phaedra I never took exception to you saying BF was a dreadful experience for you.
I said I was shocked yes & I was shocked that a Mum who BF for 3 months would choose to leave a restaurant if another person started to BF. I was shocked at the extreme reaction to a mother feeding her baby, by another mother who BF. I have never heard of such an extreme reaction before and I felt shocked.
That isn't passing any judgement on you. I don't have a problem with your stance - you take responsibility for your feelings and leave. You don't project them onto BF mothers. It is me being shocked at the intensity of a persons negative feelings towards BF being so strong that they would leave a restaurant mid-meal if someone started to BF.
You do seem to be quite angry about it still. You say you don't want to talk about it, but you raised it yourself on this thread. And then you have jumped down the throat of everyone who dares mention it.
I reserve my own right to be shocked by the unique (at least to me) scenario you describe and to respond to your comment on this thread which is discussing women getting a hard time and various reactions from other people while BF in public.
I am really sorry that I have upset you by referring to your post.
At the risk of sounding patronising, and really not wanting to, I genuinely hope that you can find a way to deal with this and be able to get to a better place with your experience as what you are describing sounds both traumatic and lasting.