For reacting to people who treat me poorly..assaulted at the doctors surgery

Do you genuinely believe this? That he actually attempted to knock them down?

I find this bizarre. If you are attempting to run someone over them shouting doesn't stop you surely.

This whole thing is absurd to me. No wonder there are so many selfish people about when they're told this sort of behaviour is fine and correct.

The man PARKED ELSEWHERE. He did not shout at, threaten, scold or anything resembling that towards the OP. He parked elsewhere and went in to his appointment.

What happened after that is obviously his own doing and not acceptable, but the lead up to it was not a genuine attempt to knock someone over. How bizarre.

and no, you don't tell someone to shut their door while you park, you wait for them to finish what they're doing, move, and then you park.

In either case, you don't try and run them over.

once is a mistake.
twice is a deliberate attempt to run her over.

Nonetheless what I have written is correct.
He did not try to run over a mother and child, I'm sure if that was his intention he would have done it. He did move off and park elsewhere. The OP acknowledges this. I suppose if we are being pedantic he could have got out, told her to close her door & stop blocking the space & parked there anyway. He didn't. He moved off and parked elsewhere. You will never convince me that a grown woman purposely antagonising a stranger due to some perceived wrong-doing which was a non event - is right. She was wrong to do what she did. He was wrong to push people. The whole thing could have been avoided.

"He tried to reverse into a space he thought was free, once he was made aware it wasn't he parked elsewhere"

Well.. no he didn't. Re-read the OP
"I waved and shouted and he stopped....then he carried on again so I screamed and shouted at him preparing to smack the back end of his car as I thought he somehow still hasn't seen me and there wasn't room for me to stand out the way. Finally he then moves off, parks opposite and walks off inside without a word. "

So he initially stopped, then after a moment carried on trying to reverse into them.. so she was forced to defend herself and her child a second time.

Had it only been once, and he'd apologised and parked elsewhere, it wouldn't have been an issue (even though i question how you could miss a whole adult standing in the space with the door wide open) but he didn't do that, and he didn't apologise.

What I've learned on this thread.

Lots of examples of angry and passive aggressive and straight aggressive people on this thread who can't cope and feel very affronted when someone pushes (literally, allegedly) back.

Someone once tried to sit in some cinema seats than I had pre booked and paid for so instead of confronting them and demanding they move I got a member of staff to remove them . In my younger days I would have blown my top . Any problems at work I go over people's heads straight to management. Let them sort it out . There are ways of going about things

Plus get your husband to speak up more as it sounds as if he hides behind you OP .
I realised my husband was doing this , so the next time a situation blew up that was of his making I told him to say something. His reply ? Oh you say something, you always do and I'm no good at stuff like that ! He was coming out as the angel and me the villain. So no, if he can fight his own battles now.

If people see you have a short fuse they will load the gun and get you to fire the bullet . I had this in a work situation where everyone moaned about something, got me to arrange a meeting with management and the team and stood there while I did all the talking then denied any knowledge of what I was talking about. People will wind you up and manipulate you if they know you retaliate all the time .

Like other posters have said it's knowing when to pick your battles and where to have them .

@Ghuunvg how does that even make sense, if anything a 'woman's woman' would applaud somebody for wearing a short skirt 🤣🤣

You sound like a very aggressive and angry person. Sorry I triggered with a comment about nasty women on here, you obviously felt I was describing you perfectly!

You sound like a narrow-minded little person with your "that kind of woman" and "woman's woman" judgments. Do you judge women by their skirt lengths too?

What a dramatic reply. He did not 'try to run over a mother and child' he tried to reverse into a space that he thought was free, once he was made aware it wasn't he parked elsewhere. Some people have such a bloody victim mentality it's astounding. He was also minding his own business waiting in line for an appointment before things escalated into a push which is unacceptable. Whoever is responsible for violence is at fault straight away. I know I will be flamed for this but if a person was shouting at me about going to specsavers and close enough that I felt threatened I might try to make some space between us. Nobody has come out of this covered in glory. But to suggest an elderly man purposely drove towards a mother and child 'to make a point' and 'tried to knock them over' is ludicrous.

@Ghuunvg you're exactly the sort of 'woman' I was talking about, thanks for proving my point 🤣🤣

Absolutely
There's your version, my version and the truth. As the saying goes.

Oh get over yourself

You sound quite proud of yourself like you're some kind of fiery scarlett ohara character, I think this OP is some kind of weird hunt for validation

Ultimately you were a dick. Imagine being genuinely so ill waiting in that waiting room and having to listen to this

@NoOrdinaryMorning absolutely agree with this. One thing I've noticed since being on here is that there are a few who aren't 'women's women', and will comment purposely inflammatory things to upset somebody and put them down even. Like the ones commenting on here questioning the OPs parenting and making out she's bringing up her child to be abusive. Another post I saw recently was a woman asking for advice on a dress she wanted to wear for a date and there were people commenting taking the piss and laughing at her.

In situations like this I think it would be interesting to hear the man's - and receptionist's - accounts. There are always two or three sides of a story and the reality is somewhere in the middle.

This!

I've known men like him, who will passive aggressively park right next to a woman getting her kids out of an SUV just to highlight his 'anti-SUV' stance (& dominance). So that he can say "Well you shouldn't have such a big car then, should you?!"

Let's summarise that shall we? He tried to run over a CHILD to make a passive aggressive point! Then physically PUSHED mother whilst HOLDING said child.
Yet according to Mumsnet, it is SHE who is in the wrong because she said something?!?!?!

Seriously on the verge of quitting Mumsnet, after only recently joining as this is fucking unbelievable

Exactly. Nobody knows what somebody else is going through so as the saying goes be kind! And don't be a dick in a drs waiting room!

Some of us drive SUVs for medical reasons! I cannot get into a vehicle any lower than an SUV because of my spine. This may not be the case for OP, but please don't judge everyone who drives one as you have no idea of their reasoning

I do not see everybody defending the man. I see a lot of posters correctly stating, that the OP was unwise to challenge the man in the surgery, whilst holding her young child. And it would seem that she had another child with her as well, who was no doubt distressed by the whole incident. It could have been avoided. The man was not seeking her out in the surgery, to start with her.

Who shouted? Who screamed? You've just made that up!

I honestly cannot believe everybody here is defending the fact that this man ASSAULTED a woman carrying a child 😳 WTAF

Good on you for calling out his behaviour! It's not great that the receptionist was pushed and they should ban him from the surgery for that. Sick of people thinking this type of behaviour is ok.

When he got out of the car he could have just said sorry and done that's the end of it no need to comment about the size of the car. He knew it was wrong and could have seriously hurt you.

I've recently called people out on a few things including colleagues who would play snog marry avoid very loudly about other colleagues making myself and a few others visibly uncomfortable. It had come to light this was also on social media. HR didn't do anything so I said to them do you want to put that on the company emails and repeat that so everyone can hear. Their response was we're only having a laugh...others then said they didn't think it was funny and it has finally stopped. It wasn't a crusade it wasn't a feeling of justice I was just fed of people being nasty.