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?

When ds was born, 2 neighbours saw me leave the house and they both came running out to see the new born. 'Oooo there's no question as to who the father is of that one, is there?' Despite sleep deprivation, I replied 'never realised it was in doubt?!' and walked off. So rude.

When DD was born, there was a ginger tinge to her hair. MIL said 'thankfully she'll likely grow out of that' and 'i think we can say she's a strawberry blonde rather than ginger' 🙄

After having my 3rd DC and DH and I deciding no more kids, FIL commented about me 'finally being able to lose all the excess weight'. I was a size 12, 5'6" and weighed 10 and a half stone!! Hardly massively overweight. Charming!

My daughter is doing a Phd and had a similar but much more vicious comment made to her about how she was obviously stupid and had no qualifications.
Her crime was that the customer had mistakenly put her chippie order into another branch of the business so had to wait 10 minutes for the food to be cooked.

My dd had taken her 3 younger siblings to the shop to buy me a present for my birthday

As they where leaving the shop,an old woman walked up to her,slapped her hard on the arm and shouted at her for 'having children so young!'

Dd lost it and screamed 'they are my fucking siblings!im 16 and its fuck all to do with you!'

The old bat fucked off

There was no need at all for that judgement-if she'd hung around for a few seconds,she would have heard the dc call her by her name and not 'mum'

She certainly had no right to hit or judge anyone

I was in a clothes shop where a woman was trying on dresses. As I walked by her elderly mother said "it's not the dress, it's your confidence. Look at that lady, twice your size but 10 times your confident"...then "come here and show my daughter how to carry herself like you - tell her how you have such confidence?"

Um...maybe the fact my mother didn't critise me and compare me to others in public!

I was size 10 at the time too and the lady trying on the dress looked the same.

27 years ago....on the birth of my 2nd child, a second daughter a neighbour in my street I barely knew said "awww another girl. I expect you're dissapointed but never mind, you're young enough to keep trying for a boy". Then waffled on about its only a proper family if you have children of both sexes.
😂
Sleep deprived and shocked etc I didnt respond appropriately but 27 years later I still want to go back and tell the silly cow what I think.

And yet you feel totally justified to use ageist language like ‘old bat’. 🙄

@Tinyweddingcould it be the same man??

And did the entire street then burst into applause?

Basically, this thread is just a place for people to be ageist.

I was on a bus with my first baby and had just been to the clinic with him. An older lady complimented me on him and l replied how well he was putting weight on. She then told me that I was rather hefty myself. I've never forgotten the word hefty and this was 1991. As it happened, I was a healthy, slim size 12 and had returned to my pre-baby weight.

I have four DD.

When I was pregnant with number 5 I got so many comments about how I must be hoping for a boy after all those girls and how I must be keeping trying for a boy. In FRONT of my girls. Like I only had them because I was trying for a boy. So rude and disrespectful towards them.

Number 5 died at birth and I wasn't able to carry a successful pregnancy after him.

I still get comments about how I must have wanted a boy. Haven't had the guts yet to say "I did, but he died".

That would shut them up.

Possibly she was shortening "fur coat and no knickers" , wartime expression meaning she thought you were pretending to be posher than you were.

Just before Chritams me, my husband and our little 1 year old where coming home from a family day out and this older lady just standing in the street in a dressing gown and slippers said "you shouldnt have your baby out at this time of night, he should be home in bed".

It was 5pm and we hadnt even had dinner yet 🙄

My first baby was very unsettled due to reflux. I went to stay a few days with my parents in their small village when my baby was about 6 weeks old. My dad was out and about when a local elderly lady - who’d had many children - asked him how the baby was - he replied “well she’s quite unsettled at the minute”. The lady said “that’s because you haven’t had her baptised - they never settle until they’re baptised”!

OK,next time ill call her a 'miserable old cow'

I dont really care-she was rude and it was none of her business

A woman told me when I was walking down the street that I was horrible for buying a gray pram for DD because that's a 'boys colour'

I was around 50 and a size 12.A lady said "Ooh youre having another baby arent you. Err NO! Wasnt at all big and no "bump" or bloat.Replied coolly that NO actually.I have 2 DC both in their teens!

I also got asked if my DD's had the same father as they have different colour hair and a 6 year age gap. They have the same dad!

I was told at the bus-stop that my just turned 1 year old was far too big to be in a buggy and school wouldn't like her still being in nappies. The elderly lady just wouldn't believe she was only 1 year old. I wouldn't mind but she was a normal height wee girl

And then the solicitor offered her a job as a human rights attorney.

Similar thing happened to me, although at a local shop which I go in often. Shop owner asked DH his ethnicity, then mine. I told him I'm just English and he told me I'm not, he knows I'm not. He's been here too long (not British) to know what English people look like. We were like..ooooooooook

I thought that sentiment had stopped decades ago !!! Red hair is beautiful 😊

In a UK park in winter with my baby in an all in one winter suit, a man with an Italian accent approached me to tell me to take my baby home because she shouldn't be out in the cold. Another time an old lady told me to switch my phone off because the waves are harmful to the baby.

I’ve got two and both pregnancy related.

The first was when I was pregnant with my first child. I was queuing at the doctors surgery to get an appt, and a lady of about 70 turned round to chat to me whilst we waited. She asked when I was due and was it my first. I said yes. And then she said “your stomach is huge. You’re going to have a massive baby. It’ll split you in half coming out”. I was already scared of giving birth so that really helped my nerves 🤣

Second, a week or so after giving birth to my second dc, I popped into my local corner shop with my newborn. The young woman serving me looked at my stomach and asked when I was due, and I pointed at the baby and said “he’s already here”. Then she looked at my stomach again, burst out laughing and said “why is your stomach so huge if there’s no baby in there?”. I just thought “oh my sweet summer child, just you wait” 🤣

I used to be a childminder and when out and about with my charges,(sometimes up to 5 in the school holidays), I used to get that question shouted at me a lot. It amused me greatly to say truthfully "no". Then smile at their expression.

One time we (Dh, DD and DS) were at Leeds Castle. My DS was wearing wellies and doing a little jog down the hill (he was about 3 I think) the lady walking near us loudly said to her DH 'I can't bear parents putting little kids in wellies and then letting them run, he's going to fall over and hurt himself in a minute' .....he didn't and she was obviously trying to insinuate something about our parenting. Her DH was completely uninterested in what she was saying.

anyway later on we were sat near them in the playground. The dad was sat with their baby and toddler. Toddler gives baby the bottle of bubble blowing liquid, open. baby starts drinking it (I don't think much as i stepped in) but dad was on his phone and not paying attention. I said excuse me your baby is drinking the liquid, you might want to do something. When mum came back (think she must have been in the loo or having a wander) the toddler said loudly, 'mummy, baby drank the soap!' queue mum then having a right go at dad and trying not to catch our eye while tending to baby. We said nothing. (tempted to say to DH don't you hate when parents let their babies drink bubble mixture)