hairbrained things done while pregnant - or at least it's fun to blame it on

OklahomaSooners wrote: I am curious if anyone else has done any hairbrained things while pregnant.. my husband's buddy said that your brain shrinks a little during pregnancy.. and of course that's HILARIOUS to my husband .. he likes to bring that up when i do dumb stuff..

This morning I was leaving for work..and all I could concentrate on while backing out of the driveway was Egg McMuffins jumping through my head.. which is not smart.. because we have bar ditches on either side of our driveway (country livin..eh?) before i know it .. WHAMMOOO i drove straight off the side of the driveway. I got to go wake up my husband.. who is sick with Strep Throat.. and for once i must praise his choice of the big ol' truck he bought. He laughed the whole time he was attaching the chain to pull my stupid truck out of the ditch. His humor was fulfilled more.. when asked why I wasn't paying attention, I had to fess up about my McMuffin fantasy. <sigh>

KatieLeigh79 replied: While pregnant I have:

-Called DH on the phone while at 7 1/2 months along and left a msg at work for him "We have a new addition to the family" .. i had bought a fish - the poor man about had a heart attack.

-Went to the wrong place for work (i work for different families) so i showed up on the poor womans doorstep and her and her hubby were still asleep and was like "im here to work!" she just laughed

-Went out to the mall, proceeded to buy things went to pay and realized i had left my purse at home - had to red faced put it all back and leave..

-Got the cord blood donation kit to give the babys cord to research for cancer patients, and noticed on the box it had an EXP date of July 2003 - so i called them complaining it would be expired before the baby was here and was laughed at (im due May 28th..)

-Mailed out my grocery list, and all my coupons in the postal box at the store when i went to go drop off a letter before getting groceries, sad thing was the coupons i had were pretty good ... im sure the mail man just laughed when he seen that in the box later in the day.


...and the list goes on and on, DH has just started picking up more hours at work im thinking its because he can't handle living with me anymore..

MommyToAshley replied:

Those are great stories!

I am sure I did a lot of things, but I can only think of two:

1. Going thru the drive thru at the bank and driving off with the canister LOL

2. Going to McDonald's and paying for my food but driving off without it. There was a long line and I had to go inside and face even more humilliation because I was wearing the DH's sweats since I was only going thru the Drive Thru.

I am sure my DH will remind me of more! haha

ediep replied:

that is sooooooo funny!!!

Hillbilly Housewife replied: 1) I've put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the fridge after I was done pouring myself a bowl before I left for worl... thankfully DH noticed and put things back in their right place about 15 minutes later!!!

2) I was SOOOO hungry for a BigMac - I ate them almost everyday while pg.... but I decided to settle for a Whopper from Burger King, because it was closer, and I don,t drive.... So I walk in, thining about BigMacs.... and I go up to the counter, ready to order my Whopper, and I say: Can I get a BigMac? The cashier, straight faced, said: Sorry, we're not McDonalds, can I recommend a Whopper? It was so embarassing. There was only one more lady in the line, and she laughed, and told me she knew when I was talking about with the BigMacs.... she craved them when she was pg too!!!

3) I went to work with 2 different shoes on... I was in a rush, and I just slipped my feet into what I thought were 2 matching shoes.... So I get to work, and my boss laughed at me - I asked her what was so funny, she told me to look at my shoes.. so I looked, and I said: Funny...I have a pair exactly like that at home!!! She laughed so hard. I felt so mortified.... lol

I had heard line that in a joke somehwere.... it just happened to be applicable to me at that moment, so I used it!!!

MommyToAshley replied: LOL...the shoe story is hillarious!!!

I see a trend here with McDonald's and PG people!

OklahomaSooners replied: we might be on to an idea.. they should start doing commercials catering towards pregnant women.. you think we could get a cut of the profit??

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
Rofl!! We could be featured in those Credit card commercial....

getting ***.... 50$

doing ***....125$

Being *** and realizing ***... PRICELESS!!!

kit_kats_mom replied:
As a former credit union person, I can tell you that you are not the only one who has done this. It happens all the time but it is embarassing.

momofajcl replied: ROFLMBOPIMP! These stories are so funny! I can't remember anything funny I did I have to blame that on loss of brain cells

One thing I do remember though is buying myself some slip-on sneakers and twisting the heck out of my ankle one day (diagnosed w/a 2nd degree sprain). My dr. just laughed at me and called me "Grace" Oh well. Those slip-ons are great when you can't tie your shoes because of your belly but they don't offer much ankle support.

kit_kats_mom replied: Ok, the short one is down for a nap so I have free hands to type with.

Lets see....I constantly dialed wrong numbers. For example, I'd mean to call my mom but I'd call my DH at work. Drove everyone nuts.

I left some clothes at the cleaners for a long time. They had given them away by the time I remembered them.

I forgot about one of my baby showers. That was really embarassing. My best friend who was throwing the party for us called a half hour after it started and was like, "um, are you coming to your shower or what?" That was pretty awful.

I also got the first letters mixed up in phrases all the time. For example, My Uncle Larry and Aunt Heather became Harry and Leather. I did this alot.

We went to DC in June I was 6 mos preggers and I forgot to pack shoes. All I had to wear were my travelling sneaks. Had to buy new shoes...darn

Oh my ex-co-workers still tease me about this one. I was sending out a letter to a customer named Bobby Ray G****. Well, I accidently typed Boobie Ray in the field. The bad part is it was a collection letter and he may not have been too happy about the typo. The good part is that one of my co-workers saw the envelope before I mailed it. The other really bad part is, since I went from a B to a D cup while preggo, that became my nickname. My co-worker still calls me that but I think it's pretty funny.
I know there were more. I'll ask DH and post them later. He's always good about remembering the stupid stuff I do Lol

Cary

Schnoogly replied: My brain basically shut down while I was PG--I couldn't remember or concentrate on anything. During 1st tri I got in the 10 items or less line with a huge cart full of groceries and I couldn't figure out why everyone was staring at me until I had unloaded them all onto the belt and looked up at the sign. I didn't even look PG at all so no excuse.

I sent out lots of awful typo-ed mass emails at work--my boss kept making fun of me. And I couldn't work on my dissertation at all I was so braindead. I went to England to do research ay 6 months alone (don't do this!!) and I could hardly spend more than half an hour at my desk. I have no idea how I got through that trip!!

Steph

CantWait replied: Lets see, all last week I had a really bad week at work, doing totally stupid things.

However Saturday was the worst day (pretty sure it was Saturday at least). I was clearing off a table and guess I picked to much stuff up, I dropped 2 glasses, an HP bottle and a ketchup bottle all in one shot. Later on in the day I noticed a glass was cracked so went to put it in the broken glass bin, and I missed and dropped it on the floor. Then I noticed a cracked ashtray, not my fault but what bad karma. Later on in the day I was moving some menus from the side of the bar where glasses are lined up and YES, I dropped one of them on the floor. That week I broke about half a dozen glasses. My general manager said that I was lucky it was me dropping all them glasses and not somebody else.

Insanemomof3 replied: I did something really stupid just TODAY....here goes...

I called my DH at work (or I thought I did)...didn't pay attention to what business answered the phone. THe guy sounded like my hubby's boss so I asked "Is James there" He said hang on.

My hubby never gets on the phone and says this is James so here is the whole conversation.

james: This is James can I help you?
Me: That is strange, you never answer the phone like that.
james: Excuse me?
Me: You never say who you are and especially ask if you can help them.
james: I do all the time. I never say anything else.
Me: (realizing his voice sounds strange) Are you ok? You sound strange.
james: I am fine, I sound like I always do.
Me: Who is this?
james: This is james, who is this?
Me: Your wife!
james: Excuse me???? I am not married!!!!

I just hung up the phone. I was mortified. LOL

Denise

MommyToAshley replied: OMG!!! That is soooo funny!!

CantWait replied: LMBO you should have warned us to use the potty first hehehe