#14

This happened where I used to work. It’s an odd thing to do. I understand when a couple might not want to tell anyone if there are worries about the baby’s or mother’s health, but otherwise it’s a bit of a strange thing to do. The guy that did it where I worked was a bit of an oddball tbh

#15

9 months is a long time to not mention a single thing about having a baby.
Like you do stuff don’t you? Buy shit and go to classes and stuff.

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#16

quite a common ailment for keen footballers

#18

can’t believe people are insisting that other people are weird for not telling them more about their personal lives

YOU’RE THE WEIRD ONES, WEIRDOS

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#19

CONGRATULATIONS

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#20

I’d be surprised - I found in the run-up to having a baby I was having to take off quite a bit of time for hospital appointments and so on, but I guess you can be very discrete about that. Are they not taking paternity leave though? Surely they’d have to arrange that in advance and people would know?

#21

surely you’d be so excited you’d wanna tell everyone unless you’re dead inside?

He’s probably dead inside.

#22

Alright, fine. I’ll mention I’m having a baby before it arrives. mumbles likeI’mgoingsteadywitheveryonearoundherejeez

#23

They probably just don’t like you

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#24

or cautious, or not that close with your colleagues, or any number of other reasons? bit weird to be demanding people tell you about this stuff tbh

#25

:nail_care: :hammer:

#26

they’ve worked with me for 4 years, I think that’s a given

#27

couple of pretty obvious reasons why they might not have made a deal about it but don’t want to sound glib talking about them

#28

This sounds like my future actions.

#29

are you sure this person didn’t talk about having sex 9 months ago?

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#30

Congratulations though

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#31

Cheers. Still 2 months to mention it, so still outside the “window of weirdness”

#32

Perfectly fine. I’ve been at my work for 8 years and volunteer pretty much no info about my outside life.

You’ve got to have an almost Bruce Wayne-like separation of work and private life.

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#33

Kind of nice. Not into oversharing at work. I wouldn’t mention it to colleagues, especially in an office-based job. You’d have to pull your boss aside on the sly at some point and say ‘Look, she’s up the stick, i’ll have to wing my hours a bit when she gets close to popping’, etc, etc.

#34

My answer is based on what I would find weird myself (as in, deliberately keeping that from people)…but each to their own. My TV absolutely hates personal disclosure at work. I’m all for it, and I hope that doesn’t just mean I’m a complete narcissist.