Do any smokers think this is ok??

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Out for the day today with newborn DS (6 weeks). Sat down in an outdoor eating area to breast feed, lots of spare tables and plenty of space. Shortly after he started feeding a couple sat down right next to me, only a couple of chair widths away and started smoking. I am an ex smoker and all for an individual's right to smoke outside, am not at all preachy. But how many smokers really think this is ok, to light up right beside a feeding newborn?? Especially when there were plenty of seats and also we were in a park so they could have smoked anywhere. We got up and left after giving them a bit of a glare which I don't think they noticed tbh. Felt really pissed off for the rest of the morning!

I am not a smoker, and haven't ever been.

I wouldn't like people smoking near my baby, but outside, on another table? I think you're getting it out of proportion. Would have been nice if they'd sat further away, but you could (and did) move

I'm an ex smoker too, and, no, I don't think that's ok.

Even before the smoking ban, whether smoking was allowed indoors, outdoors, in special smoking areas, whatever, I never smoked where people were eating.(or babies feeding, in your case)

Smoker and no definatly not. I don't smoke near children feeding or otherwise.

I have recently taken up smoking again after a brutal break up so I am a lot more forgiving than I once was... but no I would never ever smoke near a baby, even if there were no other seats I would stand up. Do you think maybe they didn't notice the baby, if you were breastfeeding and the baby is tiny?

No that's just rude, I can't believe two separate people thought that was alright.

Yes, did they actually notice you had a baby? It may seem obvious to you, but they didn't necessarily give you a second glance.

No chance they could have failed to notice my baby as we are having trouble with b.feeding just now so he was breaking off and crying quite a bit. So I suppose that made me extra intolerant as I was already getting upset and stressed trying to feed and then suddenly we were in a cloud of smoke.

I'm a smoker, and I wouldn't have done this even if you had no baby.

If I can't find a space away from others to smoke, I don't have a cigarette. Or I walk miles

DH is a smoker and won't smoke next to someone with a small child or someone eating. In your case that would cover both bases! Even when you could smoke indoors these were absolute givens.

They were rude and selfish.

It seems like some people like to be near other people.
Tons of spaces in a car park & you get someone practically parked in your passenger side.
Lots of spare seats in the cinema & they'll either sit right in front of you or behind you kicking your chair!

I remember bring in a pub pre smoking ban, tons of spare tables & we were eating and this old woman came & sat not even 6ft away from us & gave us a load of abuse as we couldn't move as she was blocking us in, plus were already eating.

Some people just don't care & want to cause an argument, they were selfish.
Good on you for feeding your 6wo outside, I've only just got the hang (and confidence) now at 12 weeks

Im an ex smoker and I don't think that its ok! It was my choice to smoke and I would never smoke around children/babies.
I was at a café the other week sitting outside and the table next to us waited until we had gone before he smoked, I know this because when we were getting ready to leave he asked us if we were going as he was waiting to have a smoke.

This happened to me at the weekend but it was more awkward as I knew the people a bit so I couldn't move away and they had a baby with them too so if I'd said anything I'd have felt like I was criticising them for having the baby there.