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Smoking 'pregnant' woman test unfair!


This was the stupidest test of all! I would never ever say anything to a cubby woman drinking/smoking, because after all, how would you know if she was pregnant or just carrying some extra weight!?

Once I made the mistake of asking a woman who was relatively normal but had a stomach if she was pregnant, never again...

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They have been talking about Amy's self-absorbed nature for a while now. That was just another example of it.

Si no puedo estar contigo, Ya no puedo estar sin ti...

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Yeah, they have to make up BS for the show or something.

Amy didn't know what the hell was going on, and she never has known what was going on. That's why I love her rofl.

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Also, it is pretty stupid for someone to get in someone elses business. Smoking is terrible for an unborn child, but I would never confront the "mother" about it. You have no idea how they are going to react.

I would like to see how these judges would react to some of these "tests", some of them were downright stupid.

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Agreed, I'd like to think I'm not a terrible person and I don't like smoking but I would never tell someone to stop. It's not anyone else's business if the person wants to smoke, it's their choice and it's up to them to face the consequences of taking it up if there are any.

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I agree. Helping someone who's lost/hurt/fallen over etc, and even standing up to someone who is being cruel to someone else... is quite different to telling someone that their behaviour is bad for themselves and their unborn.

Yes okay, they're being irresponsible, but that's quite different to intentionally harming someone else. Now some might say that you could compare it to getting drunk and driving, but that's putting people/yourself in immediate danger. Drinking/smoking is obviously bad for your baby but it's not that kind of immediate, definite thing where if you smoke and drink you're killing your child. It's pretty morally ambiguous if you ask me.

My mother smoked thoughout being pregnant with my sister and I and we're okay. My sister smoked throughout her two pregnancies and her children are fine also. That's not to say I endorse it or don't think it's selfish, but it's not like I'm going to say to my sister "hey, stop smoking! You're a bad, selfish person. You obviously don't care if your kid lives or not!"

I'm sure I'd promptly be told (and rightly so) to mind my own business.

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