Dentist in tesco tackled me

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Shopping with 3 year old yesterday. Stopped by the raisins. Old woman came up to me and said "excuse me but please don't buy them. They are terribly bad for teeth" I must have looked incredulous because her husband stepped in to say she was a dentist

Aibu to think go away and let me shop in peace? I'm a sensible grown adult who can make choices

@user1472151176 could very well be both. But more likely ageism in this context, unless you'd like to put forward the argument for sexism as well?

... and sorry that you seem to be confused

@MrsFezziwig life has changed. It’s hostile out there! No longer stay at home mums as a norm unlike up to maybe 1980’s.
People don’t answer their phones, let alone doors. This change means every bit of unsolicited advice is seen as a critisism these days.

Regardless of age people should mind their own . Too much policing of parenting.

@DeaflySilence I read similar a while ago. Unsure what’s true. I however don’t give a fuck and will continue to use raisins as a snack maybe once a week. If someone wants to critisice me in public over it, I’ll happily criticise back based on what I can see, which is rude and wrong but only a mirror demonstration.

Iwantdoesntget
People don’t answer their phones, let alone doors. This change means every bit of unsolicited advice is seen as a critisism these days.

It's interesting, isn't it? Again a Mumsnetland thing- not only going to extraordinary lengths to avoid normal human interactions, but imagining the world is conspiring to upset, offend and outrage you.

@RiversDisguise yup! It’s the world we live in today. Hostile, paranoid, on the defence/attack.

It’s built from capitalism. Each for their own, ever increasing greed. Moving to 2 parent working families to keep up with the rise in property prices, decay of the family unit due to added stress etc. The WANT society value is leading to LESS and more stress.

Moving to 2 parent working families to keep up with the rise in property prices, decay of the family unit due to added stress etc.

Are you saying that women's place is at home? Or else, societal collapse?

Lweji

If only we can shoehorn toilet brushes into this thread somehow, it should run forever.

@Lweji no im saying the world changed when this happened.

"@tobeforgotten
I have gone up to young teenage smokers (with some success).
This made me laugh out loud
Please come back and tell us how!"

Instead of squeezing past the half-dozen 12-13 year olds on a narrow footpath I just stopped and said my relative was dying of a particular lung disease (which he was) and asked if they knew what it was. one of them said no so I told them. Three of them put out their cigarettes. None of them were sarcastic or rude. I wasn't judging them, they could tell I was just upset about my own relative and worried about the impact on their health.

no im saying the world changed when this happened.

Do you think the world is middle class UK?

Ps- Good thing I hate raisins.
Pss- not coke, in case I ever want to lead the Tories.

Sorry, "pps", just in case there's a fellow grammar pedant around.

Good for you tobeforgotten. They may well have carried on smoking after you'd gone, but at least you tried. Sometimes a bit of human emotion is more effective than hard facts.

I get why the op might be a bit peeved by the perceived interference of a stranger, but I really don't get the total outrage and indignation of some posters on here. 🤷‍♀️

The 'old' woman is to be congratulated as she has achieved her purpose - albeit indirectly. The OP's indignation prompted this thread and a few posters have admitted to not knowing the damage that raisins can do to young teeth. Job done. Although that might be balanced out of course by the posters who have been rendered apoplectic by such an intervention and are now shovelling raisins down their toddlers as an act of rebellion.

Thanks Med,
I did once intervene "strenuously" about the junk food at my kid's nursery. I apologised afterwards because it was just a self-indulgent rant and it was all said at the wrong time and in the wrong place - and that was something affecting my own child!
so I think the dentist was being unreasonable.

also, as the GP above said - surely people only intervene if they aren't busy?

We had to not serve children of dentist raisins as their parents wouldn’t let them have them at my school.

I lived on raisins, and malt growing up. I have 4 fillings.
I don’t think raisins are bad in moderation.

I'm not sure what the point of your post is. You have four fillings, which is not a good thing!

Btw I'm not commenting on raisins as I will still continue to buy them occasionally. I am 41 and have no fillings.

@Lweji

*no im saying the world changed when this happened.

Do you think the world is middle class UK?

Ps- Good thing I hate raisins.
Pss- not coke, in case I ever want to lead the Tories*

Sorry, I meant UK, I’m sure you knew that.

@Dickybow321

I lived on raisins, and malt growing up. I have 4 fillings.
I don’t think raisins are bad in moderation.

I'm not sure what the point of your post is. You have four fillings, which is not a good thing!

Btw I'm not commenting on raisins as I will still continue to buy them occasionally. I am 41 and have no fillings.

Pretty minimal amongst my peers!

Sorry, I meant UK, I’m sure you knew that.

It's a well known psychology thing.
Yes, you can say you meant UK, but in your mind the UK is the world. I'm challenging your uk centrist view of the world.
And, therefore, also the your assertions about two working parents.