AIBU to think this lady was nuts? Share your WTF interactions with strangers here

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In the park with 4 year old DD today and she became fascinated with a ladybird which she found near the path. We were standing by the side of the path as DD let the ladybird crawl over her arms and hands. A lady went past with a little kid of a similar age and was looking over, so I said 'we've got a ladybird!' (Not sure why really but I felt the need to explain.) Upon which this woman sort of sniggered and went 'ah..,Chlamydia!' And then just...went on her way.

Having googled, I see that apparently ladybirds carry all sorts of STIs, which they transmit to other ladybirds and not humans. So I guess that's what she meant. But at the time I was like 'What the actual fuck?' 😂 Who even says that to a stranger?!

Does anyone have any similar stories of batshit interactions with strangers to share?

That makes no sense at all. 😕

Because the g-force will suck your uterus right out of you don't you know lol.

It was said a lot to us when we had two then three close together in age.

I think the area we were in there was assumption we must be on benefits - where as we were married 30 year old well educated homeowning professionals interacting with our kids and usually all very happy - it was not bad moments people would say this at you.

I said to DH if we aren't suppose to have kids who is allowed.

However we didn't drive and as I was home with them when younger - we were out in local area before and after school at parks/libraries getting shopping on way back and out and about in school holidays - and I think many kids were in childcare or cars and just weren't seen out and about - so we must have looked poor and odd for being around.

I thought tail first and have been confused why it has thus far been a 100% consensus of head first. I also have autism and adhd so who knows if that is relevant lol

Working in a pub years ago and a drunk man told me I gave the place a bad name because the girls who worked there were supposed to be nice and slim and that's why he drank there but I was fat, I was a size 10 but regardless of that he was a dick.

Woman screaming at me that 'you can't have food open around him!' after her out of control dog snatched an open pack of crisps out of my toddlers hand almost taking a few fingers with them while we were minding our own business on the beach.

And my favorite WTF story ever.
Was about 18, out for drinks with a mate when this older man approached us, maybe in his late 30's. He told us he wasn't from our city was bragging about how he was staying in a fancy hotel and had 10k in his pocket to take us out with if we'd come back to the hotel with him.

When we politely declined he said 'just as well really I live in insert name of rough estate and I don't really have any money just this for my dog', reached into his inside pocket and pulled out some sweaty cooked ham wrapped in clingfilm. 20 years later if I'm going out with that friend we still each other if we've remembered to bring our pocket ham!

And me! "I am Constable Knapweed, and I keep law and order. I watch to see that all is well along the garden border"! Loved it!

No, I was thinking it would be nicer for the fish if they could see out 🤣

My poor husband recently told me about an interaction he had a waiter in a cafe with our toddler son. The waiter was like "Is that your son?? No way!? He's really YOUR baby??? But... he is really beautiful??" The implication being that my husband is a right old uggo. For the record, the baby is beautiful but my husband isn't THAT bad!

I am very very pale, but with very dark hair. I have people stop me in the street and ask if I’m ok. On one of my primary school reports my teacher had commented that I’m pale and am I ill!

I used to work in theatre, where everyone wore those stupid paper hats. A patient said to my colleague “even a pretty nurse wouldn’t look good in those hats”. Rude!

I was in a coffee shop queue with my DS he was probably 7-8 months old. An older lady was behind us and asked how old my daughter was, not to correct her that he was a he I just answered his age. She then pressed me further and asked want her name was.

I had to come clean and say he’s actually a he and not a girl.

She then got very confused and asked if I was sure he was a boy as he was far too pretty to be a boy. I told her I was quite sure he was a boy but she was very instant that he couldnt be a boy. And he looked like a girl.

I must add he was in more boy associated colours too not sat in a dress 😂

This has me wheezing 😂😂😂

A friend used to do fostering and specialised in babies. One weekend she ended up with three ( one long term, one dire emergency placement and one was just for the night) all unrelated but around the same age. She had to get some petrol, went in to pay and when she came out there was a cooing crowd around her car looking at the triplets! She didn’t want to go into a huge explanation so smiled and nodded .

There was a scandal in middlesborough in the late 80s with around 100 children being removed from families because a doctor at Middlesbrough hospital wrongly reported them as having been sexually abused.

She may have heard of it which may have prompted her reaction?

@PinkyGold my mums friend was involved in the aftermath.
They were much younger than DH and. I suspect they were only born in the 80s.
I always assumed it was snobbery.

@CustardySergeant her jaw dropped about 6 feet and she couldn't hand me my change quick enough. Me and DSD had a bloody good laugh about it though !

I was walking with my sister in the high street when a man came up and asked her to race him. She did and I was just standing there like why is this happening

I was about to walk across the road to our local park recently when a car pulled in on the far side of the road, indicating that it was doing so. As I was crossing, he decided to reverse. He reversed SO fast that I was terrified that it was deliberate, that he was psychotic and was trying to kill me. It was only due to my unusually (for me!) fast reactions that he didn't kill or seriously injure me.

Naturally, I was furious. When he got out of the car, he tried to blame me for it, despite me having already been walking across the road, him evidently not using his mirrors, AND him carrying out an illegal manoeuvre on a main road. He then berated me for 'being impolite', I was apparently 'abusive' because I was naturally cross, asking him what the hell he was playing at etc. (I didn't swear) that he nearly killed me and tried to blame me for it. Obviously he was a massive ar5ehole but it was truly a WTAF moment.

My dd was about 16 at the time and had taken her 3 younger siblings to the shops to buy me a birthday present and card

They where standing there,trying to choose when an older lady marched up to them,poked dd in the face and started snarling at her 'it's you fucking young sluts who pop out babies and expect the taxpayer to pay for you!it's disgusting and you should have kept your fucking legs shut!'

Dd looked down at this woman and shouted 'THEY ARE MY SIBLINGS!EVEN IF THEY WHERE MINE,ITS STILL FUCK ALL TO DO WITH YOU!'

The woman shuffled off,but made a point of following her round the shop until they left

NC for this because I've told people irl this.
At a holiday park when my child was 4ish, and I was early 20s.
Go chatting with parents of children my child was playing with. I have no idea how they twisted the conversation to sex ed, but told me they had 'educated ' their 4 kids (early teens- 5ish) by SHOWING THEM! Actually having sex on the sofa.
I made my excuses and didn't allow my child anywhere near them again.
This was a very long time ago, and I was alone before anymore piles on & asks why I didn't call anyone 😔

@Noyanever

I feel that’s on another level, it’s not what I’d even call “batshit” , it’s more horrifically abusive, reprehensible and utterly vile - and obviously criminal. Those poor children 😢

Good on your DD. I wish I had the presence of mind even at my aged age (51) to respond like that when faced with utter arseholes.

I suspect it's for other females who don't feel comfortable having a male tradesperson in the house.

Just smile. They never ever take this as encouragement to continue...