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To think DH did nothing wrong here?

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Challas · 29/11/2024 21:21

On my way to do the school run in the dark I nearly slammed into a little black car that was broken down just around a blind on our very rural 60 mile an hour road. I noticed a woman alone sitting in the car. I called DH and asked him to go at least put cones around the car but also to offer to the woman for him to stay with her (in his car) or come stand on our drive so she didn't get killed sitting in the car. He went up to her and she politely declined (all fine but he was legitimately afraid for her). He did then drive back around the bend and sat there with his hazards on to slow any cars coming down. Eventually the recovery van came for her and all was well until a few hours later we had the police at the door saying this woman reported DH for having made her feel threatened!? He's now said in the future he just won't even offer help if he's in the same position again. The police were fairly aggressive with wanting to know exactly what he said and did so clearly she was very uncomfortable.

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PixieLaLar · 30/11/2024 03:15

I imagine the part that freaked her out was him giving his address and suggesting she waits on his driveway in the dark and cold….and what is she meant to walk to this driveway of a man who she doesn’t even know, on a 60mph rural road?

SidhuVicious · 30/11/2024 03:14

Neveragain35 · 29/11/2024 21:31

It sounds like the best intentions, but I imagine if she had twigged he was waiting around the corner she would have got a bit creeped out. He offered help and she said no, he should respect that.

So she gets to choose to put the lives of strangers at risk? I'd have respected her wishes to not get in my car but would probs still have done what I could to prevent another person ramming into her on the school run and maybe killing themself and their children.

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 03:13

WiddlinDiddlin · 30/11/2024 03:11

What is it with the wilful mis-readers here?

It's very very clear the OP's husband offered to stay with the woman in his own car... he didn't offer for her to get in his car with him nor did he suggest he got in her car.

He made it clear who he was, where he was from, why he was there, and offered a further option for her to stand on the driveway.

She declined, that's her choice however I don't actually think it is up to her to decline having someone warn other road users of a hazard ahead, it wasn't just about her preferences and her safety, was it?

@Challas She sounds like a total twat and shouldn't be driving. Sorry your H was rewarded for his kindness by having the police called!

There's only one tbf 🙄

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 03:12

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:52

Wow the charm schools must be so proud.

The op statement is ambiguous, the subsequent posts massage it to fit your narrative. I know what I believe that poor woman heard

Were you there??

You clearly didn't go to charm school did you? Or any school?

WiddlinDiddlin · 30/11/2024 03:11

What is it with the wilful mis-readers here?

It's very very clear the OP's husband offered to stay with the woman in his own car... he didn't offer for her to get in his car with him nor did he suggest he got in her car.

He made it clear who he was, where he was from, why he was there, and offered a further option for her to stand on the driveway.

She declined, that's her choice however I don't actually think it is up to her to decline having someone warn other road users of a hazard ahead, it wasn't just about her preferences and her safety, was it?

@Challas She sounds like a total twat and shouldn't be driving. Sorry your H was rewarded for his kindness by having the police called!

SidhuVicious · 30/11/2024 03:11

Marblesbackagain · 29/11/2024 21:34

I don't care if it's a blizzard I ain't letting any stranger into my car. Hardly unreasonable.

OP said he offered her to wait in his car, not get in hers. Given the current temps I don't think that's so weird. Although I also understand why some people would be unnerved. I'd probs see it as a bigger risk to sit in the dark in a black car just around a blind corner on a high speed road.

StandingSideBySide · 30/11/2024 03:01

betterangels · 30/11/2024 02:23

Thinking for herself would have meant she would have put her hazards on. At a minimum.

Plus put cones out the other side of the bend.

nb always have those collapsible cones in your car just in case

StandingSideBySide · 30/11/2024 02:54

Bendy rural roads are such a nightmare and there’s always a potential for something like this to happen
The driver should have put cones out if she was on a bend. She’s very much at fault in that regard.

Your dh did his best, he tried to help and sitting a distance away with his hazards on was very kind . I’m guessing she just didn’t understand why he was doing this.

Despite all of the above I do understand a women may have been scared by a man she doesn’t know talking to her whilst she’s alone on a rural road.

I don’t blame your husband for not bothering to help again.

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:52

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 02:49

There's only one poster with challenged intellect here and here's a clue, it's not the several posters who have challenged you!!

Godalmighty, it's like picking a scab!!!

Wow the charm schools must be so proud.

The op statement is ambiguous, the subsequent posts massage it to fit your narrative. I know what I believe that poor woman heard

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 02:49

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:49

Hun is dialect of a multitude of places. Urban dictionary tends to relay a class language.

🙄

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 02:49

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:47

Again for those of challenging intellec, the op can clearly be read as he offered to share a car. I read subsequent posts as back tracking.

What's more likely? Because let's out it like this the police turned up. If they were unconvinced by her report they wouldn't.

Denial is what I reckon is the real issue

There's only one poster with challenged intellect here and here's a clue, it's not the several posters who have challenged you!!

Godalmighty, it's like picking a scab!!!

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:49

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 02:44

You started it "hun" 😂

Live a little lol.

Hun is dialect of a multitude of places. Urban dictionary tends to relay a class language.

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:47

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/11/2024 02:42

So, you don’t believe the woman embellished her tale to the police, but you do believe OP has changed her story about what DH did? Inconsistent but, again, suits your narrative.

Again for those of challenging intellec, the op can clearly be read as he offered to share a car. I read subsequent posts as back tracking.

What's more likely? Because let's out it like this the police turned up. If they were unconvinced by her report they wouldn't.

Denial is what I reckon is the real issue

adriftinadenofvipers · 30/11/2024 02:44

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:15

@adriftinadenofvipers a bit unfair to quote Urban dictionary slang hardly universal. I can assure you no I haven't nor have I ever partaken in alcohol. Good enough,?

You started it "hun" 😂

Live a little lol.

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/11/2024 02:42

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:37

No I am not. I have copied it ver batum ran it through AI.

I don't hate men, I hate men who are patronising people who made a woman fear and ring the police!

And seriously I very much doubt he provided such clarification as the OP didn't and obviously back peddled!

So, you don’t believe the woman embellished her tale to the police, but you do believe OP has changed her story about what DH did? Inconsistent but, again, suits your narrative.

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:37

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/11/2024 02:32

No, I won’t apologise, because you are lying. OP has repeatedly clarified what she meant, i.e. DH would stay with the woman, while she sat in her car, and he in his. And you have already been told this. But, because you hate men, you’ve chosen to twist the facts to suit your narrative.

No I am not. I have copied it ver batum ran it through AI.

I don't hate men, I hate men who are patronising people who made a woman fear and ring the police!

And seriously I very much doubt he provided such clarification as the OP didn't and obviously back peddled!

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/11/2024 02:33

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:30

for him to stay with her (in his car)

I have thrown this phrase into AI and asked does this mean both people in one car. The answer was yes.

So it isn't the ,"readers" that are the issue!

Well, if “AI” says it, it must be true. Get a grip.

MemorableTrenchcoat · 30/11/2024 02:32

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:11

It's in the op " I called DH and asked him to go at least put cones around the car but also to offer to the woman for him to stay with her (in his car)"

Care to apologise for calling me a liar,! @MemorableTrenchcoat

No, I won’t apologise, because you are lying. OP has repeatedly clarified what she meant, i.e. DH would stay with the woman, while she sat in her car, and he in his. And you have already been told this. But, because you hate men, you’ve chosen to twist the facts to suit your narrative.

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:30

brentwoods · 30/11/2024 02:27

the black and white text says IN HIS CAR. His car, meaning the husbands car. Not in HER car, the stranded woman's car.

It's exactly what the OP states. Why is that not understandable to so many "readers" here?

for him to stay with her (in his car)

I have thrown this phrase into AI and asked does this mean both people in one car. The answer was yes.

So it isn't the ,"readers" that are the issue!

betterangels · 30/11/2024 02:29

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:24

That is not what the op states! It isn't beyond reason this is what the woman believed he offered

It is in black and white

It really is what she says.

brentwoods · 30/11/2024 02:27

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:24

That is not what the op states! It isn't beyond reason this is what the woman believed he offered

It is in black and white

the black and white text says IN HIS CAR. His car, meaning the husbands car. Not in HER car, the stranded woman's car.

It's exactly what the OP states. Why is that not understandable to so many "readers" here?

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:27

Hilarious so everyone else is misreading when the text is ambiguous at best. How the hell are women meant to know which are the attackers, they don't wear a badge!

brentwoods · 30/11/2024 02:24

Your DH did nothing wrong. She was as stupid and unreasonable as all the posters here who can't read.

It really is getting tiresome around here lately. 3 posts in and someone is both misreading the actual text and the man's intentions. 🙄

Marblesbackagain · 30/11/2024 02:24

betterangels · 30/11/2024 02:21

Yes, with them sitting in separate cars. He was offering to wait with her, not luring her into his car.

That is not what the op states! It isn't beyond reason this is what the woman believed he offered

It is in black and white

betterangels · 30/11/2024 02:23

Edingril · 30/11/2024 02:21

But you decided for her what she needed, you took the control away from her an grown adult in order to think for herself

And you decided she needed a man as was incapable to think for herself, you did this because you wanted to feel better about helping someone because you decided they needed it

Thinking for herself would have meant she would have put her hazards on. At a minimum.

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