Worst accidental insult you've had?

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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.

From a colleague , who to be fair did look hugely embarrassed and apologised …” I can tell you’ve lost weight, you waddle differently now !!”…we’re still friends 25 years on….bless her…

Going through a budget where there were very few salary costs on it but quite a few in terms of equipment.

Person who prepared it: "And now we come to the more-- invisible - costs."
Section = has my job in it. Which isn't especially invisible.

From a neighbour: "Congratulations on your pregnancy!" Um no, that's just my cake-baby.

Young male colleague "how old were you in the war?"
I replied the war finished in 1945 I wasn't born until 1963, how the hell old do you think I am you cheeky wee f*cker 🤬
Miraculously we are still good friends 😅

"OMG, are you okay?"
"Yes..."
"You look so pale and tired"

Always the point I realise I've forgotten to put mascara on 🙄

I have two. Some old bloke got into a lift with me and said “first baby?” I stared at him blankly, and he leaned over, PATTED MY BELLY and said “aha, definitely a first, you forgot it was there!” Not pregnant, not even particularly that fat!

Second was recently when a work colleague said “ooh, who’s the pretty bride?” (On my cup, I’ve got one of those insulated cups you can put a photo into and there’s one of me, DH and the kids on our wedding day.) I said, “uh…me?” She laughed and said “no, really?” Yes, love. Really. She went “oh my god, you looked so different! So pretty!” Yeah, thanks. A whole morning in hair and makeup and a thousand pounds worth of dress and veil will probably make me look significantly better than the tickle of mascara and non-precious clothes I adorn myself with for working with small kids

Both those people were so out of order! I had to read the second example again as it sounded exactly as if the person making the faux pas was a child, but no!

It's always my 5 year old who accidentally insults me. I showed him a picture of myself as a child yesterday and he did a double take and said you actually looked good. Thanks kid 👍

This is brilliant, I don't know which of you I feel more sorry for.

Agree with a PP, friends and colleagues with sight loss or other disabilities get bored with people "correcting themselves" if they say something totally inoffensive to them like "I see what you mean" or "can I have a hand with..." - things that are everyday phrases. Having said that when I asked my colleague who's blind "did you watch the CEO's speech?" she reminded me that she obviously hadn't. TBH though she enjoys teasing people and listening to them squirm!

After I'd lost a load of weight and gone down to a size 10/12 a colleague asked me what size I was so I proudly said "10/12 depending on the shop" and she said "no, no you can't be because I'm a 6 and you're about four times bigger than me so you've got to be at least a 20"

Wow that hurt. I just walked away and left her. Afterwards she did the "I'm sorry if what I said upset you" non-apology.

Pregnant with dc2 and during dc1 birthday party I sat down with some of DPs family. Was asked if I had new makeup on as it had got a bit patchy and they wanted to avoid that brand (!) Then explained that no, it was actually melasma (sp?!) From pregnancy hormones and despite best effort to stay out the sun, my face had gone patchy.

They then start ooh-ing and ahh-ing standing in front of me to get a closer look saying in their day it was called a "pregnancy mask" and it was a shame I had it so terribly/ once you saw it you couldn't unsee it... I was so upset. Made me excuses to leave them spent the next 30 minutes crying indoors! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Another a girl I worked with said I had nice skin (clearly pre babies and the awful "pregnancy mask" I have just said about). Continued yeah, you're so lucky that you have great skin, it's really youthful, well apart from your forehead which clearly needs some Botox! She wasn't actually being mean, she was just that dim that she regularly made these types of comments!!

Working beside a colleague and they asked if I'd broken my nose. I said yes, but years ago. She replied "Blimey you can still really see a bump from the side, at least front-on you look normal" She did look embarrassed and back track when I laughed and asked exactly how monstrous I looked in profile!

When one of my babies was about 6 weeks old I went into a pharmacy to buy a baby thermometer and some cold medication for myself . The assistant behind the counter said “ You cant take this when you’re pregnant “.

I explained the situation and she got annoyed, said “ I cant sell this to you “ . The marched into the back of the shop where I could hear her telling the pharmacist that I was being difficult and wouldn’t listen to her because i was obviously pregnant.

He then came out to give me a row for trying to take this mediation when I was pregnant.

I don’t know if they had never seen a post partum woman before. Or of all the women in that town regularly forget that they have just given birth. Or perhaps you are supposed to carry your baby everywhere with you as proof.

Genuinely not a stealth brag, but a few years ago at work I had been asked out by two different men in a short period of time. Colleagues were kind of joking about it and older female colleague said to another "all the boys seem to like LadenDownWithDew.....I don't know why" and sort of chuckled. I personally had no idea myself but thought her comment was quite nasty!

Said to me by a now ex. “I told my mates about you, not much to look at but she’s got a cracking personality and great legs.”
I just said “Thanks…I think” I dumped him for my now DH.

Mine was a friend partner after I had my hair dyed he said "oh you look the same as x s mum now and you'll be about the same age"

I was 44 she was 55

To a patient in hospital, when us nurses used to dole out the food from a trolley- one leg (of chicken) or two? To a double amputee.

😳

My entire life my Gran has called me 'handsome', never beautiful, pretty etc. Just 'Oh QueenBee you're looking handsome today' every once in a while 😂

When my kids were young, a colleague kept referring to my grandchildren. I told her they were my children and she looked confused and said she thought we were the same age. She was 20 years older than I was (and did not look young for her age). No malice intended, she was a lovely lady.