Audacity for Stupidity

Just to vent about young, uneducated women having babies.

We went over to a friend's house a few weeks ago (we'll just refer to this friend as "A" and their other friend as "B") when another of their friends stops by.

Friend "B" just had a baby and they both just got released from the hospital. Her daughter was born with an upper respiratory infection and had to remain in the hospital an extra five days to clear up the infection. As she enters our common friend's house, she asks repeatedly that we all put out our cigarettes (which I understand) because she doesn't want it around her daughter. Friend "A" asks us to step outside if we want to smoke. Everyone is okay with that.

Stephen went outside and I followed him to keep him company and to let our Friend "A" visit with their Friend "B". Stephen is about halfway finished with his cigarette when Friend "B" comes out to join us.

Friend "B" strikes up a conversation about having babies, how breast feeding is better and raising them in a healthy environment while she lights up her cigarette. She proceeded to tell me that she didn't want her daughter around cigarette smoke or nicotine.

How do I tell someone how hypocritical and dumb they are without sounding stand-off-ish? I don't know Friend "B", she is a friend of our common Friend "A".

I really wanted to scream and slap the cigarette out of her hand and say "How can you breastfeed your child nicotine and have such a problem about the smoke? It causes just as much damage as the nicotine you are sucking in your lungs right now and feeding to your newborn daughter. You're getting her addicted before she even has a chance to make a decision for herself."

Simply stated, I rolled my eyes at Stephen and walked back up the stairs to Friend "A's" apartment. I had had enough of her gibberish.

Anyone else have crazy stuff like this happen? How do you handle it? Do you say anything? Did I have a right to say something to her about her daughter? I have no kids so I am not sure, but I am not that dumb to complain about one thing just to turn around and do it myself.