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Fake Pregnancies are no joke

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For those who think an innocent April Fool's prank announcing a pregnancy is just a joke - think again. More and more, people are speaking out against this prank.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pregnancy-is-not-joke

Twelve percent of married women have trouble conceiving and sustaining a pregnancy. One in eight will receive help for their infertility. Some couples are completely fertile and want children, but are too scared to because of genes they carry. There are millions of women in this world that would do anything to get pregnant, but can't.

PREGNANCY IS NOT A JOKE.
Please tell me why you find it funny. Please tell me why you get a laugh out of this when there are so many women no laughing?
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It's not okay to make a fake pregnancy announcement for April Fools' | Metro News

‘I’, I thought to myself ‘am a comic genius.’
My partner didn’t fall for it, it didn’t turn out to be the funniest joke anyone had ever made, and we got on with our day.
But what I didn’t realise is that my ‘funny’ pregnancy April Fool was something that could have caused hurt.
In our case, we kept the joke to ourselves, so it didn’t do any damage. But how many of us will go through an April 1st without at least one person making an ‘I’m pregnant’ status on Facebook?



Jokkkkke

It’s all meant as harmless fun, and no-one is saying that it’s evil, but this year there’s a push from women who have struggled with fertility issues to stop making a joke.
Struggling with fertility issues is, as we can all imagine, draining and painful. Add into that the bundles of hormones that you have to cope with during fertility treatments, and you’ve got a perfect storm of unhappiness.
Being happy for a friend who is pregnant (genuinely) is hard enough, as Lucie, 38 told me. ‘I really struggle to congratulate my friends when they announce their pregnancies. I want to be happy, but it’s such a reminder of what I can’t seem to have.’
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I have to admit, I have done the joke pregnancy April Fool's to my parents although I did it in person rather than announcing it online. I have never had to deal with infertility issues but I know it's a very sensitive spot for many who do so I would probably not post something online. My sister-in-law has been struggling to conceive for awhile but she still has a sense of humor about it while another friend is the opposite so I think it's just good manners not to try and make a joke at someone else's expense.


What do you say, are pregnancy pranks offensive or not?
 
I think what's offensive is that we've gotten to the point where everything is offensive, lol.
 
americanwoman said:
For those who think an innocent April Fool's prank announcing a pregnancy is just a joke - think again. More and more, people are speaking out against this prank.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pregnancy-is-not-joke



It's not okay to make a fake pregnancy announcement for April Fools' | Metro News



I have to admit, I have done the joke pregnancy April Fool's to my parents although I did it in person rather than announcing it online. I have never had to deal with infertility issues but I know it's a very sensitive spot for many who do so I would probably not post something online. My sister-in-law has been struggling to conceive for awhile but she still has a sense of humor about it while another friend is the opposite so I think it's just good manners not to try and make a joke at someone else's expense.


What do you say, are pregnancy pranks offensive or not?
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Disgustingly offensive.

I'd put it in the same category as, "I just found out I have MS."
 
Jesus Christ.....

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That's worse than a Fake Orgasm
 
MaggieD said:
Disgustingly offensive.

I'd put it in the same category as, "I just found out I have MS."
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Telling your significant other that you had an AIDS test and is was positive? Lordy!
 
americanwoman said:
For those who think an innocent April Fool's prank announcing a pregnancy is just a joke - think again. More and more, people are speaking out against this prank.

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/pregnancy-is-not-joke



It's not okay to make a fake pregnancy announcement for April Fools' | Metro News



I have to admit, I have done the joke pregnancy April Fool's to my parents although I did it in person rather than announcing it online. I have never had to deal with infertility issues but I know it's a very sensitive spot for many who do so I would probably not post something online. My sister-in-law has been struggling to conceive for awhile but she still has a sense of humor about it while another friend is the opposite so I think it's just good manners not to try and make a joke at someone else's expense.


What do you say, are pregnancy pranks offensive or not?
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No. It's a case of 'sticks and stones' and another unacceptable application of pc. Not that I am appreciative of the April Fools joke, but don't these people ever learn that it is a pure nuisance, when people run around trying to make their hang-ups into someone else's. This is one of the reasons that mostly liberal activists Have lost so much sympathy.
 
MaggieD said:
Disgustingly offensive.

I'd put it in the same category as, "I just found out I have MS."
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I'm not sure pregnancy and MS are on the same level. I mean, pregnancy is often times a joyous thing. Couples become pregnant and it's "OMG, that's so awesome" and "Congratulations!". In fact the idea behind this "offense" is that there are people who cannot get pregnant and get their feelings hurt and stupid facebook jokes.

But I'm not sure people are out there trying to get MS. Or if someone says that they found out they have MS, others say "OMG, that's so awesome" and "congratulations!" Certainly isn't a clinic out there to give healthy people MS, lol.
 
joG said:
No. It's a case of 'sticks and stones' and another unacceptable application of pc. Not that I am appreciative of the April Fools joke, but don't these people ever learn that it is a pure nuisance, when people run around trying to make their hang-ups into someone else's. This is one of the reasons that mostly liberal activists Have lost so much sympathy.
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I don't think MOST people would even vocalize their thoughts about such a tasteless so-called prank. I personally wouldnt share my opinion that such a woman is a stupid asshole, but that's surely what I'd be thinking.
 
I can't say I find pranks to be funny. More times than not pranks are just jackassery.
 
americanwoman said:
What do you say, are pregnancy pranks offensive or not?
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I can understand and sympathise with those affected but I don’t think it’s realistic to restrict jokes about generally positive and innocent topics because someone could be negatively impacted in this way. I doubt there is any joke or even general topic of conversation where you couldn’t come up with a plausible scenario of someone who is impacted in a similar way. There’s a certain amount of consideration we can all take, especially with wider audiences but I think there is a practical limit to that.
 
americanwoman said:
What do you say, are pregnancy pranks offensive or not?
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My girlfriend (now wife) and I did this in college and got several people with it. It was quite funny at the time.

Now, I don't find it offensive, just immature.
 
Thought I was pregnant but it turned out to be last night's curry.

Sorted now.
 
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