Aibu for getting annoyed with random old women (in the main) getting up in my baby's grill?

[FindingNormal]

I hate it. Baby was prem so is small. Everywhere I go strangers stick their face in the pram and make comments, usually along the lines of "oh what a tiny baby" some try to touch her and then I get asked how old blah blah. Today I was at the doctors - I was crying (having a bad day) and an old woman came up and asked if she could see my baby. I mean seriously - I had tears down my face and clearly had my fuck off shields up and yet she still couldn't help herself from intruding. I find it so weird- I'd never go up to someone I didn't know and comment on their baby particularly if they looked upset. Is it me?

What the fuck makes someone resurrect a thread like this
Unless it's the attention seeking op back for another pop
ZOMBIE THREAD

Hobnob, I posted on it without realising it was old. Can’t understand why you’re so upset about it

OP:
Sounds like a kind lady who was trying to use distraction tactics. The grill expression is one which, until now, I was blissfully unaware.

Ah. Zombie.

No idea what the fuck getting up in my baby's grill means but I'm an old woman and am here to help.

This will work better if you live in Buckinghamshire. If you don't you will have to move here asap. You send me your schedule each week and I will avoid going wherever you go and if we do accidentally meet, not to do anything to your baby's grill, not that I am the slightest bit interested in doing so in the first place.

Damnations, fucking ZOMBIE THREAD

What used to upset me was people not paying attention to my baby, lol. Especially when she got a bit older and would wave at or babble at strangers. It’s not that hard to wave back or even smile is it?!

"Hobnob, I posted on it without realising it was old."

Is there no longer a warning when someone is about to post on an old thread?

Sending you a hug, OP. Sorry to read you were feeling so upset, and I hope you and your baby are OK and the trip to the doctors brought you some reassurance.

I don't like seeing people kicked when they're down, and I think the comments here are unnecessarily harsh. I didn't particularly mind strangers striking up conversation with my DC being the ice-breaker, but that's me. Not everyone does feel up for making small-talk with complete strangers, especially when they're exhausted from lack of sleep as invariably happens with young babies.

Incidentally, I was a prolific babywearer (used one of the tie-wrap slings and barely ever a pram), and that brought more attention, and unsolicited advice from strangers, than anything else. Often in cafes etc people used to stand at about a 6 feet distance from me and watch as I tied it! As an afterthought this was actually quite rude, albeit born of simply curiosity, but at the time I found it quite amusing and it didn't bother me at all.

for you OP.

whoops. Old thread - where did this suddenly appear from? How do they make it back up to the top of the page?