To the guy sitting by my side on the metro today: I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's gross, but not NEARLY as gross as the guy squirting semen on women. So...yeah. I can't imagine nursing on Metro, not judging you for doing it, but that was just never going to be even close to within my comfort zone.

Well, as nearly all men love a glimpse of breast, no matter how they get to glimpse, he probably was thrilled. As for a man squirting semen, well, he would be arrested.

As a woman, however, I do have to say some things should be done in private and BFing is one of them--definitely not on Metro, in a restaurant, or in the theatre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gross! You definitely should've apologized! My own breast milk grosses me out (esp when people say to taste it to see if it's gone off) so I can't imagine having someone else's squirted on me. Not that it would've been the end of the world but still...

How sad for you that a natural bodily function is "gross." Bet you don't like pooping either.
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I Feel Sorry For Your Kids! Hope you don't pass your issues on to them!

[Anonymous]

I equate this with sneezing on someone else. You should have apologized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross! You definitely should've apologized! My own breast milk grosses me out (esp when people say to taste it to see if it's gone off) so I can't imagine having someone else's squirted on me. Not that it would've been the end of the world but still...

How sad for you that a natural bodily function is "gross." Bet you don't like pooping either.
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I Feel Sorry For Your Kids! Hope you don't pass your issues on to them!

Hey PP, I guess you love your own poo and snot too, right?

[Anonymous]

I'm not 11:47 (definitely would not equate breastmilk with poo) but wonder if the mom who is grossed out by it is grossed out by cow's milk as well? At least breastmilk is a HUMAN lactational fluid..

[Anonymous]

Hey, the guy sitting next to OP got a good peep show of her tit and boob. The breast milk squirt just made the case for blue balls.

[Anonymous]

OP,
This happened between which stations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's gross, but not NEARLY as gross as the guy squirting semen on women. So...yeah. I can't imagine nursing on Metro, not judging you for doing it, but that was just never going to be even close to within my comfort zone.

Well, as nearly all men love a glimpse of breast, no matter how they get to glimpse, he probably was thrilled. As for a man squirting semen, well, he would be arrested.

[b]As a woman, however, I do have to say some things should be done in private and BFing is one of them--definitely not on Metro, in a restaurant, or in the theatre.

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that a fellow woman has said this in 2010 makes me really sad. Somehow I thought that in this day and age, in this progressive city we wouldn't have this type of attitude towards breastfeeding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's gross, but not NEARLY as gross as the guy squirting semen on women. So...yeah. I can't imagine nursing on Metro, not judging you for doing it, but that was just never going to be even close to within my comfort zone.

Well, as nearly all men love a glimpse of breast, no matter how they get to glimpse, he probably was thrilled. As for a man squirting semen, well, he would be arrested.

[b]As a woman, however, I do have to say some things should be done in private and BFing is one of them--definitely not on Metro, in a restaurant, or in the theatre.

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that a fellow woman has said this in 2010 makes me really sad. Somehow I thought that in this day and age, in this progressive city we wouldn't have this type of attitude towards breastfeeding.

And this "fellow woman" is probably the same sort of conservative who criticizes poor women on welfare for "sitting on their asses" after childbirth, "collecting welfare," instead of going back to work -- in restaurants, movie theaters, and via public transportation.

[Anonymous]

I think the only thing OP did wrong was not to apologize. Like someone said earlier...stuff does happen. I think many of the BF cheerleaders are being really hypocritical to put this woman down. If her milk was coming out and the baby was hungry -- what was she supposed to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not 11:47 (definitely would not equate breastmilk with poo) but wonder if the mom who is grossed out by it is grossed out by cow's milk as well? At least breastmilk is a HUMAN lactational fluid..

I'm the poster who's grossed out by it; I still feed breast milk to my kid, but doesn't mean I want to drink it myself and I'm certainly not stopping anyone else from breastfeeding their kids. To 11:47, no need to feel sorry for my kids, but it doesn't bother me if you do. Anyone's poop grosses me out, but I happily poop several times a day. And yes, cow's milk kind of grosses me out. I'm a vegetarian who thinks it's odd that we're the only species that drinks someone/thing else's milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why but I call BS... I have been riding metro daily for many, many, many years and I have never seen a person breastfeeding on the train.

Not saying it doesn't happen, but there's something weird about this post.

I agree. I think it was designed to cause an uproar one way or the other. Not that it would bug me if someone breastfed on the train, but I've never seen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the only thing OP did wrong was not to apologize. Like someone said earlier...stuff does happen. I think many of the BF cheerleaders are being really hypocritical to put this woman down. If her milk was coming out and the baby was hungry -- what was she supposed to do?

Get off at the next stop and find a bench! Seriously, what is it between stops, two minutes? Sorry, I am a SAHM, breastfed my daughter for 18 months and a big fan of breastfeeding overall but I never did it on a moving train full of passengers. For one thing, it's not really safe for the baby if you've got two arms holding him/her in position and the train bolts. Just because it's your right to breastfeed doesn't mean you can't be decent about it. I'm calling bulls%it on this post anyway. I had serious oversupply issues, too, but I would have had to have my boob completely uncovered in order for the milk hose to hit someone else.

[Anonymous]

I just hope that it wasn't my husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the only thing OP did wrong was not to apologize. Like someone said earlier...stuff does happen. I think many of the BF cheerleaders are being really hypocritical to put this woman down. If her milk was coming out and the baby was hungry -- what was she supposed to do?

1. Have some idea of when your baby is going to be hungry and arrange your schedule so you're not on the train at that time.
2. Use a nursing cover.
3. Get off at the next stop and sit on one of those benches in the station.
4. WARN the people around her that they are in the line of fire for her bodily fluids.

This has nothing to do with feminism or politics. A woman should have the right to breastfeed mostly anywhere, but that does not relieve her of the obligation to show basic consideration for those around her. This OP knew that she had oversupply issues and that this could happen. Why are her rights more important than this man's right to ride the metro without being subject to someone else's bodily fluids?

You can identify OP's kid in a few years because he will be the one tearing around a nice restaurant or kicking the back of your airplane seat.