This situation happened a while ago, but it still kind of bugs me, and I wonder what I could have done differently.
We were beginning a move into a beautiful cul-de-sac--14 houses. The house we bought was a fixer-upper, so we needed to do a lot before we could get in. In between going back and forth to our old house, we had opportunities to meet our new neighbors, which was fun--lots of kids all around the block.
I was meeting my neighbor directly across the circle and my 6 month old was hungry, so I sat down on the neighbor's bench and nursed. ANother neighbor came down to meet me (man) and says Hi, introduces himself, welcomes me and then leaves. I stay nursing and then 10 minutes later the man's wife comes down and announces, "My husband left bc you were breastfeeding." It STILL bothers me. I didn't know what to say. I knew the house I was at formula fed bc I saw the boxes in her garage as I walked over to say hello.
I was really shocked...I guess I know people believe this way, but to announce it...just seems weird. I may have mumbled something like, "Well my baby was hungry".
What would you have said? Now keep in mind I wanted to say some really sassy things, but I live on this block and need to keep friendships up etc for the children.
We were beginning a move into a beautiful cul-de-sac--14 houses. The house we bought was a fixer-upper, so we needed to do a lot before we could get in. In between going back and forth to our old house, we had opportunities to meet our new neighbors, which was fun--lots of kids all around the block.
I was meeting my neighbor directly across the circle and my 6 month old was hungry, so I sat down on the neighbor's bench and nursed. ANother neighbor came down to meet me (man) and says Hi, introduces himself, welcomes me and then leaves. I stay nursing and then 10 minutes later the man's wife comes down and announces, "My husband left bc you were breastfeeding." It STILL bothers me. I didn't know what to say. I knew the house I was at formula fed bc I saw the boxes in her garage as I walked over to say hello.
I was really shocked...I guess I know people believe this way, but to announce it...just seems weird. I may have mumbled something like, "Well my baby was hungry".
What would you have said? Now keep in mind I wanted to say some really sassy things, but I live on this block and need to keep friendships up etc for the children.