FFS this woman fancies herself as Jeremy Clarkson

[HarrietJones]

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Sorry, I just get really cross with bf being made out to be something to be hidden away. From NNW's tone I got the impression that she doesn't really like any one bf in public. If NNW isn't comfortable feeding in public then I feel sad for her, but no one should feel that it is objectionable to others. It's just a baby having some food.

What if we went to a Zoo and saw a baby mammal feeding from it's Mother, should it be locked in a shed?

I think that article was very offensive and frankly I don't care if NNW things we are a nest of vipers.

It's very poor editorial standards to give space to someone spouting what is clearly just a campaign speech by formula-nazis (see we can do it too).

If you don't like it don't use the library that day - FGS it's not like your water supply is removed. I don't particularly like folk music and am offended by the woolly pullies of the attendants of a local music festival. Should I write an essay on how offensive it is to me and send it to the local rag?

Shame on that 'journalist'. She makes me embarrassed that used to be my profession TBH. I hope I was never such a prig.

I cannot believe how you are so suspicious of anyone who doesn't fit in with your views. FYI this article was forwarded to me by a friend (who has just given up breastfeeding) after we had been discussing Myleene Klass' comment ab out the brestapo. And guess what, we agreed with Myleene!! As a new Mumsnet user I was interested to see what other people thought. I will continue to breastfeed - but I will be doing it discreetly and not at restaurant tables. And yes I do eat out in restaurants a lot. But I would not feel comfortable breatfeeding at the table in Harvey Nicks in Manchester.

northnorthwest - can you answer my question posed at 15.41?

Thank you!

Oh well thank God for that - let's all go to Harvey Nicks Manchester so we won't be confronted by NNW breastfeeding

northnorthwest, would you feel comfortable bfing at the table at harvey nicks in leeds instead? I'd treat you to cake. And a decaff.

If anyone wants to buy me coffee and cake, I'll be at the Harvey Nics in Manchester.

Can I suggest NorthNorthWest tries Yummy's Cafe in Brick Lane instead?

Snigger whomoved

Thank you Moonface! Bit of a trek from Manchester though! First nice comment since joining this site yesterday -although probably tongue in cheek. I am surprised how embarrassed I feel now about wanting to keep my breastfeeding a private thing between me and my son. It's actually quite upsetting even though it didn't bother me at all first time round.

vintage JC wrote a similar article last week.

Re the library- they meet in the children's section which AFAIK is a separate room to the rest so only people with children would be in there!

Northnorthwest, it?s fine if you want to do feed privately, but not fine to suggest other people have to do the same. I?m happy for you to feed your son any way and in any place you please, I would hope you would be happy for me to do the same.

northnorthwest - you are playing the victim card. Your very first post to mumsnet - your first post ever to this whole site - started like this:

"I have just joined Mumsnet but I am really shocked at the nastiness of some of you - who probably pride themselves on being nice mothers."

This is not a good way to introduce yourself to a community - and it's not surprising people were not terribly 'nice' to you.

You went on to say:

"The people saying horrible things like "knob" are really unpleasant and you give this website a bad name. I hope the other people on this site aren't as stupid. If they are I won't be a Mumsnet member for very long."

Why on earth would you expect people to be welcoming to you after that? 'Unpleasant'? 'Stupid'?

It's like joining any conversation or party or meeting - you don't jump in and tell people you have never spoken to before that they are nasty and you don't like their language and that you hope others there are not as stupid....

Sheesh.

Cosmosis:I didn't think I quite said that. But if that's the impression I gave then I am sorry. I obvously haven't quite got to grips with the Mumsnet thing.

Are yes, the breastapo - they abducted me and sent me to a breastfeeding camp at gun point, it was terrible!

I don't care if other people are ashamed of breastfeeding their own babies (how sad for them though), I don't care if other people are embarassed about seeing babies being fed - I'm only interested in my own baby's comfort, and my comfort, and will feed him however and wherever we both want.

And another thing, north, your second ever post had these words in it , directed at another poster:

"Clearly you were just being obtuse".

And you went on to accuse posters here in general of sing 'poor form' and being 'highly unintelligent'.

I think you have got off lightly, to be honest! I refuse to accept any whinging from you about waiting for your 'first nice comment' !

sing = using

I don't get how you can hide away and bf your baby away from the table if you have another child. Do you drag them away from their meal too?

tiktok: excuse me but if I went to a party/meeting and heard a woman describe someone else as a "knob" then I am afraid I WOULD find that unpleasant and uncouth. How does objecting to that make me a victim for goodness sake? Just because I object to agressive language?

northnorthwest - sweetie may I really, really urge you to defect to netmums - knob is a really mild term on here (and you may want to leave before Friday night kicks off unless you want a real education in sex related vocabulary ).

Can I just ask though, without being rude, where exactly you feed your baby if not at the table - do you sit on the loo or something? :(

If you went to a meeting and overheard someone say 'knob' about someone else (ie not you), would you immediately launch into a paragraph of complaint such as you did with your first post? Including words like 'stupid' and 'nastiness'?

Or would you perhaps ask the chair to make a reminder about appropriate language?

And if it wasn't a meeting, but just a conversation, would you jump up and launch a diatribe about nasty and stupid then? Or would you, instead, wait a while, joining in the conversation first before complaining?

Gosh NorthNorthWest should be jolly glad she's not been in some of the board meetings I have. The language is considerably fruitier than that!

And another thing.....did the title of the post itself not show you that the language on mumsnet might not be to your taste?

You do know what 'FFS' indicates, don't you?

So why did you open the thread? Just to make a complaint?

(well, I know, whomoved - but I am indulging her and my analogy!)