Woman learns not to comment on pregnant woman’s choices.

I was about 8 months pregnant at the time and it was very obvious. One afternoon, I walked from my office to a coffee shop nearby in a pedestrian friendly area where there were lots of shops and restaurants. I was walking back with my coffee cup (which happened to have herbal tea in it because I was working through some heartburn) and a woman accosted me at a stop light. “You do know that pregnant women shouldn’t have caffeine, right?”

My quick reply, that I’m still proud of to this day: “You think this is bad? You would have hated me last night when I was shooting up cocaine.”

She looked shocked and stayed frozen when the light changed and I walked across the street. It is never a good idea to provide unwanted commentary to a hormonal pregnant woman.