A man told me how I should have reverse parked. I told him to floss and use a stain resistant toothpaste.

Shades of 'Beef'! (The Netflix series)

What would you suggest?

Anyway, the OP doesn’t have to be ‘classy’ just cos she’s a ladyyyy, she reacted in the moment as anyone would and that is fine.

Also, there is nothing less classy than the word classy, FYI

I think what you said was funny, I might use it myself if the opportunity arises. He sounds a twat who was trying to sap your confidence, so well done for putting him in his place.

Love this! It's nice when the right words come at the right time isn't it.

I remember when I was about 7 months pregnant a total stranger said 'You're very big, aren't you!' to which I responded 'you're very rude, aren't you!' DH wanted the ground to open up and swallow us but I'm still rather proud of that one. In all credit to her we ended the chat by concluding if it isn't okay to talk about another person's weight when they're not pregnant then doing it when they're full of hormones is probably a double no. She laughed, I laughed. All was well.

Oh I feel your pain. Earlier this summer when reverse parking a chap stood in front of me doing the hand movements and shouting out "down right with the wheel" or whatever, which I always find very confusing.

Once I had parked perfectly, I thanked him.profusely for his help and added with a smile, "I find my rear view cameras so helpful for parking".

I was reversing into a space once when a man appeared out of nowhere and started flapping his arms around in an unwanted/unneeded attempt to guide me in. I told him to fuck off which is most unlike me.

I've also had a man congratulate me after I reversed into a space in Tesco car park as "women can't usually do that".

quite right.

He’s lucky you didn’t run over his foot

The thing that annoys me is unsolicited advice from men while I’m manoeuvring into a parking space. I’m actually quite good at parking and I don’t need any help. I never look like I’m struggling so there’s no need to offer advice, and I’d prefer not to be distracted by random men standing too close to my car making hand gestures. Arseholes.

Priceless! I am crying with laughter.

Well done for not retiring passively. When did it become the recipient's burden to absorb insults?

If he's going to give you an unsolicited opinion, you are completed within your rights to give him one. You're still smarting from his unkind assessment. Maybe he's rethinking his dental hygiene (or ... knowing Brit men, probably not, ugh.)

And 'yeah, thanks, Grandad' would have been an equally good answer but an insult to the many excellent Grandads everywhere.

Why though? He gave unsolicited advice and op gave him back unsolicited advice - if he could take it, he shouldn’t be giving it out.

asking him not to do it, probably get you nowhere
next time he might stop and think

Do not apologise, OP, and do not feel bad. These sad little men (and it’s ALWAYS men) need to be told to keep their sad little opinions to themselves. Ignore the “be nice” or the “rise above it” brigade. Stoop to their level to make sure they understand when you tell them to go fuck themselves.

They never take put downs from a woman well, and that’s what makes it all the more enjoyable

DHOTY Contender.

Why should the OP have said nothing, or said something 'classier' or just politely agreed etc. she was going about her business when this giant knobhead decided he needed to swoop in to give her some of his magical man knowledge. He deserved to have something said back to him.

@Hoppinggreen what would your response have been?

When I was new to driving, my first car was an very unwieldy, fuck-off people carrier that had all the finesse of a brick on wheels. Anyway, my first trip out in it and I parked in a bay at the shopping centre that had a bollard in front. I overestimated the length of the bonnet and dinked into the bollard, not hard enough to do any damage but hard enough to make a decent "doompf" sound. Helpful Man™️ walking past stopped and tapped on my window specifically to say "you've hit the bollard, love". Thanks, Captain Obvious.

I did have a genuinely helpful man a few weeks ago then when a White Van Dickhead blocked my swing out of a space so I had to way of getting out without reversing out of my bay, reversing past the length of the van, and out into the main road that I couldn't actually see because of the stupid van. A man walking past clocked what had happened, asked if I needed help getting out and then went out into the road to stop the traffic whilst waving me out. White Van Man returned during this and he gave him an earful too.

Magic ✨

YANBU

I was reverse parking into a very tight space. A man stopped walking and decided to watchme shaking his head. When I caught his eye he said you won’t get in that space

Well I did and jumped out before he could walk away and said well that’s a great bit of parking isn’t it with the smuggest smile on my face 😄

he wasn’t smiling

😂😂😂

Seriously?

As women we are judged on our appearance our entire life

Man should brush his bloody teeth dirty bugger

I would have said

"Why don't you mind your own business, I'm not interested in your condescending mansplaining"

Yours was way better

You stopped to his level which I think makes you sound worse off op. You went very personal which isn't nice.

He may not have been stropping. He may have been running to get his floss

You’re a better woman than me OP.

My last comeback in this sort of situation was at least I didn’t come out in my slippers.

I was once told off for a man for parking outside my own house. He slowed down his car and berated me through the window.

He picked the wrong day. I followed him home and asked him what his bloody problem was. Twat.

I disagree

I think it was clever AND funny