is the relationship between the father’s hairline and the child’s academic progress? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-pregnant-no-really/349004.md?page=3)