Today, while in line at the supermarket, I told the lady behind me that she had a cute baby. She shot me a disgusted look and straight up accused me of being a pedophile. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was grocery shopping, feeling good about myself, until when I was waiting in line at the checkout, a small kid in his mother's arms in front turned to look straight at me and said, "Ewwwww." FML
Today, I waved at a baby while standing in line in a store. It started screaming. Its mom looked over in mild concern and gave me a disturbed glare before moving to the next checkout counter over. FML
Today, while shopping, I saw a little girl and her mom. The girl was pouting so I tried to cheer her up by asking her if she was a princess, because she was so pretty. She smiled but her mom looked at me with disgust and told me to, "Get lost, pedo." I'm a 17-year-old girl. FML
Today, while at the grocery store an elderly woman farted very loudly next to me. Everyone in the aisle looked our way. The woman pointed at me, and left the aisle. I received many disgusted looks from children and their parents. FML
Today, I got bitched out by some lady in a Walmart because I looked at her funny while she was on the phone, loudly bragging about "slapping the shit out of" her kids. FML
Today, I overheard a lady tell her child in a store that, “If you don’t stop crying, I’ll tell that guy over there to take you away.” She was referring to me. FML
Today, while I was out shopping, a fairly hideous-looking woman stormed up to me and accused me of ogling her, saying, "As if I'd ever date you!" Less than a minute later, she'd somehow managed to bully me into falsely admitting to it and apologizing. FML
Today, I saw an elderly woman struggling to reach the top shelf in my local grocery store, so I went over and asked if she needed help. She then accused me of flirting with her and had me escorted from the property. FML
Today, while in line at the grocery store, I was going over the witty but caustic things I wish I'd said in an argument earlier. Turns out, I was saying them out loud. The cashier gave me a weird look and said, “Are you okay, ma'am?” FML
Today, I was at the grocery store, when a little boy looked up at me and asked if I was a prostitute. FML
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edraptor 11
I hate people
Jowisee 29
You just can't win with some people.
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lulinator 40
Definitely sad. A male friend of mine stumbled upon a lost child in the mall once and was on his way over to help, then decided against it for fear of accusation of being a pedophile or kidnapper. So he went and found a nearby female to approach the child and ask if she needed help.
Thorn9000 17
I'm so sorry OP. Strangers always called me cute as a baby but my mom never freaked out on them like this woman did you. Though she did have a tiny heart attack at a restaurant in Japan when a waitress asked to hold me,then took me back to the kitchen to show me to everyone.
corky1992 33
I'll never understand why strangers think it's okay to ask permission to hold a child. I would have went ballistic if someone did that to my kids. What that waitress did is not okay.
Thorn9000 17
Well we were in Japan,they might have different views on that and find it normal to ask to hold someone's baby. Like how in the US it's considered rude to slurp noodles or soup, but in japan it's considered polite.
blobbertthethird 24
Some stranger reached into my niece's stroller and adjusted the way she was sitting because she thought my niece was in the wrong position. Didn't even ask the mother.
HeartYou101 31
I was in a coffee shop with my granny a few months ago and a lady my gran and me barely knew was there and she let her 1 y/o crawl on the floor. When she went up to pay, the baby was crawling towards the front door (that opened inwards) beside me, so without thinking, my babysitting instincts kicked in and I automatically scooped him up without thinking to avoid him getting hit by it, since the mother didn't see what he was doing while she was at the til. I sat him on my lap while she was finishing up paying, but before she came over I kept thinking "oh shit, is it rude I picked him up without asking?", but she came over, put on his shoes, jokingly asked how could I pick him up because he's so heavy, picked him up from my lap and walked off. Expecting my gran to tell me off, she just said "Isn't he lovely? He got so big since I seen him last". As I said, I only seen the woman around town before this and she would be kind of acquaintance of my family. It probably depends on the person and they see you're not causing harm to the child, they don't mind.
olillia 16
They're asking permission, #38... I don't see how that's not okay
vikky538 29
Just because the baby is cute.. That doesn't mean that the mom is not crazy...
NotCollegeBound 17
As a somewhat-new parent, let me tell you: 99.9% of parents with young kids appreciate a remark like yours, or even a smile or a quiet, "Aww." She just happens to be in the .1% that has to be offended at an innocent remark. Keep doing what you're doing, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.
hoosiergirl94 31
You should have loudly said "I don't go for ugly kids like yours"
corky1992 33
She needs to get off her high horse. I hate people like this. Not everyone who compliments your child is a damn pedophile.
BiGTiMeNeRD 29
Well you shouldn't have said that while masturbating.
Severefear 7
Women looking at and complimenting a baby is "nice". When men do it it's "creepy", "scary", and "sick".
Sanosukeskitten 22
Some people...*shakes head* Don't worry OP, a lot of mothers like to hear that about their baby, and as a mother of a 9 month old preemie, I love hearing people tell me how my daughter is cute.
Sweetmia 3
These kind of things pisses me off. A guy cant go to park alone or compliments a baby/child without some parent assuming he's creep. Women can be just as creepy, they need to stop pulling that double standard bs.