To want to tell the loud, simpering mother in the post office queue to keep it down?

[Nicdigby]

OK, now I accept that we all talk nonsense to our babies, even in public, especially when they do funny things, BUT this woman today in the post office was REALLY loud, REALLY simpering, and was doing the whole "oooooh aren't you a gorgeous laughing boy, Mummy loves you when you're that....doesn't she? oooooh, she does, she does, yes, Mummy's talking all about you.....oh you're smiling, oh Mummy loves that, ooooooo, yes you are, Mummy loves you...." Non stop.

And she was doing it so loudly and so smugly that I just wanted to tell her to shut up. The poor baby was only a few months old and was probably wanting her to shut up too!

I mean, really, the whole post office queue could hear her and she had this simpering look on her face that I just wanted to say "oh, PLEASE, get a life you sad cow".

God I am getting so intolerant these days. AIBU or do you agree that sometimes other mums' simpering is way over the top?

exactly my point countess dracula. She was so over the top and simpering and it was clear she was doing so everyone could think what a wonderful person she was. Ugh.

yes, well, completely reasonable then

can see it irritating (used to find it myself) til caught myself doing it (mainly as am stupidly worried re dd being bored in pushchair thanks to that stupid report on pushchairs )..however I'd be mortified fi thought was v.loud . also with wheover went on about showing off reading on trains..

did she have a fancy pushchair and was she wearing boden?

i doubt she was doing it on purpose

I sometimes must sound a bit 'simpering' but to be honest i dont give one

CrackFox, I think I did say I am all for distracting a child on the plane but...

Very short fuses on here tonight, are we due a full moon or something?

Oye Compo.

Watch it!

I think there are lots of interesting planetary stuffs going on at the moment . . . someone somewhere is up to no good anyway

Depending on what kind of mood I'm in, I will give a smile at the gushing mum, but if it's pre-mens time, I end up glaring at mum and baby.

You might want to practise going to your happy place a bit more often!

I would find it annoying too.

YANBU to want to tell her. But don't actually do it.

MNers on another thread are dying to know about the £65 lunch

next time she will hopefully keep quiet then and not bother talking to her baby lest members of the public take offence

sorry half a message lost there
"some nosey MNers (inc me )"

maybe she could 'whisper ' to her baby so as not to upset the adults

stealth, I asked that question a few posts back

nicdigby declined to answer must have missed it

Gawd, if you'd seen me aprox 4.9yrs ago with my PFB you'd have been annoyed too.
I used to talk to him all the time, I must have simpered for Britain.
If I see anyone doing that now it just makes me feel all nostalgic and it's lovely to see.
I hope you're just having a bad day and not normally so coldhearted!

i know mincepie, don't think she's been back since
thought it couldnt hurt to add to the request

OP, I know it's norty, but tell us what happened?

God, I hope this wasn't about me in the Post Office queue today with 3 mth old in sling about to go ballistic because the queue was huge and it was hot - talking complete junk over the top of the baby squawks. Then it turned out I was in the wrong queue and had to start all over again, so yes, YABU.

And I want to know about the £65 Christmas too...

Is it just me???

its not just you squeaver

busted methinks

and breathe..............

Oh FGS. another ranty rant from someone that only seems to start contentious threads.

[sigh]

sorry, been off doing DS's dinner. The thread was removed sadly about the Xmas lunch. But it is all true, my in laws do charge for hosting Xmas. And it was clear from getting 200 responses in 2 hours, all saying it was disgraceful, that the in laws are unreasonable on that one, not me.