A man called me stupid in front of my daughter

Nah, OP came to Mumsnet to crow about how she hit a woman with her pram when she was busy gawking at her phone, insulted the bloke who got annoyed with her for it, and then hoped everyone would join in for a big man-hating frenzy. Thankfully the majority of posters on here seem to disagree with her actions, and my faith in human nature has been restored.

I never claimed the man wasn't a bad parent. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of the woman judging him for calling her names in front of her child, when she immedietely does the same thing right back. In front of her child. Not exactly quality parenting, is it?

Where did I say I disagree with her writing the post? I said the post clearly hasn't descended into the man hating frenzy OP was hoping for, although you're seemingly absolutely desperate for that to happen. I wonder why?

Right so the definition of a bad parent is <checks notes> coming into MN to ask about a situation? Thats what makes him not a shit parent but makes the OP a bad parent?

Also - you’re on here. Why are you on here if you disagree with people starting posts?

Well feel free to educate me on what exactly I'm misunderstanding here.

1. OP is too busy browsing social media (ahem, sorry, taking her urgent GP phonecall) to look where she's pushing her pram.
2. OP hits a woman's legs. Prams are bloody heavy and this likely hurts.
3. Woman's husband refers to the OP as just about the tamest word you can think of, privately, to his wife.
4. OP overreacts, in front of her kid, calling him the same name back to his face, and then turns to Mumsnet to hope that everyone will crow with her about how well she did standing up to the terrible, abusive man.

Thankfully, given the results, most posters on here aren't brainless dolts.

I'd be irritated if someone nudged me with a pram cause they were on a phone!

Nah, OP came to Mumsnet to crow about how she hit a woman with her pram when she was busy gawking at her phone, insulted the bloke who got annoyed with her for it, and then hoped everyone would join in for a big man-hating frenzy. Thankfully the majority of posters on here seem to disagree with her actions, and my faith in human nature has been restored.

Nah, OP came to Mumsnet to crow about how she hit a woman with her pram when she was busy gawking at her phone, insulted the bloke who got annoyed with her for it, and then hoped everyone would join in for a big man-hating frenzy. Thankfully the majority of posters on here seem to disagree with her actions, and my faith in human nature has been restored.

She acknowledged her mistake by apologising.

The man should have moved on.

Instead he escalated the situation by calling Op stupid.

And OP rightly responded.

Exactly this.

Did you read the context of the post? That is how this would go if the OP was a man who bumped into a woman.

Followed by 18 pages of people quoting definitions of assault and how you don’t need to be physically injured to be a victim.

TBF @Kibble29 isnt saying that she’s making fun of potential responses

1. As I said, if you don’t believe the OP, why even comment on the thread? What a waste of time.
2. You keep saying rammed when she hasn’t said this at all.
3. I doubt you would be so nonchalant if someone insulted you in your hearing. So someone could swear at you and as long as they were talking about you, not AT you, you’d be fine with? Sure 😂
4. See no 3 😂

OP hasn’t come on Mumsnet to complain, she’s asking if she was BU to call him stupid. And I for one think she wasn’t at all!

Assault 😂

So the next time someone bumps into me, should I sue them for GBH?

Assault 😂

So the next time someone bumps into me, should I sue them for GBH?

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word hypocritical. The OP made a big show of pointing out that the man referred to her as stupid (in a private conversation) in front of her daughter, implying he's a terrible person for doing so and she's somehow above such behaviour ... before immediately throwing the insult right back at him. In front of her daughter.

Again, the man might be the worst parent in the world, but he's not on here complaining about the OP's behaviour, is he?

Yep.

“A “GP call” isn’t an excuse to assault someone”

”What were you thinking? Is this your first time with a pram? Are you always this much of a bad dad?”

”I’d have called the police.”

Don’t bother saying sorry it isn’t good enough!

Jesus wept, are you feeling OK?

OP hit a woman with her pram. Show me where it says otherwise.

1. OP didn’t have to give details of why she had her phone in her hand.
2. She didn’t. What makes you think she did. Do I need to spell it out for you?
3. Well if the OP was talking about the man to her GP then yes it’s her business. It’s not a private conversation when you’re slagging off someone within earshot
4. She responded to his initial insult.

She only claimed she was waiting for a very important GP call as a drip feed once posters started disagreeing with her en masse. Oldest tactic in the book. I can say that I'm waiting for a very important call from the Prime Minister, it doesn't make it true.

Still don't understand why you keep claiming she didn't hit the woman with her pram. She did.

It wasn't a conversation she was involved in, so yes, it was private. By your logic, the man would have had every right to start chipping in to her very important conversation with her (imaginary) GP, since that wasn't private either, right?

Usual nonsense double standards that the man can't insult OP in a private remark to his wife but it's perfectly acceptable for her to hurl insults directly at him. Only to a man hating loon, of course.

Maybe he is a shit parent. But he isn't the one running to Mumsnet to complain about how offended he is, is he?

@namechangetheworld i hope you’re very very sorry and are taking responsibility for your mistakes when misreading the OP. Imagine if we all just went around misreading OPs. Don’t bother saying sorry it isn’t good enough!

Very differently

She only claimed she was waiting for a very important GP call as a drip feed once posters started disagreeing with her en masse. Oldest tactic in the book. I can say that I'm waiting for a very important call from the Prime Minister, it doesn't make it true.

Still don't understand why you keep claiming she didn't hit the woman with her pram. She did.

It wasn't a conversation she was involved in, so yes, it was private. By your logic, the man would have had every right to start chipping in to her very important conversation with her (imaginary) GP, since that wasn't private either, right?

Usual nonsense double standards that the man can't insult OP in a private remark to his wife but it's perfectly acceptable for her to hurl insults directly at him. Only to a man hating loon, of course.

Maybe he is a shit parent. But he isn't the one running to Mumsnet to complain about how offended he is, is he?