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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was it vaccines? IVF? Religion?

I think it’s very rude to go into someone’s house and insult them. That puts you in a position where all you can do is ask them to leave—which is also rude.

It’s really hard to say if you overreacted without knowing what happened. It’s hard to imagine something non-political that would elicit such a strong response on either side.[/quote]
Yes, it is one of those things. [/quote]

I'm trying to imagine your scenario based on one I found myself in at my house during a dinner I was hosting for a group of my husband's college friends and their wives.

I didn't breastfeed my twins - they were premature and had issues latching and for a variety of reasons we ended up bottle feeding them. It worked for us, it worked for them, and I'm not sorry we did it. However, I was once berated by a woman who told me my kids would be weaklings for their entire lives and wouldn't flourish in any way because I couldn't be bothered to feed my children as nature had intended. She also suggested that the fact that I have always worked (she does not) meant I didn't really want my kids so she couldn't figure out why I had bothered to even have kids. It was nasty and completely unprovoked and something I have never experienced in real life (only here in on DCUM...). I wanted to slap her (which is not something I have ever done or ever frankly ever wanted to do) but instead I ignored her and turned to talk to the other person next to me. She kept going on and I just did my best to tune her out. Since that day I've never spoken to her or invited her to my house again, but I was not going to play her game and take her bait.

TLDR, I think you should have disengaged from the conversation. I do think there can be times for reasoned dialogue where you may be able to change someone's mind about something, but that doesn't seem like it was the case here. So walk away. [/quote]

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