Yesterday I went for a walk around where i live with DH and 3 year old DS who was on his bike. We encountered a few fellow walkers or cyclists, the majority of who either crossed over or we did the same to keep a good distance.
We saw one lady in the distance who crossed over. Just as we got close to where she was on the other side of the road, she crossed over so she was directly in out path meaning we had no time to move other than stand as far as we could to the side on a narrow pavement. She then stopped and started asking for directions. DS is naturally friendly and inquisitive so rolled his bike towards her to say hello and I had to try and pull him back. She started to make a joke about how he needed to keep his distance - after she'd walked right over to us I tried to keep as far away as I could whilst managing DS and politely let her know we didn't know the address. She then kept engaging in conversation with DS and made a joke about me eating all the ice cream (heavily pregnant...)
I just don't understand why you would do this int the current situation. Especially when we've got a young child who won't fully understand what to do. I'm probably being overly cautious due to pregnancy but it's made me really cross and worried in case she has passed something on?
I was probably about 2 metres from her, DS maybe got a little closer and conversation no more than 1 min.
Not long later, someone else did similar but didn't stop to talk. Think that's my daily walk over and done with as far too stressful!!
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Overreacting about Walker getting too close?
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Secondchild2019 · 20/04/2020 09:47
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