Awkward random comments about your size

[NothingIcando]

Aibu to feel slightly bothered by this comment?

I was helping a friend with some DIY, during that time 2 couples arrived to the house to see my friend and friend's parents.

I am friendly with both couples but not an actual friend,said hello and carried on working.

One couple had their newborn (premature) baby with them.
Heard mum of baby and others talking from the next room about how tiny baby was etc.
I had finished up and was leaving, I came and stood at the door to say goodbye to all.

The lady from the other couple was holding the baby at the time whilst new mum was sitting on the floor and everyone else standing/sitting around.
I smiled and said ''wow she really is teeny tiny and so beautiful''.
Mum of baby responded ''What about you ?You're very tiny?!''.... 6 people were looking at me as if waiting for me to reply

I didn't know what to say so I just awkwardly repeated..'Yeah,she's so little'.

My friends mother then turned and said ''No,shes talking about you!''.....6 people are now looking me up and down. Still waiting for me to say something?? What was I supposed to say?? It was so awkward so I just said again 'ah, but the baby'' and nodded at her.
It was really awkward so I just smiled and said 'ok I'm off''!

Was that weird? Or am I just mad? I am petite. But..wasn't that very random? Was there a normal response I could have given?

In the grand scheme of things its really not a problem.

But it made me wonder,is it just socially acceptable to talk/ask someone about their body or size if they are smaller but not if they are bigger?
I dont think I've ever asked/commented on anybody's size or shape in general.

But did that sound like a usual thing to say ?

Weird for her to say I bet you've never seen a baby so small. Perhaps she thinks she's the only woman who ever had an early birth? Personally I was avoiding all conversations about my early child as there's so much 'why were they early' looking for fault with the mother. But then maybe the child is so new she hasn't got that crap yet.

Yes it’s a weird thing to say.

It’s not odd to comment on the size of a baby, come on. It is odd to comment on the size of a baby and then turn to an adult and say they’re also small, unless they’re saying it in a kind of ‘I bet you were tiny as a baby weren’t you’ sort of thing.

Some of these answers are just baffling.

I agree with pp's that this is a weird thread😅 I was worried it was me who was the weird one.

To the posters who have had comments about being small, It does get annoying because people will automatically assume you are small because you dont eat or dont like food or restrict calories. Basically saying/asking if you have an eating disorder.

Imagine asking/hinting to a bigger person that they had an eating disorder directly because of their size

Truth is I'm barely 5.2 have had a small frame all my life I have no hips...no chest,nothing.
I cant manage large portions at all(even regular sized) I get extremely full,very quickly. So I end up eating again a couple hours later. So I am eating enough. I have many small meals. But people dont see that. They just see the bowl of soup at a restaurant or me only having a couple of slices of pizza and immediately say things like ''ahhh..I get it now. U dont eat. That's how you're so small'' or someone else will say I'm small and another person will pipe up and say ''that's because she doesn't eat'' its horribly embarrassing and anyone you've met for the first time assumes you're the girl with the eating disorder

On the few occasions I have gently said I felt offended they would scoff and say you cant complain if you're skinny ..poor little you