I know IABU - just lost it over a parent and child space

That woman had no right to berate you like that, could she not see the state you were in, or something? These spaces are a courtesy, as has been said numerous times. It is a shame that people seem to be getting so twisted over them.

A few weeks ago I got absolutely slaughtered by a woman for parking in a m and b supermarket space. I'm pregnant and I've awful Spd again in this pregnancy., where I can barely walk. I parked for 5 minutes in a mother and baby because I genuinely can't carry anything heavy very far or push trollies. I just needed a few things. I was cursed at by this lady. I did apologise and try to explain but it was just the aggression that was hard to deal with it. To be fair I get that I shouldn't have parked but I was really stuck.

Erm I’m sure that’d help matters

Also for those saying about disability in this the man whom park in the last parent/child space parked next to an empty disabled bay (so not disabled).

You don't know that. He may not qualify for a blue badge but it doesn't mean he doesn't have a disability.

@Smartiepants79

Gee it's almost like different people have different hormonal journeys.

You'll be one of those women who if you breeze through menopause will blithely throw scorn at women who are suicidal 🙄

I've had SO many moments where I briefly drifted into a daydream fantasising about doing just this. Particularly when I had a newborn, and saw children (age 12+, not in car seats, able to get themselves in and out a car) being driven into those spaces.

The absolute struggle of trying to get a tiny baby - and actually worse, a planking toddler - into a car seat in a normal space watching that used to make my blood boil.

Good on you. Yes, it was totally ridiculous to put yourself in this position, but you absolutely lived out my fantasy there....

She shouldn’t have parked there.

But you pursued someone into a shop to pick a fight and make an utter spectacle of yourself. While your young child was in your care.

Inexcusable.

Well done OP. She sounds awful, driving dangerously and parking in a space not for her. Of course she should be called out. As for all this nonsense about her having her a knife…she’s just an arsehole who thinks she’s more important than anyone else not sure why she’d be going shopping armed 🙄. Just explain to ds what she did wrong and why she shouldn’t. Think I’d be more angry about the driving than the parking though. Just because really you can park anywhere with kids and manage. Maybe not as easy but it’s not undoable. Dangerous driving has far worse consequences!

Yes it may just be things have got a bit too much for you, and emotional regulation has gone a bit off. Try to switch off from it now and let it go. Try some self care this evening and if you are still experiencing negative emotions try one approach which I think is good, opposite emotion - so if sad try to smile, watch a funny video etc. also try talking it out calmly and getting enough sleep,

Those spaces benefit others just as much as a parent and child. The meagre space of a regular parking bay makes it damp near impossible to manoeuvre a toddler or baby out of a car seat without dinging the car next to you.

Poor you. I know how it is to completely act out of character because something just tipped you over the edge. She sounds like a selfish bitch.

On parking spaces… I think they all need to be bigger. They are never big enough for my car (XC 40) and several times I’ve had to clamber in via the passenger seat.

It's absolutely anti-social to park in a parent and child space if you don't have a child with you.

🤨 I’ve had ‘pregnancy hormones’, twice, at no point did they make me aggressively accost a randomer in public.
She put herself at risk.
She made a bad decision that could have gone very wrong.
Presumably she didn’t post on here to get a load of pats on the head and positive affirmation.

I watch too many crime dramas but I'm a major wuss- what if the other person was in a mafia family or has an over protective brother/ husband/ dad ??? 😅🤣
Sorry op very unlikely but don't antagonise people !!!!

I don't mean to kick you when you're down OP but following someone I to a shop and shouting at them is an unhinged thing to do! Work on your anger about little things. Life is too short to lose it about the little things.

Go give you kid a hug and chill the fuck out

Behave 🤣🤣

I might get angry if an able bodied person took a wheelchair spot (my brother is disabled) but I would never react over those parent/child spaces.

I don't think there's much point in AIBU but try to reflect on what's going on for you, it's definitely not healthy and even apart from the risks of antagonising random people who could get really angry back you could be in trouble with the store if the person makes a complaint, but even more, for you, try to sort out what's wrong and destress your life from the outside and inside and think about values and how you want to behave as you obviously feel bad.
Tomorrow is a whole new day :)

You both behaved badly. Your son might not have witnessed it, but you upset him over a parking space. Was it worth it for that and the stress to your unborn child?

You know what OP, we all try to be balanced and rise above it but sometimes in life people just really get on your fucking nerves! I try to avoid it because I always feel like shit after a confrontation but people do make it hard sometimes 😁

Surprised you are getting such a hard time tbh, it was her in the wrong! Good on you for speaking up.

Hornonal rage is a thing. Just as menopausal rage and premenstrual rage is. Is it ideal? No. But it is an explanation and a reason to go easy on yourself.

It can be bad enough that it is considered a psychiatric condition and considered in law

Agreed. Good on you OP. She might think twice next time! Why should she get away with it! Bad behaviour should be called out more often then people might stop acting like such dicks because they can!