To call out a man for barging into me?

I can understand being annoyed and upset. However, I wouldn’t have called after him, purely because I wouldn’t trust him not to escalate things, sadly.

My mum actually did this on a train - she was knocked in the back by a man’s suitcase when he was trying and failing to heave it up onto the overhead rack. She asked him to stop - his response was to immediately get aggressive, and instead of going for the middle-aged woman, he decided to punch my teenage son instead 😢

And to be honest, I was furious with her. She does feel the need to ‘call people out’ on their bad behaviour but never stops to think what could happen if that person is a nasty piece of work who’ll get violent. Sometimes it just isn’t worth it. I know the man was in the wrong, but my son ended up getting assaulted, and was it really worth it? That could have been your son. You just don’t know…

What??

Your mum (presumably no spring chicken ) was being barged repeatedly and had no where to go is she was in a train aisle, and so she just asked him to stop. And you think she was in the wrong for the fact that the violent loon punched your son???! Unbelievable

is this the first time you have been barged by someone?

when was the last time you took the tube?! 😆

I doubt he even knew it was you he was shouting after if he didn’t turn around

he was rude, but not sure I’d have shouted that afterwards as people would just turn to look… at you

I can understand being annoyed and upset. However, I wouldn’t have called after him, purely because I wouldn’t trust him not to escalate things, sadly.

My mum actually did this on a train - she was knocked in the back by a man’s suitcase when he was trying and failing to heave it up onto the overhead rack. She asked him to stop - his response was to immediately get aggressive, and instead of going for the middle-aged woman, he decided to punch my teenage son instead 😢

And to be honest, I was furious with her. She does feel the need to ‘call people out’ on their bad behaviour but never stops to think what could happen if that person is a nasty piece of work who’ll get violent. Sometimes it just isn’t worth it. I know the man was in the wrong, but my son ended up getting assaulted, and was it really worth it? That could have been your son. You just don’t know…

Trying a different tack now? 🤣

Can’t believe your teen son was punched in the face and you didn’t find out until days later.

He kept it from you?

I wasn’t in the country at the time and didn’t find out until several days later, at which point I did. Any other ways you can think of to pick fault with me?

You didn’t want your mother to look after your teen son

Yet somehow you left your teen son with her when you went abroad

okay

No, I didn’t. I didn’t want him in her care at all. Turns out I was correct, he’d have been better on his own.

‘She didn’t like the idea of him travelling alone to London on the train as she didn’t think he’d be safe, so insisted on going with him’ - that’s what I said.

No need to reply as this is just tedious.

You said you were out the country and you’d left him in her care??!!!

You said this, you! 😆

I really can’t be arsed to go into all the detail. She wasn’t looking after him, and she was in the wrong.

here we go

yep

as I (and every other poster who picked up your post too) knew

unbelievable. And you weren’t in the country, your mother was looking after your boy!!

I can understand being annoyed and upset. However, I wouldn’t have called after him, purely because I wouldn’t trust him not to escalate things, sadly.

My mum actually did this on a train - she was knocked in the back by a man’s suitcase when he was trying and failing to heave it up onto the overhead rack. She asked him to stop - his response was to immediately get aggressive, and instead of going for the middle-aged woman, he decided to punch my teenage son instead 😢

And to be honest, I was furious with her. She does feel the need to ‘call people out’ on their bad behaviour but never stops to think what could happen if that person is a nasty piece of work who’ll get violent. Sometimes it just isn’t worth it. I know the man was in the wrong, but my son ended up getting assaulted, and was it really worth it? That could have been your son. You just don’t know…

I have just read the thread @VaseofViolets

and yes it is!

Your poor mother, reasonably sticks up for herself against a rude man and you blame her for his response being to punch your son.

It really isn’t.

It is according to your own posts on this thread @VaseofViolets

There is a difference between being on a crowded Tube/Underground station and in an entrance way with plenty of space though. So I should just humbly accept being barged into? No thank you. And so what if people turn to look at me? Then they will also be looking at him too.

That’s not actually what happened. But never mind.

That’s not actually what happened. But never mind.

@VaseofViolets i reread your post twice and I’m still WTF that you’re pissed with your mother.

Your mother who was caring for YOUR teen whilst you were abroad
Your mother who was being repeatedly barged in the bag by a twat
Your mother who faced up to him
and the twat punches your son in the face
Your mother had to deal with the aftermath as your son didn’t even think to mention you, his mum, until days afterwards (probably because gran was dealing with it all!)

unbelievable