What is the strangest thing a stranger has ever said to you?

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Took my almost 2 year old to the park this morning in between heavy rain showers so he could jump in puddles. When we arrived the park was empty, after about 10 minutes a women arrived with 3 children who began playing with my DS, all good and so she started to make small talk.

This is exactly how the conversation went.

Women - Awww he's a sweetheart what's his name.
Me - Thanks, his name is X. Your 3 are being so kind to include him in their game.
Her - Yeah they are great, it's good they have each other to play with. Is he an only?
Me - Yes.
Her - Oh that's sad... What happens if he dies?
Me - Errrrrrrrr (I was literally speechless)

Who the fuck thinks that's an acceptable thing to say to anyone let alone a random stranger in the park mere feet away from our kids.

Anyway you may not be shocked to learn we then made a hasty retreat and that comment well and truly killed the conversation.

But it got me wondering has a stranger ever said anything even more batshit to you? Or did I meet the strangest stranger ever in our local park and should I perhaps consider moving.

The cheer up luv brigade, always turn out to be the most miserable gits on the planet, normal well adjusted people don't seem to feel the need to do it.
I had someone shout across a small bar in Lanzarote as I was leaving, something like ' go somewhere else, we only want happy people here' I had just got off flight and had gone for a drink with then partner, wasn't bothering anyone.
Another man seemed to think I should get up on a dance floor, to get the party started and cheer myself up, spent the evening badgering me and getting progressively more aggressive, because I wouldn't. Aside from the fact it was the beginning of the evening and no one else was dancing was of no consequence, strangely he didn't seem to feel the need to bother anyone else. Later on the way home he was harassing coach driver to let him off, coach driver obliged and left him on motorway hard shoulder, everyone muttered dick head has coach driver drove off.

A pair said this to my two sisters as they sat (in their own bloody front garden) working out our mums funeral arrangements. Needless to say the ‘cheerup love’ folks won’t be doing that again.

Fortunately not said to me.

I was sitting on one of the long seats on a bus, woman with baby sitting next to me. The baby started crying and she tried to breast feed it but the baby wasn't interested . The woman said "if you don't want it, I'll give it to the nice man over there." (sitting opposite) Cue man, red faced with embarrassment, jumping out of seat and off the bus when it had barely stopped.

@Gotthetshirt23

Had to take a vehicle for a quote to have some work carried out after and insurance claim. Not my usual garage etc After introducing myself, he started to look at the vehicle, turned around and asked "when is your due date" I wasn't expecting .....

I had one like that. National trust place, 38th birthday. Myself and an older lady were chatting about my DD and she just said so when is your baby due? I said erm I'm not pregnant and she said yes of course you're not. We both stood there for a minute then just walked away from each other. I've never worn that dress again but interestingly there were reviews on the website about it making women look pregnant

Also I took my dd to a baby group. She was about 4 months and this woman just said to me 'so when you getting her ears pierced then?' I was like 'erm when she is old enough to decide for herself'

@Hen2018

On a plane back from Austria, the Austrian (presumably) man sitting next to me said, “Are you English? You’ll want my cake then”, and slid his plate of cake over to me!

(I ate it)

Several years back I attended a conference in Denver, and was sitting on my own, waiting in the hotel lobby for a colleague. A middle age lady (a decade older than me) walked over to me with a glass of champagne, and said "I think you look great, I bought this for you, we're running a bit late", and walked away.

Very strange!! And I just left the drink on the table in front of me. I didn't know the person who gave it, and just waited for my colleague. A few minutes later, and another woman came along and sat next to me. She asked if I'd bought the champagne for her!

Turns out she was there for a hook up with the other couple! She was younger and prettier than me, but we had a similar hair style and same glasses. I later joked with DH that maybe I should have accepted the drink, and seen what happened :)

I have one from this afternoon. I was out at a little market this afternoon and a youngish guy was standing staring at me as I was waiting to pay. I had on a leopard print coat, its not a furry one but a polyester wool type one.
He came over and told me to be careful in case animal rights people threw blood over me.
I looked at him like this and said its not fur, and he then asked if I shot it myself.
I ignored him after that.

@Stepinside

Several years back I attended a conference in Denver, and was sitting on my own, waiting in the hotel lobby for a colleague. A middle age lady (a decade older than me) walked over to me with a glass of champagne, and said "I think you look great, I bought this for you, we're running a bit late", and walked away.

Very strange!! And I just left the drink on the table in front of me. I didn't know the person who gave it, and just waited for my colleague. A few minutes later, and another woman came along and sat next to me. She asked if I'd bought the champagne for her!

Turns out she was there for a hook up with the other couple! She was younger and prettier than me, but we had a similar hair style and same glasses. I later joked with DH that maybe I should have accepted the drink, and seen what happened :)

No! You must’ve looked like - oh my!

@KittenKong ...no no no! It was a tech conference, so it was very business casual. The mix-up lady was dressed very "normally" too, a bit smarter than me.

I was doing some training with work when I was 30 weeks pregnant and the woman leading the training came up to me and asked me how far along I was. I told her and she replied "your bump looks small, are you sure the baby is healthy?" WTH?!

@GrumpySausage - you missed a golden opportunity to ask if his name was Adolf…

@BoPeeple- I had that in a cafe when I was about 5m pregnant WITH twins. (Tbf, I’m only 5ft tall and short-waisted as well. Can’t say I blame them. I was a showing at 7wks and flipping landmass by the time they came out to play.)

I was in a part of Africa that president Obama (so it was a while ago) had some sort of heritage with. The people there loved him and his wife. So because I was English and Americans speak English that was close enough in their minds to call me "Obama's wife" as a general complement in the street, the shops etc etc. I'm white and look nothing like Obama's wife but it was sweet of them to try and be hospitable to me.

Was out with DH once looking for our cat who had gone missing. Old bloke pulled up beside us and asked what we were doing, so we told him. His response? “Oh dear, I bet she’s dead.”

Years ago just left college & living in a bed sit in S London. Landlord had an assistant who helped with maintenance etc so presumably had master key.... I woke up in the middle of the night & he was standing at the four of my bed & told me I was the reincarnation of his dead wife & had to go back to Algeria with him... terrifying!!!

@HeyGirlHeyBoy

*HeyGirlHeyBoy

Oh god shock

I was on a bus when I was about 23 and a man said that I looked like I worked hard. I was wearing a knee length leather coat, in fashion at time, in case relevant, he had certainly looked me up and down. I said I was, I was teaching and he said 'Oh I thought you worked harder than that' confused Never quite worked out what that meant! Any ideas?

I can only think that he thought you were a "working girl"!*

Do you think so Diddl and ChampagneLassie? You know at the time I thought he was being rude about teaching

Yup. Some years ago I was standing in an Edinburgh street, unknowlingly outside a 'massage' parlour (a brothel). I was waiting for a friend, looking at my phone. A man came up and asked me if I was working. I said, no, I'm at College. He said: 'are you sure?' I said: 'um, yes'. He said: 'you're stunning, I'll pay extra'. At that point, I twigged. I said: 'I'm studying journalism actually & I work part time for the Courier. Now fuck off or I'll take your photo (waving my phone) and put you in an article you creep'. I wasn't remotely convincing but he scarpered at that point. I was shaking for ages after mind.

Randomer living in the next street leaned over his gate to see me pushing my DC in the pram as a young mother.
"Is that your baby?"
"Yes it is"
"Oh...I always thought you were t'other way inclined "
I can only assume because my usual outfit was a biker jacket and boots?

@CruCru

When I was in my twenties, I had a bunch of people (some were friends of friends but some were complete strangers) make a point of telling me how much they hate London, they could never live there, the thought of having to catch a tube makes them feel sick etc. The thing is, we were in London at the time. I was born in London.

I get that a lot of people don’t like London (I promise not to force anyone to live there) but I can’t imagine walking up to a stranger in Manchester (I’ve never been to Manchester, I’m sure it is very nice) to tell them how much I don’t like it.

I've lived in London for 20-odd years and had loads of this. It's just so RUDE! Often it's people who live in the country or small towns/villages, which personally I couldn't wait to leave when I was a teenager; but I wouldn't dream of telling someone how much I hate the country/how the thought of living in a place with one shop if you're lucky makes me feel ill… What's most galling is it's generally people who've never been to London or who've passed through a busy station at rush hour, or gone to some hell-on-earth West End show and wandered round Leicester Square at the weekend with all the other rubes and have formed their opinion of the place solely on that.

@BlusteringBoobies

My neighbours over the road are odd to say the least. I'm categorising them as strangers as in 10 years of living here I've spoken to them perhaps once a year

I was pregnant with my first son and they often asked me how I was getting on.

After DS was born I'd see them on my way out and give them a cheery wave.

When DS was 4 months I saw the wife at the supermarket

Woman Neighbour: How are you and your DH getting on?
Me: Fine thanks, lots of adjusting
WN: And how's the application coming along?
Me: Application?
WN: Yes, to formalise the adoption. Do let us know if you need character statements as we both think you're making great parents
Me: 😳Do you mean for sons name? You do know he's not adopted?
WN: Are you sure?
Me: Erm, yes, believe me I can still remember the birth and the last time we spoke at length I was 9 months pregnant?
WN: Oh, we thought you couldn't have children and had just gotten fat. (Shouts across the veg aisle to husband neighbour) DENNIS! The baby isn't being adopted, it's their baby!!
Dennis shouting back: Really? Is she sure...?

It remains the most bizarre exchange I've ever had.

I think this one "wins". How horrendous. What is wrong with them???? Like even if you through this (WTF - surely being pregnant with your own baby is the more rational explanation???) you would keep it to yourself!

This thread makes you realise how strange people are!

I was lost is the suburbs of Salt Lake City. I pulled over to ask directions from a man who was walking along the street.
He gave me directions and then said where are you from,
Ireland I said
Wow he said. I went to New Zealand once.

My niece has a really unusual name. I have only ever known one other person with it in 60 years. She never uses it but goes by a shortened version which is a shortened version for many other names as well.

She was at an event with a friend. A complete stranger came up to her and told her that her name was {insert correct unusual name}. How????

Random lady: Do you have Irish in you?
Me: I do actually!
Random lady: Ah yes, I can tell by your nose!
Me: Oh okay!
*spends the next 10 mins before work staring at my nose in the mirror 😂😂