Walked to the shops this afternoon with my baby in his sling, facing outwards for the first time, having a lovely time. I crossed at my usual pedestrian crossing (right outside the primary school) and was about halfway across when a man in a blue car began ACCELERATING TOWARDS ME!!!! Seriously, he was waaaay down the road when I stepped on to the crossing. It wasn't dark yet. And I was wearing a bright red coat.
He was about ten metres away when I realised he wasn't actually going to slow down or stop - he appeared to be rummaging in his glove box. AND ACCELERATING. At the same time.
Cue superwoman-type leap across the rest of the road, bashed into a wall on the other side, screamed "it's a fing pedestrian crossing you w**". He noticed me just as I hit the wall and shrugged. SHRUGGED!
And a bloke walking towards me on the pavement looked me up and down and gave me a DISAPPROVING GLARE. Like, being a sweet young mummy with a baby means that I shouldn't swear at people even when they almost flatten us both.
I'm so angry still! I was shaking for about twenty minutes afterwards. This has actually made me feel really nervous about carrying him in the sling on roads. Which is a bit irrational really as if I'd had to get the pram up the kerb we'd probably have been hit.
Now I feel weird and cross and panicky and like I want to stay in my house forever. Near-death experiences have this effect on anyone else? And was I being unreasonable to swear at him? How else does one deal with such a situation?
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Grumpla · 17/09/2009 20:49
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