Friend thinks I'm weird for speaking Spanish to DC

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my two Dc (ages 4 and 7) are already bilingual, they speak English of course and the mother tongue of their grandparents which is Urdu.
They have been learning Spanish in school and I have started my Spanish up again as I started learning a few years ago.
My friend heard me speaking to DC in Spanish (just some basic commands) and she got very annoyed and asked why we were learning Spanish, I told her because I've always loved the language and watch films and listen to songs in Spanish since a young age. (i watch films in many languages with the help of subtitles).
She said it was ridiculous because I have no Spanish ancestry or link to Spain in any way and I should stick to English or Urdu as we have links to the languages and introducing a third language is going to make them seem weird and confuse them.
i tried to laugh it off as I've not seen her react like this before but she was off with me the rest of the time.
Am I a weirdo for wanting my DC to speak a third language?
Admittedly we have no connection to it but it can only benefit them to know another language?

I was fluent I Spanish but have let it slip. This thread has made me realise I need to introduce it to my toddler. It’s so much easier to learn when little and I’d say that people that are raising bilingual children are giving them such a great gift. Obviously there is a difference between a native speaking chatting exclusively in one language and someone introducing a few words but I think it is very closed minded to criticise people for trying out a few words.

Just do it, be proud of teaching your children things. It’s no different to teaching or helping a child learn any skill. Cooking, writing, gardening, maths, languages...
Your friend is overreacting I think. But also remember is you speak in a foreign language around ppl who don’t understand it, it is considered a bit rude. Like whispering. You could be talking about people. Obvs if it’s your own language that’s deemed fine but otherwise it’s not really the done thing. Although I’m not sure everybody cares that much about polite society these days xx

Tbh, using a language to your dc that is not a language of natural use to you is a bit... not qutie sure what the right word is. I always, always cringe when I hear parents here in Germany who are clearly German speaking to their dc in English. It's almost invariably because 'I was good at English at school/spent a high school year in the US and therefore an more than competent to make my dc bilingual, and it gives them such an advantage'. I suspect this aversion stems from the unfortunate tendency of some Germans to assume they know my own language better than I do because of said school English/high school year.

However, reactivating bits of a language to help your dc learn/practice/expand their horizons is different, and fine. I've been revisiting my decent but long-dormant French since dc1 has started it at school. We chuck the odd French sentence at each other and correct each other, and wonder together about words/expressions we don't know/can't remember. It's fun.

She’s jealous plain as day. She may have thought you were showing off.
I will be fluent in my partners language soon and I’m expecting those comments from people if I speak the language so il try not to in front of them it’s not worth the comments people don’t like others broadening their horizons

I don´t think she was necessarily jealous, I think she probably thought you were performance parenting.

Your friend is a bit odd to complain about this. I love bi/trilingual children how they can jump from language to language my neighbours little girl speaks 3 languages I was am in awe I couldn't grasp french when I was in school