Called a pervert for breastfeeding

[mush4brains]

I know that some of the reasons people breastfeed are lost on some people but I am really hurt that one of my closest friends called me a pervert last night cause I am still breastfeeding my nearly 8 month old son. She has told me before she thinks its perverted to bf a male. It all happened via text & when I called her she has refusded to pick up. I am now left really hurt/angry/shocked/upset. Has anyone else come across this kind of name calling for breastfeeding?

You have every right to be hurt, angry, shocked and upset. I was told the same thing by a security guard when I was BF my seven month old very discreetly in a corner of a cafe. He yelled at me

Anyone who says such things is very rude, inconsiderate and showing how little they understand about babies, motherhood and breastfeeding.

I'm sorry this happened to you

Gotta feel sorry for folk that say things like this.

Makes you wonder what happened to them to think this way, havent you?

hee hee, you want to see the faces of people when I tell them that my 8 month old is still exclusively breastfed. (She refuses all kinds of food, and Im not pushing her- shes as chubby and bouncy as anything)
That upset my MIL that one

well i bf my daughter til she was 2 ffs! tell yer mate THAT! i must be the biggest pervert around.. and bfed my ds til 16mths..gosh, a boy! i got so much sexual pleasure from it, its untrue ..

Your so-called friend sounds like a right eejit.

I'm still bf my ds (almost 7 months) & intend to for some time yet, even tho' my parents want me to stop. You're doing the best thing for your ds & you've gotten past the hard bit of getting established now so just keep going for as long as you both want

A woman in our toddler group got accosted by the manageress in a launderette in Inverness when she was bfing her baby girl - the woman was screaming that it was disgusting & that men could see her & it would serve her right if she got raped! Some people just have not got a clue.

So sorry your friend is treating you like this
If I'm still bfing ds when he's 8 months I'll be so pleased and proud

"serve her right if she got raped"

what is the matter with people like this??

My husbands Aunts boyfriend (there's a mouthful!) has this attitude. He said BFing once they could talk (!) was perverse. He is supposed to be an "educated" (ha) man and Dhs aun works in the NHS. Just a shame I didn't BF past 9/10 months, I'd love to be Bfing DS now at 14 months infront of the old moron.

I think its the most natural thing in the world & have no intention of stopping & will just stop when DS wants to- mind you do hope this would be before he went to school!!- but thats so far in the future. I just think its jealousy about struggling to have a baby & she doesnt want her life to change at all when she does have one, as I know she has said when she has a baby no intention of stopping doing what she wants. Now that would be nice but we all know not possible & bfing can be quite a tie- one I love though so for me not an issue & I am far too lazy to get up & make bottles up & sterilise etc- or even for that matter express- much easier to just wop them out & stare at people that look. Am quite harden to it from outsiders now, but then am lucky as have never been worried about feeding in public- odd really as when I was pregnant said I could never do it.

Is she for real????
I second whoever said she should be called mush4brains.
Seriously though, I wouldn't bother contacting her at all. She is clearly incredibly narrowminded and talking out of her arse. What you are doing is perfectly natural - after all the WHO recommends that children should ideally breastfed until the age of 2.
Who needs friends like that, especially as she is such a coward she daren't make that comment to your face!! Oh I'm on your behalf!

GreebosWhiskers: I thought it was illegal to stop a woman from breastfeeding her baby in Scotland? Your friend should have called the police.

Mush4brains: your friend sounds like a bitter idiot with problems, tell her to go argue with the World Health Organisation!

She is the one with the problem, and she is the one who is not worthing of having you as a friend.

I would dump her for good!

Sorry though you must be upset and disappointed in her...((((hugs))))

Bananabump - it is supposed to be illegal to stop a woman breastfeeding a child under the age of 2 here in Scotland. Unfortunately she was so shocked & humiliated that she just ran out in tears. This happened again just a few days ago, this time in a Tesco store - dh pointed out an article in the Courier about a woman feeding her tiny baby on a bench inside one of the entrances & a staff member told her she'd have to leave Again, the poor woman was so humiliated she just left but a friend did complain to the store who issued a statement apologising for the 'mistake' & saying it shouldn't have happened & wouldn't happen again

I think businesses face up to £2k fines if they breach this law so not much of a deterrent for the bigger companies.

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