A woman was left outraged after a stranger made an ‘inappropriate comment’ about her baby while they were in a supermarket.
Taking to Mumsnet, the mother explained that she was busy shopping with her child when a man suddenly approached her and made a comment about her baby.
“So I honestly don’t know if I was a bit too touchy about this and should’ve just smiled and moved on, but a random man leaned into my face and said ‘he looks like he’s smoking a cigarette, look how he’s holding that crisp,’” she wrote.
“It completely rubbed me up the wrong way and I said ‘thanks for that random man in the supermarket, that’s exactly the kind of comment a mom on her own in the supermarket needs to hear’. He responded ‘don’t be stupid it was only a joke.’”
The mother said that she told the stranger he doesn’t know what might be on a person’s mind when he makes comments like that.
“He tutted and said ‘really it’s a joke, so ridiculous’ and walked off.’”
The woman said she was left feeling uncomfortable as other shoppers were staring at them and she thought that she was a step too far.
She also explained that she lost both parents to cancer and that one of the anniversaries was in a couple of days.
“Was I unreasonable, or was this random man really in need of my response?”
Many people were quick to share their thoughts on the matter, with one person writing: “I would not have ignored that comment no matter what kind of day I’m having. Why random men feel the need to comment ‘joke’ about others is unbelievable. Would he have said the same thing to baby’s dad?”
Another said: “Sorry for your loss. I think I personally would’ve ignored that comment but I don’t have the same experiences as you do.”
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