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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Capital-Ad-6349 on 2023-10-03 02:27:20.

(23 F) I’ve had 2 fully grown adults ask me if I’m pregnant (former co-worker+employee), or have heard from others that I’m pregnant. One of the people that asked me literally eyed my stomach the entire time they were talking to me as well. I’m not a confrontational person, and I just said that I’m not, and tried to end the conversations as fast as possible. I just felt beyond uncomfortable in both situations.

I know that i’ve put on a bit of weight because of (ironically) starting birth control. I have a physically intensive job, so I definitely get plenty of exercise, though I tend to live on a lot of vending machine food so that doesn’t help (weight was stable with same job/diet before BC), but I understand that the root issue is that I need to work on some healthier eating habits in general.

Regardless, I just don’t understand why anyone thinks that’s even okay to ask. I’ve always been under the impression that you’re not supposed to, specifically because of this kind of situation. It’s definitely been impacting my self-esteem. Idk how to deal with this mentally, or socially.

(I’m sorry for my rambling, I’m not great at opening up about stuff like this.)