The "I got bingo-ed" thread

I noticed an annoying trend in the last time. Whenever me and my husband are asked if we have kids and we say no, there is always a continuation "not yet". Why the fuck can't the conversation stop after no or go to another subject or just finish with a simple OK? We get this question quite often when we meet new people or aquaintances who find out we just got married and everytime happens the same NOT YET. Is that difficult to stay out of smb's reproductive business?!?
Just got pissed....i got another NOT YET today, i just lost the count.

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blackpearl
I noticed an annoying trend in the last time. Whenever me and my husband are asked if we have kids and we say no, there is always a continuation "not yet". Why the fuck can't the conversation stop after no or go to another subject or just finish with a simple OK? We get this question quite often when we meet new people or aquaintances who find out we just got married and everytime happens the same NOT YET. Is that difficult to stay out of smb's reproductive business?!?
Just got pissed....i got another NOT YET today, i just lost the count.

The reason as to why I haven't been bingoed by my circle of friends is because 1) they know that I'm a hardcore bitch and keep their traps shut. 2) The three that sprogged have next to no social/sex lives anymore. So my friends know what they're in for. And finally 3) My comeback would sound like this:

"Okay, take your clothes off right now. I want to see the foot-wide (and deep) stretch marks from your heels to throat, technicolor varicose veins, saggy empty gym sock tits, huge pockmarked ass, thighs, and gut (which really is an abdominal ass). Also I'd like to perform a pelvic exam on you to see if I could easily slip my fist in the windsock between your tree trunks. Oh, fuck off? Well you did pester me about having kids..."

I was determined to be epic. So I got a tubal ligation to ensure success.

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blackpearl
I noticed an annoying trend in the last time. Whenever me and my husband are asked if we have kids and we say no, there is always a continuation "not yet".

"NOT YET??? NOT NOW, NOT EVER!!!!"

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blackpearl
I noticed an annoying trend in the last time. Whenever me and my husband are asked if we have kids and we say no, there is always a continuation "not yet". Why the fuck can't the conversation stop after no or go to another subject or just finish with a simple OK? We get this question quite often when we meet new people or aquaintances who find out we just got married and everytime happens the same NOT YET. Is that difficult to stay out of smb's reproductive business?!?
Just got pissed....i got another NOT YET today, i just lost the count.

They are being rude and passive aggressive when they add extra words to your words.

I would LOVE it if someone tried that on me. I'd smile extra-wide and say "Actually, not ever." People like this need to have their BS called out as much as possible.

I feel like I accidentally bingoed a grandmoo I work with. I can't remember what got us on the subject of children, but I let the following slip: "I'm horrified by pregnancy." ... and I visibly shuddered. I didn't clarify that I meant in my own case. Other pregnant people don't bother me, as long as they're not showing/doing/telling me gross shit.

Haha, we'll see how long it takes before that one comes back to bite me in the ass.

Haha, my inlaws got Bingo'd for not being grandparents.
They'd had a few glasses of wine, and admitted that grandparent friends of theirs keep asking why they don't have grandchildren, and saying how sad it is that they're missing out.

Dad said he told them straight that their boys (my husband and brother-in-law) are happy and healthy, which is good enough for them. On top of that, they said they've done their child-rearing, and if they did get grandchildren there's no way they'd agree to babysit them, there's too much living to do now their kids have left home and they've got time to themselves.

My very mild-mannered father-in-law said to me 'I don't think they liked that, but it's the truth'.

They refer to our koi carp as 'the grandchildren' now.

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They refer to our koi carp as 'the grandchildren' now.

Lol that is awesome. My mom is pretty cool about the childfree thing; she calls my kitten her "grandkitty".


Also, I got sort of bingoed when I mentioned that the apartment complex we are moving to screens out undergrads and families with small children. My fiance's grandmother went on and on about how sad that was and how she hoped we would only have to stay there for a little bit since it is such an elitist place.

Bah...got bingoed..for a good 10 minutes...just yesterday. Mentioned in passing that I have an appointment with my doctor in 2 weeks to start talking about sterilization. Ou of 4 people in the office, only one person didn't seem horrified. One guy was at least polite, he just asked if I wanted kids, or if my husband did, and kind of moved on. The two girls in the office however...
I got "But you would make such a good mother!" and "Oh, you will change your mind" (I haven't in 28 freakin' years!) but the one that was flat out offensive (rather than just annoying) was when they both decided that they think I will already be pregnant when I go to the doctor, and "Wouldn't that just be so perfect and funny?"

I didn't say anything, I was trying to be mature and polite aobut the whole thing. But inside I was irate! Wishing me pregnant is (to me) as bad as wishing that when a pregnant lady goes for her furst ultrasound, she will find out she miscarried. If I found out I was preggo I would be devastated, horrified, and panicked. I hope they understand that if that happened they wouldn't see me for 3 days because I would be busy trying to secure an abortion!

ARRRRGGGHHH!!!

Moo-cunt 1: "But you would make such a good mother!"

Me: "And would a 'good mother' kill her baby for crying? I would.

Moo-cunt 2: "Oh, you will change your mind"

Me: "Could I change my mind into the Chanel blouse you so want that I'm wearing."

Moo-cunts: "Wouldn't it just be so perfect and funny that you found out you were pregnant?"

Me: "Would it be so perfect and funny to be as fat as the two of you?"

I was determined to be epic. So I got a tubal ligation to ensure success.

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when they both decided that they think I will already be pregnant when I go to the doctor, and "Wouldn't that just be so perfect and funny?"

"YEAH, because ABORTIONS are HILARIOUS!!!"

"Wouldn't that just be so perfect and funny?"

Wouldn't it be just so perfect and funny to be brainless as you? Gosh those women are stupid! They just reminded me of the "bunch of office hens" smb was talking about on another board.

I just remembered the hilarious breeder threatening "wait until you have kids!" and how i got it a few times....

1. I was discussing with some neighbours about random stuff and one lady started admiring my hair (i have very long, dark hair, natural color). At this point the other one started throwing me bad looks and added: "wait until you have kids, you will have to cut it off. i also had nice hair but didn't have anymore time for myself when my childryyyn came". Me and the lady who complimented my hair were like

2. This happened quite recently. I was at the beach with my husband and we were enjoying the sun, laughing and doing small talk, reading. Some aquaintances came to say hi, including a moo with 2 shittlings hanging from her. The guy told us it's nice to see couples still having fun and getting along so well. The moo immediately added: "yeah sure! wait until you have kids! then you won't waste your time giggling and reading books!"

Can the bed made lie be more obvious?

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blackpearl
I just remembered the hilarious breeder threatening "wait until you have kids!" and how i got it a few times....

1. I was discussing with some neighbours about random stuff and one lady started admiring my hair (i have very long, dark hair, natural color). At this point the other one started throwing me bad looks and added: "wait until you have kids, you will have to cut it off. i also had nice hair but didn't have anymore time for myself when my childryyyn came". Me and the lady who complimented my hair were like

2. This happened quite recently. I was at the beach with my husband and we were enjoying the sun, laughing and doing small talk, reading. Some aquaintances came to say hi, including a moo with 2 shittlings hanging from her. The guy told us it's nice to see couples still having fun and getting along so well. The moo immediately added: "yeah sure! wait until you have kids! then you won't waste your time giggling and reading books!"

Can the bed made lie be more obvious?

They're not exactly selling the lifestyle there...

I wonder if these types of comments have ever turned someone into a fencesitter, or from fencesitter to CF.

Last night:

Some Dude: "...blahblahblah, that's what happens when you have kids."
Me: "Yeah, well I'm not going to find out what that's like."
Some Dude: "What, you don't want kids?"
Me (with grossed out/horrified face): "Ew, God... no."
Some Dude: "You're missing out."
Me: "Yeah, on barfing, screaming, drooling, being generally annoyed..."


Today:

Some Other Dude: "Do you have kids?"
Me (grossed out/horrified face, again): "EEEwww, God... no."
Some Other Dude: "Don't want any, huh?"
Me: "Hell, no."
Some Other Dude: "You're serious about that." (observation, not question)
Me: "Absolutely."
Some Other Dude: "You like men, right?"
Me (almost pissed): "Yes, but I detest children. And sometimes, you can't tell the difference... except for when a man gets on my nerves, I can ditch him, and not get busted for child neglect."

I am very open about my CF status at my current job.


*sigh*

I'm just going to start saying, "I'm CF, because, to quote Scarlett O'Hara, 'I refuse to get old and fat before my time.' "

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blackpearl
I noticed an annoying trend in the last time. Whenever me and my husband are asked if we have kids and we say no, there is always a continuation "not yet". Why the fuck can't the conversation stop after no or go to another subject or just finish with a simple OK?

I get that too and it annoys the hell out of me. I want to tell people, stop putting words in my mouth, it's super rude. I'm the type who doesn't want to make a fuss though, so I usually ignore it. People who know me well enough know I'm CF.

I got bingoed by my 15 year old sister, she tells me, no not tells, SCREAMS to me at the top of her lungs that I'll have no friends and no social life and I'll be oh so lonely if I don't have kids.


She says she wants kids someday, but has never even babysat anyone(she is the youngest), sleeps in super late all the time, has to have the fanciest clothes and shoes, doesn't share anything with anyone, and is basically a spoiled entitled bitch. When she was about 3 and I was 11 my parents assigned me to make her her nightly apple juice, she wouldn't ask, she would scream at me "(ladybug) MAKE ME APPLE JUICE!" this was when she was 3 years old and she hasn't changed, the only difference is that she is taller lol. Ever see my super sweet sixteen? My sister is just like them!

She will be a total BNP, and I anticipate the day when she'll call meup screaming and demanding that I come over and care for her spawn because it's too hard, haha

she will make a lousy parent! she is WAYYYYY too selfish! I feel sorry for any kids she has

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She says she wants kids someday, but has never even babysat anyone(she is the youngest), sleeps in super late all the time, has to have the fanciest clothes and shoes, doesn't share anything with anyone, and is basically a spoiled entitled bitch. When she was about 3 and I was 11 my parents assigned me to make her her nightly apple juice, she wouldn't ask, she would scream at me "(ladybug) MAKE ME APPLE JUICE!" this was when she was 3 years old and she hasn't changed, the only difference is that she is taller lol. Ever see my super sweet sixteen? My sister is just like them!

I'm surpised you didn't SMACK her!

Sorry, this is a tangent, because I was a bridesmaid at my friend's wedding on Saturday, and I DIDN'T get bingo-d.

The guy we sat next to for the meal (father of two school-age kids) asked how old our children are. I laughed and said 'we're those weirdos you hear about who don't want any' and he said 'Weirdos? I don't think so, it sounds like you've got a great life and you'd miss out on so much if you had a family'. I was waiting for the 'it's all worth it' nonsense, but it never happened. What a great bloke.

Then someone I haven't seen for ages asked me if I was certain that I didn't want to have any children (she has one aged 5). When I smiled and nodded she replied by saying she was appalled at how many mothers said it was 'wrong' or 'strange' of other women not to want children. She said she knew she wanted to be a mother, and it's perfectly logical that other people know they don't want to, and simply doesn't understand the bullying about it.

What a refreshing change, maybe it's the shape of things to come.

Now, THAT is refreshing!

Got one of the strangest bingos of my life from a coworker. I have been doing research on my family tree and he knows, so he asked how the search was going.

Me: I haven't found a whole lot but I did find out my Great Great Grandfather was a lobotomist.

snooty male coworker: See don't you want to have children to continue that honorable bloodline?

Me: ............................

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starvingauthor
Got one of the strangest bingos of my life from a coworker. I have been doing research on my family tree and he knows, so he asked how the search was going.

Me: I haven't found a whole lot but I did find out my Great Great Grandfather was a lobotomist.

snooty male coworker: See don't you want to have children to continue that honorable bloodline?

Me: ............................

That's...weird. Doubly weird, actually, because of the non-sequitur, and then the fact that it would be really unusual if you were the only descendent of your great-great-grandfather. That's four generations of descendents; are we really to believe that you are the only one of your generation? Oh, and your fictional offspring would have about 3.13% of its genes in common with the ancestor in question.

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starvingauthor
Got one of the strangest bingos of my life from a coworker. I have been doing research on my family tree and he knows, so he asked how the search was going.

Me: I haven't found a whole lot but I did find out my Great Great Grandfather was a lobotomist.

snooty male coworker: See don't you want to have children to continue that honorable bloodline?

Me: ............................

"I'M A TEENAGE LOBOTOMY!"



i hadda do it!

I was almost sort-of bingoed the other day.

I'm getting medically discharged from the Army, and I was going over my paperwork with my PEBLO (Physical Evaluation Board Liaison Officer.) I had to update my address, since, as I told her, my boyfriend and I had moved into a townhouse together off post.

"Oh, you know what's next?" She asked cheerfully, even though it wasn't really a question.

"Um... furniture, I need a bed," was my lame attempt at deflection.

I thought she was talking about kids, but it turned out she meant marriage. I told her I'm not against marriage, but I don't really see much value in the institution and would only consider marriage if I was already in a committed relationship anyway and there was some kind of material benefit (health insurance, for example.)

Then she admitted that she married for a similar reason - security. The soldier she was in a relationship with was moving to another post. The Army will only pay to move family members, and since she had kids. Even if she could afford to move, she would have been taking a serious risk, especially since she had kids. She said she could only afford to move and would only feel secure about doing so if they were married. It's sounds weird the way I've written it, but anyone familiar with how the military works would understand.

I told her that when she said "you know what's next," I thought she was talking about kids.

"Oh, no, honey. Get a dog."

Lol that lady is awesome.

"Oh, no, honey. Get a dog."

If these bingoing idiots would give having kids actual THOUGHT, then they probably wouldn't have done it either. T H I N K!!!!!! No f*cking way..and nice try, b*tches, but our joy is in our FREEDOM..