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to have traumatised this lady in boots ?

70 replies

bumpsoon · 07/04/2010 12:42

Went to boots to ask about buying domperidone ,as have heard from someone at LLL that it stimulates breast milk production and i want to try and relactate . There was a lady sitting near the pharmacy counter waiting i presume for a pescription, anyway she clearly overheard my discussion and decided to add her twopenneth worth by saying she thought breastffeding was 'disgusting' and that my baby looked old enough to be on solids anyway . Ordinarily i would of ignored her ,but im feeling a bit out of sorts at the moment and evil to boot ,so i said 'why do you think its disgusting ?' and then before she could answer i said 'oh is it becuase you are confusing it with the nipple tweeking most men call foreplay ? oh its a completely different sensation to the radio tuning nipple fondling in sex and anyone who equates breast feeding with anything remotely sexual must have a very sick mind ,dont you think ' and then turned my back before she could answer ,but lets just say the word 'agog' couldnt have been a more apt word for the look on her face

OP posts:
Uriel · 07/04/2010 12:43

Well done for thinking of anything to say to her! That sort of situation usually leaves me speechless.

JustMoon · 07/04/2010 12:44

Did you really say all that?? Lol!

OrmRenewed · 07/04/2010 12:44

What an odd woman

mamsnet · 07/04/2010 12:45

You're my Hero of the Day!

LynetteScavo · 07/04/2010 12:45

Any one who buts in on a pharmacy conversation is bloody rude, anyway.

Well done!

iMum · 07/04/2010 12:46

bumpsoon i love you!

bumpsoon · 07/04/2010 12:46

I actually felt more sorry for the male pharmacist who looked a bit flustered . I cant quite believe i got my baby addled brain in gear to say it either ,but i did and will remember it fondly for many ,many years to come ,although might go to superdrug in the future !

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EndangeredSpecies · 07/04/2010 12:46

[well impressed emoticon] YANBU.

BunnyLebowski · 07/04/2010 12:46

High Five bumpsoon

Orrible oul bag.

thisisnotwhoyouthink · 07/04/2010 12:46

Good on you!

BusyMissIzzy · 07/04/2010 12:46

YANBU. Good for you

JustAnotherManicMummy · 07/04/2010 12:48

pmsl.

Well done you

YellowDaffodil · 07/04/2010 13:14

Well done

Never understand the mentality of people who think it is acceptable to chip in with their opinions in situations like this and then have the cheek to look suprised when someone tells them off.

SethStarkaddersMum · 07/04/2010 13:17

bumpsoon, that's brilliant - I love the fact that you weren't rude or aggressive, just subjected her to a horrifying level of detail.

fiveisanawfullybignumber · 07/04/2010 13:22

Well done bumpsoon, and you were calm enough to not call her a judgemental old cow, as I did with the woman who told me to give my tantrumming DD2 attention.
Some people just need to keep their noses out of everyone elses business.

Pikelit · 07/04/2010 13:24

Well done. I'd have told her to fuck off and, for good measure, fuck off a little further.

cuppycakesong · 07/04/2010 13:24

Did you get the domperidone? It worked for me for milk production 6 years ago (very premature delivery), but getting a prescription was like asking for crack cocaine. No way I could get it over the counter!

Mouseface · 07/04/2010 13:27

My DS has Domperidone for reflux! Had no idea it did that too!!

FakePlasticTrees · 07/04/2010 13:28

Well done that woman!!!!!

beanlet · 07/04/2010 13:28

Hero

MegSophandEmma · 07/04/2010 13:31

Good Lass!!!

usualsuspect · 07/04/2010 13:40

I've never heard anybody any where in rl say any thing negative about breastfeeding ..how weird ..and if she was old ,surely most of the older generation breastfed anyway?

AppleTreeWick · 07/04/2010 13:51

Brilliant well done you!
Do you think Boots would sell us the CCTV footage?

SolidGoldBrass · 07/04/2010 13:53

Well done! Serves the old bat right for butting in with her unwanted and insulting opinions.

SoupDragon · 07/04/2010 13:56

Respect!!