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?

Standing outside a hospital after visiting an ill relative. An old man walked past and said 'cheer up, it wouldn't hurt to smile!'

"I bet you wonder why you're fat" from a man on a bus. I was eating crackers and was six months bloody pregnant which had quite a lot to do with the size of me.

Bloody hell. That's absolutely shocking.

“You remind me of my ex wife. She had a horsey face too.”

Possibly the most memorable chat up line I’ve ever received.

My brother was once chatted up in a gay club by someone whose opening line was ‘I’ve never raped anyone’, so bizarre and disturbing but we laugh about it now. Funnily enough it didn’t go any further.

Newly disabled and frequently asked if I'll get better and lose the walking aids.

Mixed heritage family so frequently asked if they are my DC.

Due to old age and arthritic hands my DH and I don't wear our wedding rings. My husband followed me into A and E last week as I can't get up off beds or chairs without help. The doctor asked who he was! (I felt like saying last night's shag).

This was back in 1980. Me and a group of school friends were trying to get into a pub/club with an Over 18 policy. We were a year or two short. We had all worked out what year we'd have had to have been born to be 18, for when we were asked our ages on the door (no ID those days). Me and one friend, who looked similar, but not identical, were in reality born a day apart, but gave dates 6 months apart so as to appear less suspicious. The doorman studied us and said "are you two twins?" I replied that yes, we were, but our mum had kept her legs crossed for 6 months. Surprisingly he let us in!

Shopping in a supermarket with my youngest son who was about 2 or 3 at the time. He ran off down a different aisle and I had to leave my stuff and go after him. Got back to the trolley after retrieving him, and a lady came up to me and said, “Have you considered smacking?”

My hair went grey quite early. Took my son to the park. Old lady asked how old my grandson was 😂😂

I had a woman on a plane quizzically say, “Your boys do look very different…”. I think I said “Yes. And your point is what exactly?” One was fair, one was dark. One looks like me and one looks like DH. 🙄

My daughter (she's 16 now) was absolutely tiny, still is tbh. Her younger sister who is 12 is now taller than her. She was out of the push chair walking, and some old bats came up to me demanding I put her back into the push chair, it was a disgrace that I was allowing a baby to walk anywhere! She was 2 years old... Just again, absolutely tiny! I calmly told them her age and none of them believed me! Thankfully they walked of tutting about me and now horrid I was...

Did I stop it from letting her walk, nope! 😂

Aww- she probably thought she was sharing something good. I love a reduced section.

In a shop buying a skirt for a night out, chatting about how finally morning sickness had finally stopped with my MiL (I was about 16w). Sales assistant (closer in age to MIL and at least a size 18) said, "you should probably get the next size up, then you'll be able to wear it for years - you know you'll never be skinny again!".

It still fits now, DD1 is 15 😂

I was with my heavily pregnant friend when a teenage boy approached and asked if she was a virgin. We were in our 30s.

Walking down Inverness shopping precinct a man yelled at me ‘Are you Amish???’.

When I got to the event I was walking to a woman asked me when I was due. I wasn’t pregnant and never had been.

I was reminded of it as I recently sold the Toast dress I was wearing that day. I hope its new owner looks better in it than I did!

Loads from when DC were babies/small.

Asked if they were twins (they’re nearly 2 years apart) in double buggy.

Tge best one was I was pushing them in the buggy - DD was an older toddler and DS must’ve been about 1 - an old lady leaned over her fence and said ‘lively children, is their dad good looking?’ I was like ‘he’s alright!’ wtf could I say to that. But seriously, I am pretty impressed I bore good looking children as I’m a bit of a minger.

Also used to get ‘is she hungry etc’ comments from old ladies (why is it always old ladies!) when out and about with DD as she was quite a grumpy baby (she can still be very grumpy as an adult!).

I was 7.5 months pregnant ( with a big baby ) and had just had an appointment with my midwife .
I was waiting for the bus to arrive so was in the waiting room of the main hospital . An elderly man sat next to me as said he bet he knew which department I was waiting for - the dietician .
Baby is now a late teenager but I still remember that comment .

A woman said to me as I was walking into Tesco 'This is a ridiculous time of day to have a tiny baby out' . It was 9 15 and I'd just done the school run !

Another one - the virgin comment reminded me.
When we got married our then-neighbour (who I’d known for years on a small-talk basis but we weren’t ‘friends’) popped round with a bottle of booze and told us he was a virgin!! He was about 30 🤦‍♀️ he’d be pushing 60 now so I hope he got laid

I went to Dunelm with my son, when he was around 3 years old. We were paying at the till, and the woman on the till said to my son 'And why aren't you at school today, young man?'. My son just looked at her, and didn't say a word. I turned to her and said 'because he's not old enough to be at school'. She went bright red, and said 'oh'. I said to her 'he's 3, tall for his age and you shouldn't make assumptions' and we walked off. Hopefully, she learnt to keep her thoughts to herself!!

I once braved the shave to raise money for mcmillan and got homophonic abuse on the street from a passenger in a volkswagen golf.

The worse one I ever saw wasn't words. It was a hot day so everyone had their car windows open. Was at some traffic lights with 2 lanes, I watched as the passenger blasted the driver of the next car with a water pistol. It was horrible to watch so much have been worse to be the driver. Their head kept pushing to the left with the force. I took a note of both reg numbers and reported it.

Stood at the bus stop with my baby when an old women, talking loudly to her friend, gave me a filthy look and said “huh, babies raising babies”

I was 25 ….

I had crutches going into a busy pub.
"Anything for attention, you must be desperate" from a sneering middle aged man.
Whipped up my maxi skirt to show my long plaster cast and said no they help me get out a bit with this.

I was in the co op with DD as a baby.
Random woman told me DD would never learn to talk as she was in a forward facing buggy so couldn't see me.
Luckily she was very articulate by 18 months because believe it or not, she didn't live in that buggy and I did talk to her!

Being served in the supermarket and the woman behind me said loudly to the person behind her 'If I looked like that (indicating short, fat disabled me) I kill myself'. To which everyone except laughed. Bastards!