To have found this rude?!

[willynillypie]

I am a SAHM with a baby. I was ja king small talk with my neighbour this morning whilst taking my baby for a walk. She has already made a few snippy comments about my “perfect life”. She was moaning about work so I said “yay it’s the weekend though” and she looked at me and said, in the bitchiest voice “well every day is a weekend for you.”

Not sure if I’m being sensitive or if this is rude.

Someone does not have to have hit a nerve for their comment to be considered rude!

Sigh!

Her comment was rude. The nerve is about how much you're concerned about it and planning on what to say.
Just don't give her the time of day, don't invite her over, don't tell her about your life. Keep your distance.

SAHM with a baby = weekend doesn’t exist. You’re at work 24/7 (and loving it I’m sure) but she is just jealous that you’re happier with your life than she is with her own.

Ah the 'your life must be easier/nicer/more wonderful than mine' bullshit..

Not just SAHM that get it..

Self employed - must be lovely to pick and choose, so easy to do as you please.

Work from home - ahhhhhhh long lunches and early finishes...

Disabled - oh well you don't HAVE to work so your job must just be a hobby...

Best thing is to be as annoyingly bright and sweet as possible.

'Oooooh yes im SO lucky'

'Yes its bloody brilliant teehee'.

'You see the secret is, I'm not a miserable negative fuckwit like you'...

RUDE!!!

Don’t engage with her. Nod and smile and walk on.

She sounds a right mardy cow. Hope she doesn't come to DS's birthday. You have had some really good comeback suggestions, another one might be "jealousy is such an unattractive trait/so ugly".
I suggest you just ignore her in future, just smile and wave as you go on your way.

BeaShehe

Please will you link your thread? Nice to know I’m not alone - as all the lovely people here have shown, there are people bitter about everything!

I am the type who found maternity leave much harder - probably because I've never been into babies and have little patience with them. I was looking forward to work as I found it more relaxing even though it was bloody hard and stressful than maternity leave.
She was a twat.

I would probably have said "yup-lucky me" at the dig about "perfect life"-well, if I'd thought to of course.

Someone my husband knows once mentioned me being a "lady of leisure" when I was at home with a newborn.

I did say well yes, husband earns enough for that to happen.

Was it nasty knowing that he didn't earn enough for his wife to SAH if they had wanted?

Maybe-but then he should have kept his mouth shut & not tried to belittle others' decisions!

To be fair OP, if you aren't in paid employment, but stay home to look after your baby everyday, weekends are no different than weekdays, are they? Other than your partner being at home perhaps.

That doesn't really matter though does it @Heratnumber - there was still no need for the OP's neighbour to be rude.

Heratnumber7

Well they are different because I get help from my husband with the baby and I get to spend time with him!

But also it’s just rude. As a PP said it’s more like every day is a weekday; and that’s not the way she intended it, she meant it like every day is a weekend which is really not the case.

Haha she sounds like a sour faced cow.

Next time you see her, holler "alright there, vinegar tits!! Must dash, me and bubs have a babycinno date with the other yummy mummies. Ciaoooo! "

livefornaps

Beautiful - reminiscent of Keats

'Helen, fuck off will you'

^^ this comment wins the thread

Make sure you're super smiley and happy whenever you see her. I love being overly nice and kind to horrible people.

If she makes any more comments I'd probably say "are you ok?" Whilst wearing a patronising concerned face and follow with "you seem really stressed out, just worried about you hun that's all".

I only ever use the word hun when people are being rude FYI. Seems to really annoy people!

dinopops

Sounds very MLM - I like it 😂

To be fair OP, if you aren't in paid employment, but stay home to look after your baby everyday, weekends are no different than weekdays, are they? Other than your partner being at home perhaps.

I am amazed that anyone really thinks the difference between weekdays and weekends is simply whether you go to work or not? There are plenty of things on at weekends simply because there is less demand for them during the week - exhibitions, events, entertainment, festivals, plus most people will have friends who work during the week but are able to socialise at weekends.

Personally, I would never underestimate being able to spend time with my husband, but even if that's not important to you then there must be something you do at weekends that you couldn't do during the week?!