I'm a keen anti-smoker. At least, I won't tolerate it in my own house and I wouldn't hesitate to tell someone to stub it out if they lit up in those circumstances.
We went to a BBQ over the weekend and met a couple we had never met before. I'm 39 weeks pg and the woman in this couple asked me if I'm planning to bf, which I'm not, and that's exactly what I said.
She obviously had a bit of an issue with this, told me how wonderful her own experience of bf had been etc. I could see she didn't approve. I made positive noises to the effect of "oh it's nice to hear it worked out so well for you".
All the time, this woman was chain smoking all over her three year old daughter, which, apart from the health side of things, I don't think sets a great example.
Each to their own, the three year old is not MY daughter, her decision to smoke is none of my business.
But why is it ok for her to have an obvious opinion on my choices...or rather....why didn't I react? I couldn't think of the right words to say at the time....