How tactless can someone be!?

Sounds like she's just wished a bit of bad karma on herself for that comment.

She should have understood that - even if she doesnt have that problem - its perfectly possible that someone else (in this case yourself) does.

Don't worry about these kind of people...just give it time, it may be her turn next.

Boasting about her own fitness when seeing you struggling says a lot about this woman. Don't give her another thought. She really isn't worth it.

Says a lot about her need to feel she is “one up” My guess is she always envied your happy and stable family life and saw a chance to try and score a point. It’s sad that she felt the need to do that, with no insight into how it might make you feel. Now’t so queer as folk!

I won't. But it really beggars belief!
And is all I need just now when my fitness is plummeting!

Some people are so tactless.
I'd also feel upset by a comment like that .
But they probably don't think before they open their mouths .
Try not to take it to heart .

"Oh dear you are struggling - I walked up Hay Bluff the other day!"

"Really? Pity you didn't stay up there then."

Some people are just tone deaf, and to be pitied for it really.
Well done for going with the family. Unfortunately these ancient houses are very rarely accessible 😕

My mother-in-law's mobility declined but she still enjoyed coming on holiday with us.
One year we went to Mount Teide on Tenerife, my husband and I wanted to go up in the cable car but she said she'd stay in the café. We settled her with a coffee and when we returned, another customer had seen her on her own and bought her a second coffee!
I'd suggest you keep accepting invitations, but adapt to your own limitations.

Pity you didn't stay up there! - love that!

That remark was not tactless. It was downright nasty said with malice aforethought

I agree- not tactless but mean.
Please ignore her remark- she may well fall down some tricky steps soon or even tumble down a mountain.
There's an old saying: pride comes before a fall and this person is heading for a big one I'd say!
You are better than that. Give her no more headspace.

Some people only want to talk about themselves.

I wonder if she's related to my mother? Honestly, some people have no tact or diplomacy or empathy. There is no medal for doing something that is easy to do so she really shouldn't be boasting. Hats off to you when you are still trying to get around even though it is a struggle. 🥇

Turn the page she isnt worth thinking about
...sounds like all the exercise she got paid off

Last week we met up with some old friends. He was DH's best man. DH was saying how expensive everything is and said that he can't afford a funeral. To be honest neither can I. Best man's wife said that she has over £70000 in premium bonds and wins every month and that she gives all her pension to her grandchildren. She also said that one of her sons has four houses. We struggle to cope on our pensions. Tactless in the extreme.

There is a maximum of £50,000 in premium bonds per person, so she’s fibbing Etoile

Tactless indeed. Reminds me of the 'friend' I used to meet up with after her husband died. I felt sorry for her. She said to me once 'Since J died, I go out with people I wouldn't have dreamt of going out with before. No offence'.

It tickles me when people boast about something that is not possible. Is she stupid? The limit is £50000, as Jaxjacky said. If this silly woman is going to lie, she really should get her facts straight. But never mind, you can relax knowing she has made a tw*t of herself! Wonder what else she’s lying about?

I'm reminded of a friend who is six months younger than me. She keeps comparing me to her mother. "Mother had cataracts, she loved that TV programme too, oh she knits for charity as well." I feel like saying I am not your mother's age, I'm your age!

She talks like that Knittypamela because she lacks the intelligence to speak otherwise! In fact, I suspect that she’s a little envious of your ability to knit. FFIW, I also knit, sew and crochet for charity as do countless people of all ages that I know.
As for the person with £70k in PB……..rename her Pinnochio. 🤥🤥🤥

A (former) friend of mine, asked me the following question a bare month after my husband's death, "Don't you find you save a great deal of housekeeping money now that you don't have to buy medicine and tobacco for your husband?"

I was so gobsmacked that I didn't find any reply at all, either forgivable or unforgivable, but I have thought of plenty since then!

Don't worry about that what goes around comes around!

I would have said ‘Bully for you’, turned on my stick, tripped her up and slid down the banister.

Ignore the woman, not worth a second thought. Take it she can see into the future and no illness is going to cause her problems.

100% pig ignorant I’d say, which very slightly excuses her obnoxious and thoughtless rudeness. But hey, she never appreciated all you did to care for and help/enjoy her daughter - her loss - so what could one expect?