DH has an old uni friend visiting. She runs a juice bar in the city she lives in and is a self-styled "detox queen". DH joked before she arrived that we should wallpaper our flat with printouts of Jay Rayner's column debunking the whole detox industry. So I was expecting a certain degree of guff to flow from her mouth, but DEAR GOD.
- "oh my god, I'm so sleepy after that lunch, it's all the sugar." It's hummus, falafel and chopped salad, love, calm down.
- How can you feed your child liver, it causes cancer?!
- Cold water is bad for you, it causes fatty deposits in your liver and damages your spine!
- Your children are in disposable nappies? Why didn't you make your own? Don't you know how easy it is?
- Consuming dairy when breastfeeding will ensure your DC get cancer.
All these gems in just under 90 minutes. But at least she brought me a gift to say congratulations on your new baby! Weight loss tea!
DH has been brilliant, openly laughing at some of the nonsense, challenging all the little digs at my parenting (none of these helpful tips have been directed at him, naturally). But she's pushing my hospitality to its fragile limit.
So yeah, not at all unreasonable to tell her there's a great view from the balcony and lock her out there, right?