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.

Rhonda?

My MIL was in hospital & asked an Indian nurse with gorgeous dark shiny hair if that was her natural colour - I was mortified...

Also in Tesco bumped into bloke who was friend of a friend...
Him: wow, you not had that baby yet? When are you due?
Me: had him 6 weeks ago....

‘Ooer don’t be going down by the slips my lovely’
Said by old guy outside of Lyme Regis. I was on a perfectly safe public footpath. Felt I was in an Agatha Christie.

‘What’s this little scarf then?’ Said by young woman on residential street just before she pulled it off me and ran off. Really weird and kind of shook me up as was so random and odd.

Talking to a customer, she told me she was a teacher in Y6, I said my DD is Y6. It was March so she asked me which Secondary school she was going to. I told her she had a place at the local grammar. "What, she passed her Eleven Plus?" Said woman. I nodded.

Short silence followed by a puzzled look from woman and this comment:

"Oh, is her father very clever then?"

I had spoken to her for less than a minute, but that was her take on me!

Also when I had my first baby and took him into work someone said he wasn't as monstrous as they'd expected (he was a big baby)

When I took mine in one lady said “she’s not strange looking at all” I said “eh, no she doesn’t look strange at all” She then looked embarrassed and explained it’s an Irish term for a baby who isn’t very shy or something. I think I believed her 😆

Gwendraeth?

My husband was really disgusted with the man and said he felt embarrassed that young women should have to put up with and remain professional with obnoxious pigs like that.

I hope he said something. I couldn’t sit back quietly and hear that.

@BoredZelda that is what it means

Mine was a delivery man at the door.

Him: Aww thats a lovely dog, whats his name?
Me: Thanks, his names Max
Him: Is he microchipped?

I can only presume he wanted to steal my dog and had no issues informing me of this. Never seen him again though oddly.

@purplecup

Walking through a shopping centre and a lady walks up to me and screams "your c*nt stinks" and then walked off. I could hear her screaming at other random people on her way through so I didn't take any offence to her lovely words 🤦🏼‍♀️

She is probably a MNer!

@HeyGirlHeyBoy

Oh god

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' Never quite worked out what that meant! Any ideas?

I think its just the random shit that men come out with to chat women up. I was told I looked clever when I was on way to college aged 18 years, it puzzled me for a bit as I wasn't wearing glasses, or anything that might make me look smart, like carrying a book, or wearing my hair in a tight bun. Instead I was growing out a perm and wore badly applied make up. Funny how that comment has stayed with me all these years.

*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

Went to visit DH's grandma in hospital with toddler DS and baby DD. She was on the geriatric ward and dozing when we got there.
Another inpatient asked me to pour her some more water so I went over, DD on hip and DS trailing after. She said "Awww, kids."
I beamed, all precious.
"They RUIN yer life! 'Orrible things!"

A few years ago I was in tesco at the bakery bit looking at the cookies (there was plenty of everything there)
I hadn't taken any notice of the woman next to me until she said 'you don't NEED those'
I kind of did a little laugh thinking she was trying to be funny.
Then she said again 'you don't NEED those at all'
I looked at her and she looked annoyed.
So I said 'yes but I want them'
Then she goes 'exactly! You just WANT them!' and glared at me.
I just got the packet and walked off.
It was bizarre

@backtolifebacktoreality

Along a similar line ...

When I was about 32 weeks pregnant a male friend came up to me and put his hand on my bump. He then bent down and started listening. He could feel or hear anything and said "I think it's dead"!

How did you not knock him the fuck out? What a cunt.

I was at a party with former school colleagues. One leant right across my OH and said loudly so everyone sitting near could hear 'super hot guy, whatever does he see in you?' Then proceeded to make a whopping pass at him. He made it clear he was with me but she kept trying intermittently all night

At a nightclub, in an outside area, chatting to a group of friends. Random bloke taps me on the shoulder, I turn round;

Him: What's your favourite monster?
Me: (said in a dismissive way, like I'm asked this all the time) The Kraken, from Clash of the Titans (I turn back to my friends)
Him: (Tap on my shoulder) That's a really good choice of monster.

We're still together 13 years later

One night stand ...

Him: you have a small clit
Me: (not out loud but wished I had) and this from someone with a pencil-thin willy

I have had all kinds of weird things said to me but one that stands out is:

I was walking my dog and we were approaching a man (in his 50's) wearing a suit, sitting on a wall waiting for a bus.

Him: 'oh he's a lovely dog isn't he'
Me: 'yes he is' (smiles)
Him: 'oh you're not wearing a wedding ring'
Me: 'Sorry?'
Him: 'you're not wearing a wedding ring. Are you single?'
Me: 'oh, i'm not wearing it today but I am married'.
Him: 'oh right are you? ..... I was accused of being a pedophile this week'.
Me: 'Oh, that's a shame ..'

Bus comes - thank god! 🙏🏻

He takes one step on to the bus as I'm walking off and he turns around and asks 'what's your name?'
Me: 'Alice!'
First name that popped into my head! Really creepy. I hurried home.

I'm pretty sure I have ADHD and have come out with some very embarrassing quips over the years. Never offensive to the other person but normally very disparaging remarks about myself that makes the other person

This evening I moaned to the online Vodafone call centre guy as I had to get out the bath as he wanted my card details and that he should count his lucky stars it wasn't a video chat.

2 year old toddler proudly trying his new sunglasses on in the first bit on sun in April. A group of work men shouts "its not that fucking sunny yet yet love"

Thanks for that, thanks

I was walking into Sainsbury’s to do the weekly shop with Dc1 and Dc2 who was a few days old, both in the trolley. A woman walked by me then stopped and walked back to me and said ‘Do you not have a TV in your house love?’ I was a bit tired and didn’t quite twig what the cheeky cow said.

I was very pg with DC1. I was waiting at a checkout & the lady in front asked when I was due.

'Last week,' I said.

Lady - 'Aaaw. Lovely. A lady on my road had a baby last week & it was born dead.'

I was so shocked I couldn't speak. Silly cow then kept wittering on about her poor neighbour losing her child.

WTF would you think this was an appropriate thing to say to a heavily pg woman?!!!

I work as front of house-and I’m crap with faces
The other day a bloke and his teenage son walked in,ordered,sat down and where eating their food
I’m standing near the bin,sorting out trays when the bloke leans towards his son and stage whispers’that lady there’ points at me ‘she’s my girlfriend’

They both just looked at me and then carried on eating

I’ve been with my bloke 6 years and it definitely isn’t him!