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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/deathbykoolaidman on 2026-01-17 19:59:39+00:00.
One of the moms of my students brought in their one-week old baby. After a few moments of cooing and going “aww look at her!” I decided to ask when her birthday is. It was, obviously, last week. (January.)
As a fellow January baby, I was very excited. I remembered a few things my mom said about why January is the best month to give birth.
- You aren’t massively pregnant during the summer months in the northern hemisphere which is, I’ve heard, a huge plus.
- The first three months of the year are pretty slow so it’s not like you’re missing out on parties or major holidays since you’re home with a newborn.
So I decided to say, “Oh awesome! January babies are great because the kid will be cute on Christmas!”
As soon as I said it I realized. I know I never directly said that the baby was ugly, but it was pretty heavily implied from what I said. The mom laughed it off and made another joke but the damage was done.
I somewhat recovered and made a few more comments about how you could take her out during the Summer since she won’t be super sensitive (another thing my mom said.) I also said, “she is a very cute baby” as a way to compensate.
Then another fuckup. Her older daughter. Her birthday is November. She would’ve been scrunkly and new at Christmas. I also called her older kid ugly.
She didn’t seem to mind but I’m currently kicking myself for calling two children ugly at a postpartum mother. I’m actually so mad at myself.
TLDR: Called a newborn baby ugly for not being 11 months old.