She's "hearing" anonymous whispers. Not just once, she speaks as though it happens every time she gets her kid out of the car. A vivid narcissist imagination and a victim hood attitude could make for some interesting translations of something as simple as one guy quietly telling another that his zipper is down. She sounds paranoid to me.
My husband and I adopted a baby and when I would get my child of the car I would avoid eye contact with onlookers because I could hear their whispers of, "She's not disabled! Or--if she is--she has no right to have a child!"
And your point is? People say things like this all the time. I couldn't believe some of the stuff I heard when I was out somewhere with my SIL who had blown up like a baloon due to medication she was on.
Not just once, she speaks as though it happens every time she gets her kid out of the car.
I didn't read it as though she was claiming it happened every time, just that she was bracing herself for it every time. Believe me, I braced myself for the comments any time I went out with my SIL.
She sounds paranoid to me.
Then you've been very blessed never to have endured the kinds of things she and my SIL endured.