I share an office with my boss. I started a few months ago, and it was probably my 2nd or 3rd day when she seemed very ill and miserable, putting her head down on her desk etc.

I asked her what was wrong and she said she was having really bad cramps. They must have been really bad, because she said she was going home early.

I consider myself very sympathetic to the female condition, so naturally, I assumed she was just having a rough period. I said, "well, hey, at least you're not pregnant!" I laughed at my own comment and patted myself on the back for being such a relatable funny confidant for women.

Several months later she told me that her cramps were so severe that day because she had gotten an abortion that morning.

TL;DR Told my boss "at least you're not pregnant" thinking she was on her period when she had actually just had an abortion that morning.

I mean, it was true. At least she wasn’t pregnant. But I was still mortified and have removed this comment from my repertoire as I have said it to probably every woman who has ever told me they were having cramps.

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so is this the new Secret Garden?

It's better than if you said:"Well at least you didn't kill anyone haha"

That'd be bad son, and true at the same time

Mans is a legend

I miss him

Omg