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Vapers, dog owners and breastfeeders are all offensive in public

105 replies

Prusik · 25/05/2018 13:31

Anyone else listening to radio two? I'm not the mortally offended type but I'm pretty astounded at what I've heard

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Mamabear4180 · 25/05/2018 14:03

I think vapers just look daft. I'm not offended by it however. I just roll my eyes and think how silly they look.

silly is better than dead! I quit smoking 6 years ago thanks to vaping. I've had 2 pregnancies since then. I can't emphasise enough the positive impact it's had on me and my children. I'll take silly. However I think vaping is quite the opposite of silly if you've been a heavy smoker for 20 years!

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:04

Charolais
Drool
Mud
Dog hair
Exhaustion if a puppy owner.
At least here. Grin

NotACleverName · 25/05/2018 14:05

What if you’re breastfeeding a dog whilst vaping?

Oysterbabe · 25/05/2018 14:05

I'm breastfeeding currently and was all set to shout about my rights to any twats who dared question me. It hasn't happened once, I just get friendly smiles. The other day an old lady said "That's a beautiful sight, well done" when I was sat feeding on a bench. I'm a bit disappointed.

2014mum · 25/05/2018 14:05

I vape, breastfeed and have a dog. I’m the worst type of person.

TheBogWitchIsBack · 25/05/2018 14:06

I didn't say smoking was a better alternative did i? As someone who's lost both their parents from lung cancer i would much prefer vaping to smoking.
It still looks daft though!

Fastgirl · 25/05/2018 14:06

Bullshit have you ever seen a woman with her breast hanging out.

I've run bfeeding groups, bfed 5 of my own for a total of over a decade and lived for 54 years on this earth and I have never seen this.

And DFOD with " discreet".

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:07

2014 but do you also wear flip flops?
Shock
Grin

TheBogWitchIsBack · 25/05/2018 14:09

I'd rather see someone with tit hanging out while she's feeding her baby than plumes of stinking vape.

BroomHandledMouser · 25/05/2018 14:09

I think vapers just look daft. I'm not offended by it however. I just roll my eyes and think how silly they look

Yes - I must look so stupid for not smoking fags and trying to give up Hmm

It must be hard to breathe up there on your high ground

Mamabear4180 · 25/05/2018 14:09

Fair enough. I don't actually vape properly in public. I'm quite discreet! Probably because I'm afraid of what people think!

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:12

Couldn't care less if people vape. But to do it where others can't escape the vapour isn't very considerate.

ICantCopeAnymore · 25/05/2018 14:12

Vaping is rank. Its just as vile as smoking to me, because I can't stand the smell of either and shouldn't have to breathe in either in a public space. Go and do it in your own home if you want to breathe out clouds of noxious smelling breath.

Some dog owners are thundercunts. Some are considerate.

No idea why breastfeeding is even compared to the two.

TheBogWitchIsBack · 25/05/2018 14:12

It must be hard to breathe up there on your high ground
I'm an ex smoker so you're wrong. I still think vaping is a better alternative to smoking.
However there are vapers who've never smoked a day in their lives walking about with vapes the size of Walkmans blowing their smelly vape all over the place. Imo it looks stupid.

crunchymint · 25/05/2018 14:13

Vaping never used to bother me. Then they started selling vapes that produce big clouds of smoke. Those ones bother me.

sizeofalentil · 25/05/2018 14:13

But I've seen women breastfeed then the baby lets go and she just sits there with a bare boob casually hanging out for ten minutes.

^Sorry, that was probably me you saw. Been several times this week where I've forgotten to pop it back in afterwards.

Rainydaydog · 25/05/2018 14:13

I must admit I've been annoyed by people blowing a massive cloud of smelly vapour at me. But I don't mind if they vape in the other direction. I love most dogs though even those that come running up and lick me to death, and I am very happy to see a bfing mum.

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:15

Size it is sleep deprivation. With a small baby people should just be glad they remembered to put any clothes on at all that day! Grin

crunchymint · 25/05/2018 14:15

I got stared at recently for a dog running about near me. The dog was nothing to do with me.

sizeofalentil · 25/05/2018 14:16

This was me breastfeeding at the local park earlier today.

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:16

I too have been accused of being responsible for strange dogs! Grin

Wolfiefan · 25/05/2018 14:17

Size awesome headstand. Grin

ICantCopeAnymore · 25/05/2018 14:17

Size Grin

sizeofalentil · 25/05/2018 14:18

Wolfiefan - quite often I'll be sitting there, boob in hand, people watching while I feed the baby, only to look down and see she's also people watching and I am quietly expressing milk on to my lap. Grin

ginghamstarfish · 25/05/2018 14:19

Ridiculous! Breastfeeding is perfectly natural. However - re dogs there are an awful lot of twattish dog owners who think their little precious is 'entitled' to be treated as a human and that everyone else loves being slobbered on/having their crotch sniffed/being jumped up on (and those allergic). Vaping I don't come across so often so can't comment on smell etc - surely it's not as vile as actual smoking? (and they look like wankers sucking a little stick!