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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Appropriate-Pipe9788 on 2023-07-11 21:41:12.
As a note: my daughter is 11 months old and I’ve exclusively breastfed her from day one. We’ve have struggles from me not producing enough, but we’ve overcame it and I’m very proud, considering with my son I was only able to breastfeed about three months because of lack of supply and poor latching
I was at a family picnic the following weekend and got to see my aunt who lives far away whom I don’t see often. I was sitting next to her catching up when my baby’s dad brought my daughter over saying she wants to nurse. I unclipped my right side of my nursing tank (the side away from my aunt) and my daughter latched on. My aunt asked if I wanted something to cover up and I said no thank you, my daughter pulls off any cover I’ve tried and not much of my breast was exposed except my nipple which my baby was covering. She made a joke about me having no shame which I laughed off, then told me even tho I’m comfortable feeding her without a cover maybe she or the rest of my family isn’t. I told her I was more Interested in me and my daughter being comfortable for the 10 minutes she would eat and if it bothered her she was welcome to move. She then scoffed at me but didn’t move, making a weird look at me then going into her phone and halting our conversation. I don’t think I was out of line, but I heard her complaining to my cousins shortly after and they told me I shouldn’t feel so comfortable “flashing” my family. In nicer words I told them to fuck off.
I don’t feel ashamed to have to feed my daughter, but I’m wondering if I’m just so used to it it doesn’t feel like I’m doing anything inappropriate. Should I have handled that differently? AITA?
Kid has to eat. She does not have to look. NTA.