Unsolicited comments from strangers - what’s your rudest/funniest one?

[maria199]

Bit of a funny one really but yesterday I was about to go for a walk near a nature area and I was putting my 4 month old in her pram. She had just been in the car for a little while so when I put her into the pram she started crying (don’t worry - she loves the pram and was fine as soon as we started walking!)

As I was putting her in a woman in her late 60’s/70’s walked past with an elderly man and she says to the man “oh a little crying baby! must be hungry!” She then asked me how old my baby was so I told her 4 months old and she says to me “she sounds hungry!” I said “no she’s just been fed (she had), she just doesn’t like being put down” (in a friendly way) and she says to me “oh you’ve spoilt her then!” and laughed. I was a bit taken aback because how can you spoil a 4 month old baby?? 😂

Anyway, she walked on and it wasn’t exactly a malicious comment but it did make me think why on earth do people always love to comment, especially to people they don’t know!!!

It just made me curious - what are the funniest/rudest/weirdest interactions people have had from strangers when out with their baby?

Eh? How long have blueberries been posh? News to (working class) me.

I'm assuming that the academic running the seminar pulled him up on it?

Reminds me of when I was on the metro in China. A man about my age came up to me with a massive leer on his face and said, 'You are so beautiful. So white and so fat!' Then tried to give me his phone number. Ummmm

A rather more boring Jamie! And this was long before the play Everybody’s talking about Jamie. Gawd knows what she’d think now 😂

Not a comment but on a recent holiday I couldn’t help but notice that people were glaring at me. I was with DS20 (who looks a bit older) and DD3 so presumably they were wondering why a good-looking young man was with a frumpy middle-aged woman.

OMG! That is so shocking! What an appalling man!

Was out shopping 8 months pregnant with my second son ( he was 11lb 2oz born) and I was huge and carrying all at the front
Two youngish women walked by one said to the other blimey state of that I wouldn’t go out if I was looked like that
So it’s not only elderly people who can be bloody rude

My friend was out for walk, minding her own business, and a woman came up to her to inform her that she had dyed her hair too dark - it didn’t suit her & she was doing her a favour by being honest……. My friend is Irish and has naturally black hair with very pale skin and blue eyes. She was so shocked she just mumbled “thanks” and walked on.

Should have replied Oh she does just not at you tinkeley laugh

Not a complete stranger, but a local snob that looks down her nose at people....I was at a funeral in the village church, with the unfortunate luck of been sat next to this woman!
In came the funeral procession/ family behind the coffin, the daughter in law of the deceased had black on but I didn't really take notice, local stuck up snob turned to me and said 'Next 1998' I looked at her as if to say what are you talking about. She repeated it and said that suit she's got on came from next 25 years ago. She screwed her face up with utter disgust.
I just looked at her and said I've got older lipsticks than that!!
Whst I should of said is ' bet you can't still fit in your clothes from 25 years ago!' Shes actually fat and so rude,this is one of her many put downs about local people

My daughter had a birthmark when she was born - a pink patch on her forehead which has now faded, but was prominent until she was about a year old. People would ALWAYS comment on it. Worst one was 'oh dear, has your Mummy burnt you?!' said to her. 😡

Many years ago, we went to Port Arthur Tasmania, the convict settlement.
Tourist place now.
We parked the car, got out.
Car parked next to us. It was a yellow Volvo.
Tall, young, blond man got out. And said to us “not many WASPS here today.”
We found out later it meant ‘white Anglo saxon people’
Didn't think much of it, just a bit weird.
Exactly 1 week later, we are back home, watching the news.
And, there was our Tall, young blond man on the news.
it was Martin Bryant, The one who committed the Port Arthur Massacre.
35 lives were lost that day.

"Same as your mum."

This thread has made me hate people more 😂😂😂

A woman with lovely, shiny hair randomly recommended a high-end brand of shampoo in Tesco. I said thanks but pointed to the decidedly low-end brand in my trolley. She said, "Oh, I use that on my horses!" before swishing shinily away.

My family, including me have the ability to blurt out the wrong thing. It was especially worse when younger for all of us...
My son came home from school with a certificate from his male teacher at secondary school which said 'well done, (name) a top effort, for noticing my bald patch.' I think that might have been the only one of those certificates he got at school. At least he's observant.

That sounds like the woman behind the pharmacy counter in Ely Boots who made it very clear that she judged women buying threadworm tablets. Apparently it was acceptable for me because I looked clean.

Was once in a pub with my dad. Drunk bloke snickered "heh heh, she's young enough to be your daughter". To which Dad flatly replied "She is."

Not to be deterred, he then turned to me and said "heh heh he's old enough to be your father!" To which I replied "That's because he bloody is! Did you not just hear him tell you?"

To be fair I look a lot more like my mum than my dad, but it was quite a cheek! Fortunately the barman intervened and sent the annoying drunk on his way.

I was once leaning against the pole of a bus stop sign and a guy came up to me, waved his hands at me and told me not to lean on it. I think he had 'issues', but I was completely gobsmacked.

We had "has someone been scribbling on his wrist". But to be honest, I think we just say stupid things sometimes. I once asked the white mum of a mixed race child whether he was hers!!!! I just blurted it out like a complete idiot.

Just last week someone on here said that her son ate avocados and blueberries so they were middle class (can't remember what the thread was about).

During a GCSE exam one of the invigilators came up to me towards the end and whispered, “I haven’t seen you smile once.” 😳😳😳😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I was in a cafe attached to an upmarket department store, it was busy but luckily I spotted a very elegant and beautifully dressed woman at a table on her own so asked if I could join her. She nodded so I sat down and sorted myself out, poured out my tea and was just about to dive into my cake when she leaned across the table, gave me a filthy look and said very loudly

“ The last woman who sat there was extremely interesting. She was a great conversationalist and knew an enormous amount about trees in Nigeria.”

Then she sat back in her chair, stared at me without blinking and never said another word.

I have never eaten a piece of cake or drunk a cup of scalding tea so quickly.

Core memory activated. I must have either had a great resting grumpy face as a teenager or it was something men liked to say to teenage girls, but I was always getting told "You look so much nicer when you smile!" and "Cheer up love, it might never 'appen!" like, several times a week between the ages of about 12 and 18. I'm surprised I didn't develop a permanent scowl.

And of course whenever I pulled a funny expression my mum would say "If the wind changes, you'll stay like that."

So violence over a stupid comment?