What's the most ridiculous thing that's ever been said to you?

[FloppyDoodle]

I'm sure this has been done before, but I've been inspired by another thread.

I'm an introvert and was also extremely shy when I was younger. I'm not one for general chit chat with strangers and people always comment on how quiet I am. I was bemoaning the fact to an ex that I was so shy and that I struggled to think of things to say to a someone I didnt know. His pearl of wisdom was, "Talk more then"

My mum told me there would be no point having a third child if I was just going to go back to work and not raise it.

Not sure if she considers her other two grandchildren pointless as I went back to work after those two were babies...

I don't think obtuse means what you think it means...

Are you being funny, or is that to be counted as one of the most ridiculous things snowedin has had said to her?

If you're being serious, I think you need to look up the definition of obtuse, she has it correct. 🤣

I'm not being obtuse but so many people think Working from home equals amusing the kids all day and not actually working. My kids have to be looked after by someone else the same as any other job because although my office is in my home, I do actually work in it and cannot simultaneously parent babies and toddlers

That's just the (very often made) comment that I find ridiculous for me anyway.

'Friend: "oh I know that but I meant in the evening?"
!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry about your mum

That my son, who has severe SEN and uses a wheelchair is 'just a lazy boy'. I bloody wish!!

Don’t get stressed then- top advice when feeling stressed. See also, don’t start getting depressed.

Out shopping with 5x dc and newborn ds, well known local abusive woman told me I should have kept my fucking legs shut!!

'You look like you like trifle'

I was 8 and chubby.

WTAF.

Someone said 'Pregnancy isn't that bad. I worked til 39 weeks with all 5 of mine'
^

There is always, without fail, one.

I've had all the 'you'd look better if you lost weight' comments.

They were actually right though. Still hurt though.

Wow, people are awful!

My favourite, after coming round from GA, after removing some uterine tissue left after the horrific loss of my twin sons, ‘Don’t worry love, you’re all clean inside there now! Time to start again!’

My Pakistani husband just after we got married, ‘You’re skin is too white. You’d really look better with a sun tan.’

I'm diabetic.
A colleague once asked me about my insulin "does taking that give you a buzz?"
He was serious.

After I had pre-eclampsia with dc2, I had him and was sent home a few days later, day after I got home BP shot up so I was back in hospital for a week without my new born. Finally got home (3 days before Xmas day) and my sil who was visiting said I would spoil the baby by letting him fall asleep on me. I had seen him twice in the previous week due to bad snow hindering my dh bringing both dc to the hospital. Worst week of my life and she says that. Some people just haven't a bloody clue.

After my divorce from a rather controlling man, my mother said "And if you get married again I hope you take it a bit more seriously".

She can be a fucking cow at times and I'm glad we live in different countries.

After uni I didn’t find a job straight away like I’d hoped to (2008, recession times) so I was living back with my DM. We were out shopping one day in my hometown (a small market town where my DM knows everyone) and we bumped into an elderly acquaintance of hers. The conversation went something like this:

Elderly aquaintance: and you’ve finished university now have you?
DM: yes, she’s been back home since June, she’s looking for a job but it’s so hard at the moment
Me: yeah, I’ve not had much luck
Elderly acquaintance : Have you tried making a CV?

Considering by that time I’d sent a GAZILLION CVs out both in person and vi email, spent all day looking for/applying for jobs online, and had spent ages with a really unhelpful and patronising man in the Jobcentre I was in shock she thought that creating a CV was something that wouldn’t have crossed my mind.

Arrived home with newborn Dd2. My parents call round to meet her. 12 hours after I have given birth and my own DM looks at me and says 'is there another one in there?'

Thanks for that one mum.

Whatapowefulperm

Bit like when you have morning sickness and some flump says 'have you tried ginger?'

Said to me a week after being sectioned for a psychotic episode and by a mental health nurse no less,,
"I don't know how you can be so sad when you look like that"

Maybe she was complementing my face, maybe she's in the wrong profession it still pissed me off!

"women that get hit by men have usually bought it on themselves" by a counsellor for Mind the mental health charity!

Diagnosed with MS and first thing someone said was “oh wow you will get to smoke cannabis” the other favourite I get is “oh I know someone who has that for years and they are fine” no they probably aren’t fine they are are just tired of well meaning but stupid people like you 🤪

‘Hopefully you’ll have better luck with these two!’ Said by an acquaintance I haven’t seen for a year in reference to my sons’ deafeness, when she found out I was having twins.

On announcing my pregnancy ‘I’m pregnant’ friend responds ‘why?’ 🤨
‘You have great legs ... when you wear tights’ and my all time favourite from a colleague 6 years younger than me ‘hey Mouse if we went out together everyone would think you were my mum ... in a good way’ 😳