Was I rude?

Agreed - I thought the woman overtook her and both going same way, but not the case.
If other woman had to step out thanks would have been good from OP.

But it's also good manners to acknowledge that someone is giving way. To just plough on making it clear you're not going to stop is rude because either a) you are demanding that they do something or b) you are pretending they are not there, that they do not have a valid existence.

Most of manners/ politeness is about saying "you are just as important as I am".

No. If you can't step nto the road, surely you stand your ground and say that?
If we all assumed everyone else had an invisible disability we'd all be waiting for each other and no-one would get anywhere.

No, OP replied to me that they were coming towards each other. So it was that OP was coming towards her and the woman had to step into the road out of the way. Which of course she'd have had to anyway - but an acknowledgement and thank you would have been polite.

Would you have mown her down if she didn’t move?

You mean people should have to be considerate towards a parent and their child by giving way to a pram on the pavement? 🙊 Some people would struggle to come to terms with that because entitled parents innit?

No, SHE was rude.

I have always understood it to be good manners to give way to wheelchairs, elderly, and prams whilst in public.

She was a grumpy entitled cow :)

It sounds to me like she stopped for you and you didn’t thank her for doing so, hence - ‘thank you? Rude girl.’ That’s just how I’m reading it 🤷🏼‍♀️

It is annoying when you hold a door for someone or wait for them to walk past and they don’t just say thanks, but I wouldn’t say anything. I’d just think twat in my head.

Did you thank her for letting you go first?

Yes you were rude.

And you're very easily shocked 🤣

Yes rude, stop move yr buggy to the edge do the person can squeeze past.

So unless you look like you would struggle to step into the road you have to just step in the road?! You have no idea how much pain it might cause someone you can't just assume they will be able to do it easily.

If I understand correctly, you didn’t thank her for moving out of your way into the road? I would move into the road for someone with a pram but I’d be annoyed not to be thanked or even acknowledged. That is rude.

If I was having a bad day, I’d say a sarcastic thank you (definitely not call you a rude girl though) as people with poor manners get my back up.

ETA I’ve seen your update that you did thank her. I’m really very confused by what happened where and when now tbh! But if you thanked her, then you weren’t rude. 😀

I know which thread you meant as I’m on it too but I had to double check I was on the right one 😸

wrong thread!

Yes but these split second decisions can only be made based on the visible. Likewise the woman had no idea whether OP would be able to manoeuvre the buggy to let her by.

This is the sort of thing that was only going to cost either of them seconds, very different to something like the blue badge parking/bus/accessible loo threads.

God, l hate the passive aggressive “thanks” as well. If you have a proper issue with me then just say it. I approach these gaps like you do in a car with who has right of way and continue if you’ve started

Where l live the pavements are manly lovely and wide. Plenty of space for a pram to go one way and a person the other. Problem is a certain number of people think you should say thanks for them stopping walking down the middle of the pavement. It’s just common sense to move over. So l won’t thank them and they may well get a rude reply. It’s normally a certain sub set of people who do it. They never do it to my husband 🙄

i suspect this cat will be better off out of the home of this OP (and the child who’s suddenly popped up with a serious allergy)

I can't see anywhere where you acknowledged her existence so yes that was rude

They were going towards each other

No you weren’t rude. If you’d been going towards her at full throttle and she had to jump out into the road then yes; but from what you say she was behind you.
It was her choice to overtake you and she had to have a little snipe because of the huge inconvenience of stepping partially into the road 🙄 Ignore and move on. No rudeness on your part.

You continued your path on the assumption she would 'give way' to you. Slightly rude.

She courteously made way for you.

You didn't thank her or acknowledge that she'd politely let you pass and that you'd (slightly) disadvantaged her. Rude.

She was sarcastic to you. Rude.

So, you were rude first. You were both rude subsequently.

In future, make eye contact, acknowledge the awkward situation and smile. If she lets you pass, then you should say thank you. If she doesn't, then you can be the one to make a sarcastic comment.

I always give way to prams and those who are less agile than me. But if I'm not thanked in some small way (a smile would suffice) then I silently judge the other person.

So did she stop and let you go past? If she did you should have said thank you and that's probably why she said what she did. If I'm walking and someone let's me go first or it's a tight gap and they stop so I can go I would always say thanks, just like you would if someone held a door open for you in a shop etc

If you’re over 18 (I assume you are!) she was very rude to call you a girl!

I think you did have the right of way but obviously you’d always say thanks even if that’s the case.

Im 45 so not that much younger and wouldn’t expect a woman with a pram to give way to me as some sort of senior citizen!