'Told off' by a random stranger

[hibye123]

I was on my way to an appointment with the Midwife this morning around 10:30am.

I was running late because I was feeding DD and didn't have time for any breakfast. Left to get the bus and grabbed a pack of Salt and Vinegar Squares from Sainsbury's and ate it at the bus stop once I had gotten off the bus.

Minding my business eating my Squares and some woman comes up to me saying 'you shouldn't be eating crisps at this time of the day' I told her I'm pregnant and I'll eat whatever I want when I want. She then said I was rude and unfit to be mum and went about her day!

AIBU in thinking she's actually the rude one coming up to me telling me off as if I'm her 5 year old child lol

The number 4 bus goes to fuck. Hurry up or you'll miss it.

Why would this be remotely reasonable? Do you even need to ask on here?!

@SonOfABench

I was once on an external work training course. a lady who I had never met before told me I was ‘extremely common’ for dipping my custard cream biscuit in my tea.

@Jenasaurus

I was told off for drinking wine by random stranger once, I was on holiday with my 3 DC. my parents and my DP, my youngest was 3 months old so I had a bit of left over baby fat. I had a glass of wine with my evening meal and this lady came storming over and told me off for drinking in my condition, she basically thought I was pregnant and not just fat, but it was the way she said it that was rude, she then clocked I wasnt and said. Oh youre fat, I thought you were pregnant, which made it worse, why are people so rude to others.

Awful bullying behaviour under the guise of 'I'm only thinking of the baby's health/your health'.

Ugh. Hope she tackles the wrong person one day and gets her comeuppance.

You should have tipped as many remaining crisps as possible into your mouth and crunched them extra loudly while smiling at her.

@Dollywilde

I don’t know if you’re visibly pregnant but there’s something about it which attracts busybodies sticking their noses in. During my first pregnancy the only caffeine I had was one single can of Diet Coke a day, and my boss snarkily asked me ‘do unborn babies like aspartame then?’. Wanker.

Really. People do like to stick their noses into pregnant womens' business don't they?

OP the woman was rude. I like the suggested response of "thank you random person, I'll give your advice the consideration it doesn't deserve"

I would have said "Ooh, what's the official crisp eating window please? I didn't realise there was one" 😂 😂

I was once on an external work training course. a lady who I had never met before told me I was ‘extremely common’ for dipping my custard cream biscuit in my tea

Tee hee.

What the fuck was she on about. It's never too early for crisps!

@KloppsTeeth

This could quite possibly have been my ex MIL. If she was about 5ft 3, and looked like a female Elton John it could well be her.

I lived off salt and vinegar crisps for the first 3 months of pregnancy - she needs to mind her own beeswax.

@hibye123

I was on my way to an appointment with the Midwife this morning around 10:30am.

I was running late because I was feeding DD and didn't have time for any breakfast. Left to get the bus and grabbed a pack of Salt and Vinegar Squares from Sainsbury's and ate it at the bus stop once I had gotten off the bus.

Minding my business eating my Squares and some woman comes up to me saying 'you shouldn't be eating crisps at this time of the day' I told her I'm pregnant and I'll eat whatever I want when I want. She then said I was rude and unfit to be mum and went about her day!

AIBU in thinking she's actually the rude one coming up to me telling me off as if I'm her 5 year old child lol

She sounds like a pow. I had to carry salt and vinegar crisps with me to eat slowly through the day as it was one of the only things that would keep me from throwing up in first trimester.

What I shame some people feel the need to go out of their way to ruin someone else’s day.

I was running late because I was feeding DD and didn't have time for any breakfast. Left to get the bus and grabbed a pack of Salt and Vinegar Squares from Sainsbury's and ate it at the bus stop once I had gotten off the bus.

There were no crisps at all in Tesco today! Or on Friday. So I think you are being very unreasonable to flaunt your salt and vinegar squares around!

YABU for eating Squares. I always found them the most disappointing type of crisp.

I had a man shout at me at a crossing once because I had headphones in, he seemed to think this meant I couldn’t cross the road properly. There was actually no noise coming out of them because they had run out of power.

I am envious of you salt and vinegar crisps, all I have is prawn cocktail.
I was once approached by a woman outside a public toilet, I’d just been in a cubicle with my DC where after using the toilet we’d washed her hands. l’d told him to wet his hands before using the soap. When she came over she told me that it was incorrect to wet hands first and you should apply soap
I might have lost my cool a little bit at her, telling her that it was a private conversation behind a locked door in a toilet, and she very much should mind her own business. Especially as she clearly was uneducated and ignorant about good hand hygiene, and that perhaps when she decided to deliberately upset someone perhaps in future she could have at least made sure she was right. DC1 looked at me with wide eyes and asked why that lady had wanted to upset me. That’s the crux of it, why do people feel the need to interfere , as it can be really upsetting.

@ElftonWednesday

All I fancied was crisps, chips and things with soy sauce when I was pregnant with DD1. Definitely a low blood pressure thing, just craving salt.

I'd have asked her at what time of day it became acceptable to eat crisps?

All I wanted was cabbage which is quite good as nobody is really going to tell you off for eating cabbage. On the other hand my DH did threaten to go on hunger strike if he got served cabbage 3 times a day in future (he's disabled so he couldn't cook himself, he has thankfully improved so is still disabled but he can put something in the microwave.)

[quote Lavender24]@LittleDandelionClock I'd genuinely have been tempted to just flash a whole tit at her.[/quote]
😂

@blametheparents

I was running late because I was feeding DD and didn't have time for any breakfast. Left to get the bus and grabbed a pack of Salt and Vinegar Squares from Sainsbury's and ate it at the bus stop once I had gotten off the bus.

There were no crisps at all in Tesco today! Or on Friday. So I think you are being very unreasonable to flaunt your salt and vinegar squares around!

No crisps of any sort in Waitrose on Saturday, either, and very little chocolate!

Loving the descriptions of people's mil.Witches nose and Elton John 🤣

My favourite thing about this thread is the number of pregnant ladies that can't stop eating salt and vinegar crisps.

I can’t stop eating salt and vinegar peanuts. Never been pregnant, I just love them.

Sonofabench, surely that's the only way to eat custard creams

I'd have blown a huge raspberry at her