You're at a bar....

@Ambur25 (1006)
United States
December 31, 2006 1:04am CST
and see a pregnant woman drinking. Do you interfere and ask her to stop? Or look the other way? Personally, I'd have to say something. But that's just my nature. I think if that baby's mother won't stand up for him/her, I sure will. What do you think?
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29 responses
• United States
31 Dec 06
I would really have to say something about this behavior. Not only is it unhealthy for the mother, it is an extreme danger to the developement of the baby. It is almost as bad to stay silent as it is to do this in the first place.
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I agree very much! If someone sees it and doesn't say something, you might as well be doing it too!
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• India
2 Jan 07
I will talk to her husband or her relatives like parents, cousin, etc.,
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Very good idea! Thank you =)
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@Rachcaa (163)
1 Jan 07
I don't think i would say anything! I don't think it would be my place to butt in! It is commonly know that drinking whilst pregnant is not recommened so this is a choice she has made. And unless you are going to stay with this random woman until the baby is born just because you stop her then doesnt' mean she won't drink at all. And there could always be the rather embrassing situation of her not actually being pregnant - how awful would that be?!
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I suppose everyone has their rights to do and say as they wish. If she's not pregnant? I'd rather be embarrassed as go home knowing I left an innocent life sitting in that bar.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
2 Jan 07
No I wouldn't say anything for several reasons. One you don't know for sure she is pregnant. As someone who is overweight I have had people come to me and ask "Oh when is the baby due". So to assume is wrong. Also how do you know what is in that drink? For all you know she is drinking a non-alchoholic drink. However even if it is an alchoholic drink and you know for sure she is pregnant it is still not your place to tell her what to do. If she is that pregnant then she knows the risks and a stranger getting into her face won't make her put the drink down. All that does is cause an argument. It doesn't do any good. Just makes the stranger look like a busy body who can't mind their own business.
• United States
2 Jan 07
I agree with emeraldisle. I too have been asked when my baby is due. I'm not fat anywhere except my stomach. I work out but I still look pregnant - what some people would consider "obviously pregnant". Second, I agree - it's none of my business. I find it hard to believe that anyone could not know that drinking while pregnant is bad. So the mother chooses to drink. By you going up and saying something to her, you are likely to get into a fight. No one likes to be accused of doing something wrong. If she is a grown woman she is going to be offended that you put your two sense in. And if she is already drinking, and is hormonal from being pregant it's just going to turn out badly.
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Thank you for sharing. However, the discussion was more based on an "obviously pregnant woman who is obviously drinking." I know there are gray areas in anything. But, my topic was more geared towards obvious facts, rather than gray areas. Maybe I am a busy body. But, when it comes to negligent mother's for the sake of an innocent baby? I feel it is my right as another human being to stand up for that child. Maybe Jesus was a "busy body" when it came to healing the blind. But it sure did a number on "most" of us today. =)
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• Ireland
2 Jan 07
I agree because basically everyone knows the risks involved so by drinking, she has made the choice to take the risks and a total stranger isn't going to change her mind. It is horrible to see, especially if the person is completely drunk but it is their baby and their body, nothing the rest of us do is going to change that. A friend of mine used to get drunk every weekend while she was pregnant, which I hated but nothing I said or did stopped her so I stopped going to the places where I knew I would see her. The fact that her baby was perfect means that next time she is pregnant she will use that as an excuse to get drunk. Another friend drank a lot for five months before she realised she was pregnant and ended up losing the baby, which was devastating to her. Sometimes life isn't fair but there are some things we can't change. Also, on my first pregnancy, I was about seven months pregnant and I drank the first cup of coffee I had since I found out I was pregnant only to be lectured by a complete stranger. This woman did not know me at all yet she felt she had the right to tell me what to do, one cup of coffee throughout my entire pregnancy was not going to harm my baby and I didn't think she had a right to approach me about it anyway because it wasn't her business. Not only did this stress me out and upset me but it made me really annoyed and I got another cup of coffee just to spite her, I didn't drink it but thats not the point. If you get in someone's face, they are more likely to carry on with what they are doing. If you get into a pregnant woman's face, then you can cause more stress and damage to the baby if she got really annoyed.
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@SpitFire179 (2536)
• Canada
31 Dec 06
I would never let it go on, I couldn't stand to watch that woman possibly wash that baby's life right down the drain just to satisfy her own wants... There's no way to justify it, and i would make sure she got her butt off the chair and out of that bar, no matter how many people had to back me... There's too many people out there who either just don't care or are scared to say something... I'm sure not one of them.
@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
31 Dec 06
Good girl. I can't imagine anyone just standing back and letting it happen either. Thanks for responding =)
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• Canada
6 May 07
i can't imagine either, but i guess that's just how things go sometimes, i would also more than likely have something to say to everyone just standing there watching it. Thanks for the best response hun.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
1 Jan 07
I would want to interfere and do something, but since I am a very shy person I don't know that I could. I feel strongly that drinking while pregnant should be avoided at all costs. Drinking and smoking during pregnancy are not at all good for the baby's health.
@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
1 Jan 07
Very much agreed. Thank you =)
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• Philippines
7 May 07
Even if I'm not in the position to lecture that woman, I will do so. It does not only endanger the life of her unborn child but her life as well. It's ok to drink but not if you're pregnant. That woman should be counseled for her to understand the importance of life and that life is something that she should take seriously. If she doesn't want to keep the baby, then she just has to accept that it is the consequence of her actions. Why not just stay clean for a year and send the baby off to adoption? I just really hate it when they do that.
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
7 May 07
Thank you for you response. =)
@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
7 May 07
For uh.... "your" response. I really wish Mylot would add an edit button. Lol
@krysy1982 (1041)
• United States
2 Jan 07
I would also have to say something to her. It bothers me so much to see a pregnant woman drinking.
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
3 Jan 07
Agreed. Thank you for your response. =)
@kittykatzz (1132)
• United States
3 Jan 07
OH MY GOOD LORD NO!!!.. ok this might sound like a funny thing to do.. but its really not meant to be... knowing that just about everyone in that bar would have the same general feeling as i do.. i would write down a phone #.. i mean any type of help, service, AA, anything i could find.. and than give it to her while was telling the bartender right in front of her that he cant serve her becuase its illegal and he's contributing to the delinquence of a minor...
• United States
3 Jan 07
and i would do it VERY LOUDLY!!!!
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
3 Jan 07
Good job. =P Very well said. Thank you =)
• United States
2 Jan 07
I would deffinently have to say something - I am not very "out going" I am more on the shy side, but to harm a little innocent baby is going to far for me. The first thing I would want to do though is slap the bartender for serving it to her in the first place :)
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Very good point. I think someone should say something to the bartender as well! He's just as guilty! (or she)
@alligngr8 (190)
• India
4 Jan 07
though i have never been to bar,but if i face such situation thn i wil certainly ask her to avoid it...
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
4 Jan 07
Thank you for your response. =)
@jenbatres (799)
• United States
4 Jan 07
I wouldn't say anything, but I don't approve of it. Eventuly child services will get involved.
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
4 Jan 07
Agreed. Thank you for your response. =)
@cyntrow (8523)
• United States
2 Jan 07
years ago when I was waiting tables, there was an obviously pregnant woman sucking down gin and tonics like they were water. I didn't want to serve her. My boss told me that I had had to. If she's over 21, I could not legally refuse to serve her. Pregnancy discrimination.
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• United States
3 Jan 07
No, I wouldn't interfere. Why? First of all, it's not my business. My interference would most likely make them even angrier, and thus make them more likely to drink more. Second, knowing my luck, she'll not be pregnant, just fat, and I don't want to embarass myself like that.
@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
3 Jan 07
To each his own... thank you for your response. =)
• Japan
2 Jan 07
I'd have to say something! Whether or not the woman listed to me or not, I don't know - but i think if enough people said something, it would have some influence! Maybe she'd just be annoyed enough to leave the bar. I'd feel guilty if I didn't say anything!
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@Ambur25 (1006)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Same here darlin'. And if she got mad at you and left the bar? Mission Accomplished!! =P
@firdaus (685)
• Malaysia
3 Jan 07
hmmm... i will ask her to stop... thats not good for herself and baby...
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• United States
15 Jan 07
I would absolutely say something. It's my nature to as well. Call it morally strict, but I'd absolutely walk right up and tell her off. It's so horrible that people think that ITS OK to do something like that.
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• United States
3 Jan 07
This one is really hard for me as my last job was as a bartender. The previous state that I had tended bar in it was illegal to serve a pregnant woman, this state however was not the same. I ignored the lady and she went to my boss. When asked why I would not serve her my answer was SHE IS PREGNANT. I was told that I had to serve her anyway. I am so against this, I no longer work for that company.
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• India
12 Jan 07
Being a pregnet woman she must know to take care of her and it is her personal affair. Even if we are kind hearted we can say that this is wrong, but we may probably have to face some insulting sentences from her like " MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS" OR "DON'T POKE YOUR DIRTY NOSE IN THIS AFFAIR" etc.. But can just say and try to convince if the person is friendly in nature.
3 Jan 07
Tough one. Do nothing and feel guilty, say something and risk annoying the person and achieving nothing.
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@BlaKy2 (1475)
• Romania
12 Jan 07
If i see a pregnant woman drinking i interfere only if i know it, if it's a relative or something like this. If it's a stranger i can't make she be a good one because i don't know why is she doing it.
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