Is this school mum trying to intimidate me??

I think this would work well. I'm a coward, but I think even i could pull this off.

This must be comment of year right ?? 🤣🤣🤣

This above!
Try not to give her too much thought if you can.

You can be strong in yourself without being confrontational and feeding in to her unhealthy behaviour repetition.

Also it’s good to keep your body language relaxed but confident.

out of sight out of mind helps you both if it’s practical and doable.

It’s always good to play save with unknowns and not fall into unhealthy behaviour yourself.

You don’t want a stranger having some emotionally negative impact over your day, she’s not important but might want you to make her feel so by soliciting a response at her creation.
Some individuals fall into looking for that feel of cause and effect to feel something they need.

Try not to fall into wondering about her motives, or making assumptions about her, just focus on yourself and your goal of staying calm, focused and relaxed if it happens again, a simple internal mantra like a happy “f*ck it” might help, you choose what helps.

Remember OP:
You are important in this world and do a lot of good I’m sure without even realising it. Don’t let this incident distract you from feeling good about yourself. Life is challenging enough right now without superfluous distractions. That’s all she is, an unhealthy superfluous distraction if that helps?

Good luck OP

Do you stand out or appear different or unusual, or vulnerable, in any way OP?

Find out her name if not already aware, assume she has a mental health condition or eyesight problem, report her to the police or DVLA on the presumption that it affects her ability to drive. If you believe that she has a car licence.

She sounds like a prick and one of those loud mouth school mums. I’d walk into her next time.

If it happens again, I’d say to her that it’s happened several times and is she okay? (In a fake pleasant, ever so slightly sarcastic tone.) Show her you’re aware and look her straight in the eye with a “don’t start dishing me your bs” look! Maybe her DH has made a favourable comment about you and it’s prickled her!

Preempt her and do it back to her and if she says something say ‘oh I thought that’s what we did now, randomly walk across someone for no apparent reason!’

We used to call it being ‘boyed off’.
it was definitely a thing so no reason for it not to be 10-15 years later 🤷‍♀️

Just stop where you are and brace for impact, I do it quite a bit if people are being pig ignorant or not looking where they're going.

Is there any reason why you’re drawn to me like a magnet? No, fuck off then!

She sounds unhinged to me and probably bored. Maybe these encounters liven up her day, who knows.
You can either completely blank her, or ask her in a pointed tone, if she's got a problem. She'll back off then.

Lol no, dodge round her and yell Tee Hee!! Next time run past her you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!

Only kidding. Do none of these. My advice is let the school/ your child's teacher know that you are finding her behaviour unsettling and that you just wanted to make them aware. It doesnt matter what her intentions are, thats not for you to ponder. Her behaviour is unwanted.
That's all. Then wait and see if she escalates like a nut case or not whilst staying away from her or simply saying good morning and waking past.

When you see her walking towards you, start waving like a lunatic & shrieking really, really, really, loudly "Hi deliberate wrong name, something similar haven't seen you in ages.... bet she'll start avoiding you then 😁

If she's not 'dog rough' (love that 😂), she's either jealous of you, or she fancies you.

Are you better than her in any way she'll be aware of? Looks, husband, intelligence or wealth? Don't provoke her in case she's wanting to lay into you and is looking for an excuse (I mean, this sounds unhinged but then, there are weirdos out there). I kind of like the idea of just stopping and doing nothing, so she has to walk round you.

I wouldn't do or say anything confrontational (or that might be construed as a challenge), because tbh she sounds a bit nuts. Avoid her whenever possible and just be completely bland and serene. Let her rude weirdness roll off you like water off a duck's back. She's the strange one, whatever her motivation.

Could she be autistic? It sounds like shevis socially awkward and using a strategy to try to engage with you to me.

She sounds so pathetic. I’d ask if people like this really exist but I can see one of the mothers at my daughter’s school doing this if she thought she wouldn’t get a strong response. So give this woman one. Stand your ground. It’s the only way to deal with bullies.

I would speak to my child's teacher about it and ask what the hell was up with the woman.

You don't have to move - just carry on

I would deliberately look her way and walk towards her "oh, hi we just seem to run into each other all the time, isnt it funny? What class is your child in? Mine is in x, he likes history alot, isnt the teacher great? Im trying to find a book on the french revolution but with a feminist perspective, you dont know of any do you? If not...." and blablabla BORE her out so completely that SHE will be the one avoiding you in the future...

Ps. I actually did do this once (to a dad who I felt really uncomfortable around because he always suggested getting together for coffee just the two of us even though I knew his wife) and YES it worked 😄

Are you very attractive op? Sometimes women do this to attractive women….it’s very odd.

The thing to do - and this works like magic - is to stand completely still and don’t look her in the eye. Maybe even turn to face away.

If you see her coming,don't engage and cross the road. Don't even look at her.
She sounds rough as arseholes. This is the sort of behaviour I'd expect from those loudmouths that turn up to school in their pyjamas everyday. She'll move on if you don't feed into it.

Get on your phone and ignore her.
Have a pretend conversation. She will have to walk round you.