DS is 8 days old, and we are having building work done in the house. Nothing major, but it was a bit loud. DS has one FF a day (otherwise BF) so at FF time I thought we'd escape to the coffee shop just round the corner for a bit.
In the middle of the feed, a woman came and sat down opposite me. She didn't say hello, just, "Is he yours?"
So I replied, 'yes he is'. I shouldn't have engaged, but people love babies and I assumed she was going to coo or something. She looked sceptical and then proceeded to ask about my racial heritage, DP's race, all the while looking from me to DS and back again.
I'm mixed race and DP is white, so DS is very pale. But his features are pure me. I don't even know why I answered the woman, perhaps because she was firing questions at me at such a pace and I was in shock.
She then leant forward in an intense way and said, "Is that your breast milk you're feeding him?"
That's when I cracked and said, "Could you stop asking questions please, it's rather rude." She didn't say anything, she fixed me with an icy stare for about ten seconds and then stood up and left. She hadn't been there when I arrived and didn't get a coffee before leaving!
I have no idea what to make of this! I feel angry, ashamed for FF (although I know I shouldn't be), and also worried as this was one street from where we live. What if she appears again?
I called DS who said she is a crazy. But she didn't look crazy per se, just intense. If something like this happens again, AIBU to get really angry with her/the perpetrator?