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hands off the bump !

Is anyone else uncomfortable when someone touches your baby bump especially without asking ? I want to politely say hey no touching or ask first.
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Oh they do! Lol. I was at the store and some random lady came up to me and started grabbing/rubbing my belly. I asked her not to touch my stomach and she seemed mad and stormed off. Well then she came back like 5 minutes later and started doing it AGAIN! Well, since I had already asked her pretty nicely once and she felt the need to continue being a creep.. I started rubbing her belly and asked how far along she was. She got mad and said she isn't pregnant. So I said "hey! neither am I!" She looked completely dumbfounded and I never saw her again. If nothing else I hope it taught her a very valuable lesson on two things.. Not assuming people are pregnant (even though I clearly was), and not doing crap like that to random women. Call me mean, but I wasn't going to go with the "3 strikes and your out" rule! 2 times was plenty for me! Lol
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I feel super weird even when my boyfriend touches my bump I don't like being touched to begin with... This girl at work always touches my stomach and I warned her if she came up from behind to touch me I would deck her in the face without hesitation... I feel so weird when ppl touch my bump I find myself trying to suck on my tummy
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I'm with Bree_Itsaboy I don't mind if my friends and family do it because they tend to ask first anyway but if some random did it, I'd tell them to fet away from me. Luckily non have tried.
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Lol, no one has tried to touch except my hubby, I think that's so weird if strangers r really touching u lol
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I don't mind when my family and friends do it. Strangers are a different story. I have had to flat out tell people to get their hands off of me.. Some people have no boundaries and it drives me up the wall.
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I have a select few that are allowed to touch... the rest are at the point where I want to stab them with a fork
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My husband and me that's my approved bump touching list
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Yesss I don't even want them to ask..lol
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