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

[BarbaraVineFan]

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?

I haven't seen one actual verified example of this. Simply rumour and people saying they were. Where as we have hard core evidence of males in female spaces.

Again, I state even if this supposed 'policing' was happening, you don't think it's the fault of the males who CAUSED this, in the first place, by entering us spaces thus causing women to be on, naturally and understandably, high alert? You seem to be victim-blaming women for their very natural reaction. When if males weren't violating our spaces, women wouldn't need to be on such high alert.

It's not rocket science.

Agree to disagree :)

Males - entering female spaces.

Females - understandably on high alert.

Males and handmaidens - "you females are bad for policing female spaces and being paranoid! It's all your fault! How dare you be naturally on high alert for males!"

Gaslighting and DARVO writ large.

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Kinnel.
Depends where you live.
Up North we'd all have had a laugh about it.
Woman included

Nobody's actually said that, though, have they 🙄

There was a thread on here about a runner for one who wasn't trans at all and was understandably upset by it.

There are an unreasonably large number of dog owners who assume that because they love their little pet everyone else must too. Other people's dogs are only slightly less annoying than other people's kids.

Yes, they actually have when they have whined about women 'policing' other women in the ladies. Don't walk it back. 🙄

And removing that cock and balls doesn’t make him female - his genetics, chromosomes and whole body make him male.

and me 😂
My name is Sir Basil- the king of the herbs.
I like hunting, and shooting and fishing,

Love it 😁

Transwomen are men. I don't want them in mine, my daughter's or granddaughter's space and you don't get to decide that for me. Calling people hateful, bigoted or any other names is just a way to shut people up. I will not shut up, women deserve to have their own spaces, they deserve to feel safe and have comfort and dignity.

Hear hear!

Why thank you so much for invalidating my 'cis' woman experience as a myth. I'm glad to know that it didn't actually happen to me because you said it didn't.

And what is silly about what I said? Please, do tell me? You are the one who thinks men can be women, how silly😂.

But don't you know, if someone on MumsNet hasn't experienced it... it never happened.

(I will join you in the mythology corner, having witnessed it with my own eyes and ears.)

If we need a seperate, non-related, non-biased, person, to witness everything that happens to us... well whats the fucking point of discussion forums. We can just discount everyones first hand experience as lies as theres no one else to verify it.

I have twins and when I was out walking with them one day when they were a couple of months old, a man in his 40s stopped me to tell me I had my hands full. (No sh*t Sherlock!)

He then proceeded to tell me his child making days were over but had his wife ever fallen pregnant with twins he would have shot himself in the head.

He then carried on walking.

Bizarre.

Who won?

With my Dad, years ago, buying a train ticket...

I must have been about 15 making my Dad 57, but he'd had grey hair and a white beard for a good 15 years at this point, so looked a lot older than that... (and of course as I was 15 I considered him practically ancient!)..

The older chap in front is having a lengthy and utterly irrelevant chat with the person in the ticket office. He is absolutely aware we are waiting!

This continues as the clock ticks (rather loudly) towards the time for my train, which does not permit you to buy a ticket ON the train and is the last one going where I need to go.

Eventually Dad says ' Excuse me, but could we buy our ticket please, it is rather urgent now...'

Older chap turns around, looks at my Dad:

'You'll wait your turn, Sunny Jim... I fought in the war for you!...' (Imagine Stans dad from Dinner Ladies!)

What the what now? I was gobsmacked, someone called my Dad Sunny Jim...

And then the ticket sales lady pipes up and it got SO much better...

'You didn't Mr Jones... the war ended when you were 12."

A rapid bit of maths, possible because she'd got his rail pass in front of her with his DoB on it!

I got my ticket, as Mr Jones and my Dad huffed and glared at each other, and I got on the train hoping that they wouldn't come to blows.

When my children were little they were playing with the trolley in a supermarket. They accidentally bumped an older lady. I apologised as did my kids. She then looked straight at me and said " those children should have been drowned at birth" I was so shocked and upset. Luckily my kids didn't hear her.

@Izzabellasasperella oh my god, how awful