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AIBU?

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To be miffed that a stranger kissed my baby?

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BelleJolie · 23/03/2012 16:49

I was in Tescos earlier today. A member of staff...an older lady who I've never met before...came up and started talking to and tickling my 7mo DS. I don't mind people playing with him like this but then she kissed him on the top of his head!

AIBU to think it's very inappropriate to KISS someone else's baby??

OP posts:

hiddenhome · 23/03/2012 21:21

An older lady kissed the top of ds2's (7) head in church as he was waiting in the communion line for a blessing. I thought it was quite nice really. He is very cute

Sparklingbrook · 23/03/2012 21:21

Snakeonaplane · 23/03/2012 22:08

I took baby dd shopping yesterday, she was mobbed by old ladies, it took twice as long as usual. I thought it was lovely.

She is extremely kissable, very fat cheeks I wouldn't have been surprised if one of them had lost the run of themselves and kissed her . I think the world is a better place when we can agree that we all love babies.

Sparklingbrook · 23/03/2012 22:09

But not give them Head Herpes Snake.

Snakeonaplane · 23/03/2012 22:16

Form the love of god, I'd forgotten about thenhead herpes

exoticfruits · 23/03/2012 22:28

If your baby didn't like it they would make it clear! I bet your baby didn't mind at all-it is far better to be sociable than in some hygienic bubble-it is so sad that some mothers get so insular.

OriginalJamie · 24/03/2012 14:34

OP - it's not Tesco's because it doesn't belong to someone called Tesco ....

valiumredhead · 24/03/2012 15:02

It does, Mr Tesco.

MardyArsedMidlander · 24/03/2012 15:06

I am going to contact Take a Break magazine- OLD LADY GAVE MY BABY HEAD HERPES IN TESCO'S.

Sparklingbrook · 24/03/2012 17:21

Mardy.

Pagwatch · 24/03/2012 20:36

Poor Mrs Tesco. She gets fuck all. Just like Mrs Kipling

Sparklingbrook · 24/03/2012 20:47

Nor Mrs Muscle Pagwatch.

ChippingInNeedsCoffee · 24/03/2012 20:51

I'm glad you have found your missing grip

zookeeper · 24/03/2012 20:58

When my ds was a tiny baby I remember getting on a crowded bus in London laden down with bags.T

There was a seat at the back and a woman held him whilst I put the bags down and struggled up to it. My ds was passed up the bus and ended up opposite me in the arms of another woman who cradled him as though he were her own and kissed the top of his head from time to time .

I would find it very difficult to hold a new baby without kissing its head tbh and I felt very touched to see my child illicit such tenderness;

zookeeper · 24/03/2012 20:58

Gawd I'm on my third glass of wine and feeling sentimental...

2old2beamum · 24/03/2012 21:09

As Ma to 5 SN children (well 3 of them young adults) it is far better than the general public recoiling As for infection your LO is better off with a kiss than a sneeze.

ComposHat · 25/03/2012 05:27

A nice person does a nice thing to a baby, if it wasn't for the hysterical reaction of the op I would have a lovely glow inside.

and I am
a) very cynical
b) not fussed by babies (prefer toddlers)

nooka · 25/03/2012 05:47

I would be very taken aback if some random person came over and kissed one of my children, even when they were babies. It's a very intimate thing to do. I wouldn't dream of touching a baby that I had never met before or whose parent I didn't know, let alone kissing them. Sure if you love babies they may be difficult to resist, but I don't think that is a very good excuse. At the very least you should ask if it's OK, not just assume that the mother (or baby for that matter) will appreciate it.

Social mores are obviously different in Greece, but the OP was not in Greece, so I really don't see why that's relevant.

Ilovejellysweets · 25/03/2012 10:52

I just have to say hairylemon's made me really laugh. Very funny.

misspedantic · 25/03/2012 11:04

One day (when my dd was about 7 months old) I was in Morrisons shopping. I was at the till bagging my items when I glanced down at the buggy (which was facing away from me) and noticed that my dd was covered in chocolate and had a large NUT stuck to her fingers. I looked around and a woman held up a bar of chocolate and smiled at me... as if to say "you're welcome". I went mental at her and she just didn't get it, turning to other people around her as if to say this woman is crazy. My daughter had just started eating proper solids, let alone nuts. What she was thinking is still beyond me.

YANBU seriously I don't even kiss my friends babies/ children and would find it a bit strange if they kissed my dd... just a bit too over familiar.

CheshireDing · 25/03/2012 11:24

I think it's definitely too familiar so YANBU.

HOWEVER, you AU for shopping in Tesco, it's rank and overpriced

cuttingpicassostoenails · 25/03/2012 15:17

Funniest thread of the week.

zookeeper · 25/03/2012 17:06

elicit. sigh.

exoticfruits · 26/03/2012 19:28

I would leave it to the baby. I spoke to one today-she would have cried if I got close so I didn't. Some babies would be quite happy. They will make it plain.

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