Worst accidental insult you've had?

[ImJustMadAboutSaffron]

I'm massively busy just now and on the train yesterday I was going through everything in my head, sort of a planning conversation with myself. A woman opposite asked if I was ok and when I asked why she said I was nodding my head a lot. Clearly answering myself in my head! We laughed about it and a woman across the aisle said "when you get to our age you start talking to yourself." I asked what her age was and she said 64.

I'm 42.

After DD1 went out with some friends for a birthday night out. DF said to me:

You don't look that bad after having the baby, it's a such a shame though as your stomach used to be your best feature.

Many years ago my young nephew was sat on my knee when he snuggled in and said "° I like having cuddles with you Auntie HelebethH. Nanny is all boney but you are really nice and squishy. Needless to say diet starred next day!!

"Oh, you're not Dutch? I thought you were, because you're tall and not very slim!" (I'm size 10 thanks very much)

My DH's grandfather recently died. On the day of the funeral his (usually lovely) step mum walked in to his grandmother's house and said "oh wow, you've lost so much weight, you look great". It was only when everyone looked at her open mouthed that she realised what she'd just said. She told me after the service and was in a panic about how she'd live it down.

My 5 year old daughter, has on a couple of occasions, sincerely told me my boobs look like blobfish. To be fair, I do see what she means 😂

My friend at my DDs birthday party, tucking into the buffet. DDs friend's grandma said to her upon meeting her for the first time: "eating for two are you?" She was a bit overweight but even so!

007DoubleOSeven I really don't see the problem with what you said

I was birth partner for my bestie and went outside to get her suitcase while she went ahead and went to the bay as she was going to be induced. When I came back I asked at the desk which bay to go to and the midwife misunderstood me, took me to an empty bay and handed me a urine pot. I realised with horror that not only did she think I was pregnant, she thought I was full term ready to drop pregnant.

I cried for weeks 😭

I solved some kind of issue at work, and jokingly said “see, I’m not just a pretty face”. My male colleague said “no, not a pretty face at all”.

Its a bloody good job I like him, and he’s usually not that clueless.

Male GP when I was 21 "No you don't need to avoid chocolate, it's bad enough looking like that" when I had a lot of spots on my face and was asking if I should change my diet and avoid chocolate. Meaning my life was already so miserable......

Recovered from anorexia and had "better to look healthy than pretty" 🙃

Still slim in the grand scheme, still over sensitive for sure, still hurt me a lot.

Oof.

Telling a mother that yes, she could bring a baby to an under-fives activity at our venue, I added: "I was desperate to go to activities when mine were babies," meaning to sympathise about the need to get out of the house.

She replied, yes we should be grateful there are so many activities to go to nowadays.

My son was 6, but she clearly thought I was referring to some ancient time decades earlier. 😕

Oh and had a colleague who was very lazy and not very nice but was stunning. They used to send us to pitches together because, I quote, "that way whether they're looking for looks or brains we'll win."

By an all male board (shocker).

Most depressing thing was that she seemed to take it as a compliment.

Resigning from that job to go self employed was the best decision I've ever made!

Going to gp’s on the bus with ds1 & ds2. I felt dreadful (turned out I had an inflamed intestine). Small child opposite asked me if I was ds1 & 2’s granny. Which was nice as I was only 40 at the time.

growing up one of the local shopkeepers thought my mums sister was her mum. There was only a 6 year age gap between them. My aunt never shopped there again.

A female colleague at work: "I'll never forget first time I met you. You used to be really stylish"

I had just come back from maternity leave. My baby was 4 months old and I was working full time, commuting 50 miles a day and doing both nursery runs. I was mega stressed and being stylish was the last thing on my mind

When I bought sunglasses the other day I mentioned liking them because they're large and very dark and she said "Yes, they'll hide all the wrinkles".

What had he meant to say?

Bumped into a girl from school when I had popped home from university for the summer…she said “ oh, wow you turned out better looking than I thought you were” I didn’t quite know what to say to be honest.

CherrySocks imo I don't think that's what she meant. I think she was agreeing with you

A manager at my previous job bought cakes in for everyone one Friday. As she handed me mine she said 'don't worry love, they are weight watchers'. I wasn't on a diet and had never even pretended to be. She was a little bit mad and probably meant well so I can laugh about it

Quoting myself because I should have said that it was the sales assistant who said that.

I once got complimented on my charming 'son'.

It was an old dear in church and I nodded, smiled and went and bought a load of make up as she was talking about my husband who is eighteen months younger than me.

(she was an absolute sweetie, and I miss her)

Thanks I'll try to believe you! (But I might not have got the wording quite right in the re-telling as I was pretty sure at the time that she thought I was ancient)

Sporty colleague and I had been discussing our weight gain/ muscle loss over the first lockdown. Colleague joked about her chub rub spreading to her ankles. Followed by ‘you’re ok, even when you aren’t exactly thin you could still get a bus through there’. Then tried to improve matters by explaining she wasn’t suggesting I was fat, just that at any size I would always look like somebody stole the horse.

Years ago I inadvertently commented on a woman’s large stomach. I was talking to a lady in a park, she had a baby of about 12 months old. Idle chat about dc as you do, she asked if I had any others, I asked the same. She said her other was due anytime. Up until then I hadn’t wanted to comment on her large bump incase I was wrong, but once confirmed I jumped right in with a jokey remark about her bravery with such a small gap, that I hadn’t wanted to say anything incase she just had a big belly and asked if she knew what she was having. At that point I noticed her previously friendly expression had turned to a glare, as she icily told me the other she was referring to was her older son, due to arrive at the park anytime with her husband.
Stuck for a way to backpedal, like a knob I didn’t just apologise I tried to explain I hadn’t actually meant her stomach was particularly huge, just that it was out of proportion. Fuck knows why I thought that would make her feel better. I felt awful because she clearly was very offended, but it was a very misleading comment.

A friend invited me over for dinner purely because she needed to vent about how fed up she was about her weight gain. Told me she'd looked in the mirror and despaired "I'm even fatter than 007!"

For reference, I am a touch overweight due to medical problems, but I still wear a size 14.

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