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.

Out for my birthday dinner with some friends years ago. Myself and my best friend got up to go to the loo and while we were passing the table opposite us the guy sitting there stopped me and said "Excuse me, has anyone ever told you that you look like Kate Winslet?" I was mortified and stuttered a no. His female dining companion didn't look amused! So weird.

I can't believe that OP, that's absolutely awful!

It's not strange but it was funny, so I'll share. I was at a very busy Christmas market and I sat on a bench to bf my daughter. Discreetly, or so I thought. Then a group of teen boys walked past and one shouted 'oh it's a bit NIPPY here tonight' and they all laughed (as did I).

@KurtWildeWitchOfTheWoods

Me, in the post office: just a stamp, thanks (broad Yorkshire) Cashier: are you Russian? Me: ... Cashier: you look Russian Me: do I sound Russian too? Cashier: ...maybe you lost your accent..

I don't know why I 'look Russian' but this isn't the only occasion someone's said that.

I get this but "Swedish" or "Scandinavian" and someone has once not believed me when I've said no, I am English.

I am!

Man walking towards me, I was minding my own business, the second he stepped past he looked back and sneered: "Just another average day for YOU". I can still picture him, tall, ginger and about 30. I was so confused.

This was a bit random. Over 20 years ago now, a man came to deliver and set up our new television set. My then DH helped him to carry it in and up the stairs to our flat, and I made him a coffee.
Me: our old set was a real pest for going wrong all the time. It will be lovely to have a brand new one.
Him: Oh, do you like to watch Highland Games?
There was a bit of a silence. Neither DH nor I are Scottish.

A new volunteer at the charity shop where I am one morning a week. In among the general chat around what to price things or who should put the kettle on, she loudly asks my colleague

"Where do you buy your bras"?

Walking across the car park at asda, my newborn was exposed to the sun for all of a minute until I got into the shop, a woman and her daughter looked at me as though i was some sort of child killer and said i was a disgrace exposing the baby to the heat from the sun.

I've accidentally asked people if they were pregnant and have put my foot in it a few times- I blame social anxiety and nerves, it has made me say things without really thinking , then I've instantly wanted the ground to swallow me up.

Some drunk girl on the tube came up to DH and said "did you know you look just like voldemort but in a sexy way"

Best of all, after telling this story to friends they agreed they saw the resemblance! He does have a nose...

@problembottom

Man walking towards me, I was minding my own business, the second he stepped past he looked back and sneered: "Just another average day for YOU". I can still picture him, tall, ginger and about 30. I was so confused.

I don't know why this one made me laugh out loud, but it did. What on Earth was he so bitter about??

BambooWhoosh
@Cocolapew
*@BobLemon**
Rhyl? Bangor? Are you St David?

Barry?
No.

Shocker

I was with a friend in Italy, we were both about 20. We had pasta and pesto.The waiter brought parmesan which we put on our pasta. Happily eating when a middle aged American man gets up from his table, comes across the room and starts screaming at us. 'I could tell you weren't Italian you must never ever put parmesan on pesto, you are a disgrace and it's an absolute insult to everyone Italian'
We were just completely mystified ( as was the waiter) and sat there mouths open until he finished his rant and went back to his dinner.
Most peculiar. I kept trying to find out afterwards if it was a terrible faux pas but no one seemed to know

I was having my nails done once, and the conversation with the nail lady turned to my partner’s ex wife.

“Was she pretty?” she asked.
“”Yes, she was very pretty,” I replied.
There was a few second’s pause while nail lady studied me in surprise, then said, “I wonder what he sees in you!” 😂😭

When I was heavily pregnant while out shopping...

Man: God, kids having kids these days, you need to live a bit first

Me: I'm 30

Man: exactly!

Me

I had a complete stranger slap me full force across the face and shouted “taking time out” (I was waiting for a friend). I saw stars it was that forceful!

Another total stranger started shouting and gesticulating and wagging her finger at me from across 4 lanes of traffic. I have absolutely no idea what that was about. I did enjoy the fact she was so worked up that she walked straight into a lamppost face first.

Also loads of creepy men ones - just one that springs to mind - I answered his friends questions about my accent etc for a few minutes (didn’t speak to this guy). Guy turns to his mate looks at me and says he’s going to go wank in the sink (in a pub).

I was accosted by a lady in Tescos who greeted me effusively and asked " if my Mum and Dad were here too" She called over her family who greeted me. I finally managed to get over to her (politely) that I thought she was mistaken and she said "but you are xxx, we lived next door to each other in New Zealand...how is your brother?"
It took a while but I managed to convince her that I wasn't who she thought I was and she apologised profusely as did her family (looked like husband and adult kids) It felt just like a Candid Camera setup. For years i wondered if I had an unacknowledged twin!

In Sainsbury last week a woman came up to me with an orange pepper in her hand and told me my toddler had taken it out of her trolley, bitten it and put it back. I didn’t know what to say. I knew he hadn’t! She insisted he had and stared at me still holding out the pepper. I said ‘I’m so sorry’ and walked away very quickly. She scared me!

Oh I’ve just thought of another one! I was on a packed train and a woman came over to me shouted at me and told me she was going to knock the smirk off my face for smirking at her! She was clearly on something but I was going to see if she intended on seeing through her threat so I got off the train and left the station, waited for the train to leave before going back in and catching the next train.

Oops that should’ve said I wasn’t going to see if she intended on seeing through her threat!

Walking through a small non-touristy Italian town just near the border with Slovenia, a little old man sidled up to me and whispered 'Vive la France'. Utterly bizarre.

I'm a little tubby, and a strange man in the post office asked when I was due (I was 61 at the time). I said, no, I'm just a bit fat. He replied 'are you sure?'

Made my day.

I had similar to you OP! My husband's a musician and I took my son to see him play when he was about 2. As we went in, a woman working at the venue said 'We don't normally get children in here - I hope he'll be quiet'. I explained that he was used to going to gigs and we were sitting by the door so could make a hasty exit if he did make a noise.

Come the interval, she TRACKED ME DOWN to say:

'He was so quiet I thought he must have died!'

I just said something like 'No, still alive, fortunately!' and wandered off, gobsmacked!

@mylittleyumyum

An old woman in the local supermarket commenting on my daughter (then 2) "Oh she's so cute, she looks like a golliwog!"

In the eight years since I've come up with a hundred things I should have said, at the time I just gawped silently.

WT... omg that's awful.

@TotheletterofthelawTHELETTER

I was once on a train sitting at a table of 4. A woman was sat opposite me. A man in his early 20s got on and sat beside her. He randomly just said “I’ve got a pet crow, I’m teaching it to talk”.... I ignored him but the other woman said “oh, really. What can it say?” And he replied in a screechy voice “worms!!”. Then never said another word to either of us

😂😂 he sounds like a male version of me. I say the stupidest shit when I'm uncomfortable

@NoHunGosh

Walking through a small non-touristy Italian town just near the border with Slovenia, a little old man sidled up to me and whispered 'Vive la France'. Utterly bizarre.

He DEFINITELY mistook you for a spy/fellow underground freedom fighter

A random man on a train once said to me, “you know if you take LSD, and you eat a fish, that fish will haunt you forever.”

He was the only other person in the carriage, the train was not due to stop anywhere for another hour, and when he sat down (opposite me, instead of in any one of the many, many other available seats), he asked if a half drunk bottle of water on the table near me was mine. I said it wasn’t, and he said, “oh great,” opened it and drained it. I knew then this was not going to be a comfortable journey.

He didn’t do anything but he kept up a constant stream of conversation the whole hour. I was very glad when the train stopped.