When were you a tw*t?

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I’m usually thoughtful and a bit of a people pleaser if anything, this extends to driving. I always give way to the point of being a pushover, always wave thanks when someone occasionally lets me go first, I’d give up a space to someone else rather than get in an argument every time.

But today for some inexplicable reason I parked like a complete twat at school. I wasn’t blocking the gates or anyone’s drive, in fact was quite far from the school but I was overlapping onto a small estate junction very slightly and a bit far from the kerb. I got out and saw it was shite parking but carried on my way hoping it would be fine. I had time to move and there were other places to go, but I didn’t. When I got back a 4x4 with 2 blokes in was struggling to turn and almost stuck, partly due to my car and a few other cars were queued behind. They didn’t say anything but were glaring. I got out of the way and that was that but I just feel guilty about it now and like I embarrassed myself. Worried other school parents will have seen and think I’m one of those selfish twats. Also don’t want my daughter to think being selfish is the norm..

Anyway whilst I’m overthinking and spiralling, is anyone else brave enough to share the time that they were a twat?!

Looks like it’s just me and everyone else has been on best behaviour 😁😁

It sounds like you didn’t actually parked, you stopped your car in the road and over a junction and just got out?
Why didn’t you fix it?

90% of my car was parked correctly but the back was overlapping onto the junction. And I can’t answer, I just thought it would be ok. I was a twat as said above but I’m usually the opposite and over-accommodate those around me.

..hence it’s knocked me a bit sick and wondered if anyone else had had a similar stupid moment.

At least you know not to do it again.

If it had been up beside me you would have been posted on the local Facebook page

All the time most likely, given the standards on mn.

I don't always return my trolley at the supermarket because I sometimes cba.

A woman at a food festival once was knocking and knocking and knocking on my chair, rather than asking me to move, and I asked her nicely to stop. She yelled at me, saying she hoped I didn't have dc (they weren't there and are a lot older than hers anyway), so I shouted back at her and told her to piss off because had she asked nicely I would have moved. I should have just ignored her.

I reported someone to the police for parking on the crossing outside school. They actually went to his house and warned him about blocking a crossing. He did it again a few weeks later so I reported it again.

I beat someone to the last space in the car park and enjoyed my victory.

Yes. I am a prick. I am also very nice, though, as well.

@anon2134 that is another thing playing on my mind tonight..! I’m not on Facebook which may be for the best!

@ShutTheDoorBabe some of those are understandable responses though! And very human. I wonder if everyone has an inner twat that comes out every now and then! Thank you for sharing 😊

Don't worry about it op. Everyone has off days.

😂😂

Nobody's replied because there's nothing wrong with what you've done.

By mumsnet standards this is a 🏆🏆🏆!!

Have a guilt free weekend lovely 🥰

Ps. I try not to be a twat but when I am
one I don't post it online.

@steelingmyself haha I am prone to overthinking so you’re probably right! Thank you 🙏🏼

I'm a twat sometimes without meaning to be due to terrible social skills.

You shouldn't park anywhere near a junction! What were you thinking?

@TheSpikySpinosaurus not junction like you’re thinking, just where two roads meet in a housing estate. It was a legal place to park and I was in a queue of other cars parked on the same stretch of pavement but there wasn’t really room for my whole car. In a smaller car it would have been completely fine.

*along - the same stretch of pavement (not on!)

Most of my 20s I suspect

So you have catching up to do

One time at school, I made an incredibly thoughtless comment about someone’s dad. It wasn’t a nasty comment, but her dad was dead and there was no way for her to reply except by informing me of that. I was utterly mortified and spent about ten minutes apologising, which I now realise was rubbing salt onto the wound by reminding her of the fact and drawing attention to it.

I also keep kicking the cat by accident (she’s the twining-round-legs sort and I keep not turning the lights on) and I frightened her by screaming when she crept silently into the shower room the other day, I hadn’t seen her :(

I drove straight through a red light and almost caused an accident 😥 I was coming up to a large roundabout and was concentrating so hard on figuring out what lane I needed to be in when a car suddenly came from my right and almost drove into the side of me. I didn't even realise what happened until I got home and checked Google maps to see I must have missed the lights. It shook me up and put me off driving for a while.

@theduchessofspork @CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau @Spinnymop Thanks all! I’ve calmed down a lot today and realised isn’t wasn’t even really that bad, it wasn’t dangerous or even that obstructive. It was just a bit twatty and I felt embarrassed at myself. I have a habit of spiralling with things like this then usually look back and realise I was being ridiculous.

I’m usually a twat when I’m trying to be funny and get carried away. Making jokes at other people’s expense. Sometimes I just need to learn to shut the fuck up 😏

About 3 seconds ago.

I park in a child and parent space at my local park everytime I'm there and I don't care one bit about what anyone else thinks about it.

A friend also made me lots of home cooked meals after I had an accident. It was so so thoughtful of her.

I binned them the second she left because she lets her cats sit on her kitchen counter.

I definitely felt like a twat after that but over my dead body was I going to eat them.