Today, in my role as a social worker, I was ordered by the court to take a very pregnant, petite 15-year-old for a prenatal exam. I'm an adult man. As she waddled into her appointment, I turned to see hate-filled stares in the entire waiting room. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to ask my dad to drop me off at my doctor's appointment. He insisted on coming up to the waiting room with me. When my doctor came out, he greeted her with, "Hi, I'm the dad, but I won't sit in because she's a 'big girl now'." I'm 21, and I was at my gyno check-up. FML
Today, I was sitting in a waiting room with my two-month-old son. A sweet little old lady came up to me and said, "Maybe if you knew how to keep your legs closed, you wouldn't have a baby at 15, slut." I'm 23 and married. FML
Today, at work at an OB office, I heard a ruckus in the hallway before a very large woman burst into my room and tried to attack my very pregnant patient. Crazy lady is the wife of the pregnant lady’s baby daddy, who is nowhere to be found. I don’t get paid enough for this shit. FML
Today, I’m doing my clinicals at a teaching hospital. An irate patient began hurling slurs and demanded I leave the room during her exam. She didn’t care that I was a student; she thought I was a man. I’m not now nor have I ever been male. FML
Today, at Walmart, a crazy old woman bitched me out for being pregnant. She kept following me around, calling me a stupid teen slut and saying she hoped my baby died so I could live a "normal life." I'm 26 and just very short. FML
Today, I had a customer tell me how much she regretted not aborting her expected child, how much she hates the father, and described to me in immense detail what it is like to pee while pregnant. All within the 30 seconds it took me to serve her. FML
Today, as I was just finishing my grocery shopping, a little girl and her mother walked past. Seeing the little girl staring at me, I waved. The girl then pointed to me and asked her mother "Mommy, is that man pregnant?" FML
Today, I was walking through the grocery store with my new baby daughter, when an old woman came up to me and spat, "If you whores would keep your legs together, you wouldn't be a mom at fifteen." I'm eighteen. FML
Today, I took my daughter to the hospital for a few tests, and it turns out that she's pregnant. She has always said that she doesn't want kids, but I hoped that already being pregnant might change her mind. She called to schedule an abortion during the drive back home. FML
Today, I almost got in trouble at work, all because I inadvertently referred to a 19 year-old patient’s 47 year-old husband as her father. I didn’t know this until she got so upset that she threw a tantrum, filed a complaint against me, and requested another nurse. FML
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catalysty 23
That sucks. You were doing the right thing in your capacity as a social worker and don’t deserve to be judged like that.
Leviathene 34
Guess what, you do a job most people couldn't stomach. I have mad respect for that. You put in the work, you help these children. That's what matters. Keep your chin up, you're doing a wonderful job.
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Comments (31)
catalysty 23
That sucks. You were doing the right thing in your capacity as a social worker and don’t deserve to be judged like that.
Zambady 11
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
What you been up to?
Shabnam Moghal 14
Is that actually you in the display pic?
Leviathene 34
Guess what, you do a job most people couldn't stomach. I have mad respect for that. You put in the work, you help these children. That's what matters. Keep your chin up, you're doing a wonderful job.
RichardPencil 32
You should have winked at them and given them a sly smile. Their disgust with you will become so intense they won’t even look at you.
Glowworm56 27
I know this is a serious scenario and all, but I can't help but laugh at the phrase "As she waddled into her appointment..."
Zekfen 17
You should have smirked at them and in all seriousness said: Got her on the first try!
DanielleinDC 34
I'm sorry people judge. There are several innocent reasons an adult male could be accompanying a pregnant teen to an exam.
rustybucket 24
I’m sorry you were judged unfairly, but you should be proud to do a job most people wouldn’t be able to handle. I have so much respect for you :)
Norja 33
When I was a teenager, I had stares in the ultrasound waiting room and I was only there for a scan to check my kidneys. People always judge and make assumptions with little to no information, which I guess is the whole point of this site.
PenguinPal3017 19
How dare you potentially have kidney issues!
Mungolikecandy 19
If you were not the one who knocked her up then who cares what they think. You were there for her, not their opinion.