Just been called a fucking slag

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Just need a rant i think. Idiot in a large van came too fast around the bend of a narrow street and narrowly avoided crashing head on into me and the dc. He reversed back but as I drove past I heard 'Fuck you, you fucking slag' screamed out the window before he sped off.

I know he felt embarrassed for his shit driving so resorted to name calling to protect his fragile ego, I know he's a nasty prick for shouting at a women with kids in the car, and I know he's probably forgotten about it already. So why does it still sting? I feel so bloody angry and if he hadn't drove off I would have got out the car and let rip on him for being such a cock (not a good idea I know but menopause rage is strong). Thankfully the kids didn't realise as they were still chatting away oblivious in the back. I'm still struggling to get over it and don't know where to put my anger.

Just think, if he keeps driving like that, within a year he'll be an organ donor 😊

@Incakewetrust Very true!

That's horrible op. It stings because you did nothing to deserve it, it was unfair and it is intimidating to have a grown man scream obscenities at you even if it is from within another car. Plus the near miss had probably already heightened your stress levels. And he's essentially got away with it so there is no closure or justice. Makes it all feel like one big slap in the face.

I think I'd feel the same for a bit. He sounds like an awful person.

Maybe take some time and do something nice for yourself tonight, a little self care whatever that looks like to you?

He must have a horrible home life. Pity his poor family. I generally have conversations in my head about what I want to say to people like that for YEARS afterward.

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Just be glad in life's lottery you got to be you and not him.

Did the van have a company logo? because if it did and you can recall it it might be worth complaining to the company - both about his driving and his attitude.

Just think, if he keeps driving like that, within a year he'll be an organ donor

And worse, his driving might mean someone else is an organ donor; which is why OP should report if she can.

What a fucking arsehole.

I would spend a good ten minutes thinking about him crashing into a bloody big tree when he’s not wearing a seatbelt, then take a deep breath, decide that he is pond scum who can’t drive and is intimidated by capable women, and move on with my day, safe in the knowledge that all that pent up rage is bound to give him an aneurysm in a year or two.

I find the best reaction to such men is to laugh and wave happily, or even blow a kiss. Drives them mad 😁

I'm so sorry this happened to you. I pulled into a parking space that a guy had unknowingly been reserving and he banged on my window and shouted 'you ugly fat cunt'.
It honestly still upsets me if I think about it!

Miserable man, with a miserable life. No happy together person acts like that. He’s a loser. He knows he’s a loser too!

I was called a fucking cunt & bastard by a teenager I was working with. I try not to take it personally!

I think incidents like this give men an excuse to unleash words like slag, cunt and bitch. Ones that keep under the surface and don't often get the chance to tell women how they really feel. They would use those descriptors liberally with other men, talking about women in their base way. Check out that recent incident where that man got taken to court for banging on the window of a car, foaming at the mouth. Pretty sure he used slag too. When you saw him arriving at court he was a mild looking grandad type, wouldn't say boo to a goose, but viewed through the camera during this incident, he was like a rabid hate filled dog.

I was crossing at a corner and white van man deliberately put his foot down coming around the corner, forcing me to run to avoid being hit. If he was going at normal speed there was no need. He stopped, shouted at the window, watch where you are going you fucking slag. The icing on the cake, another guy witnessed it, and roared with laughter and shared a complicit look with the driver.

Interesting insider information on van man there @BusyMummy001 😆

Sadly, drivers like cause accidents and just drive away.
A few years ago I recall this Corsa pull out in front of the car in front of me, the driver in front of me had to brake hard and I keep a good distance nad had to touch my brakes - the drive in front of me put their hand on the horn and id not take it off. About 100 yards oup the road the car that pulled out stopped in the middle of the road and the car in front of moe going into the back of it .A woman got out of the car as did the woman in the car in front of me - started " you f-ing...@@@@@@@@ " both of them rating and raving. I thought it was going hand to hand combat but both of them started calling the cops - I drove off as I did not want to get involved

Two wrongs do not make a right and OP - you did the right thing by not getting our and you had kids in car. Look at it like this, you are sensible and lucky you did not get out of the car or ran like the man - credit to you, you are a sensible person unlike the clowns on our roads!!

Just enjoy your day and I'm sure he will swear at the wrong person and karma will strike back!!

Wrong thread! Asked for it to be removed!!

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Thank you everyone, I feel calmer already. Although sorry to everyone that has had similar. @AzureBlue99 That's very true, gives them the excuse to release the pent up anger and hatred. Like, why I am I a slag because you can't drive? It didn't even make sense.

There are some angry and nasty people out there. I was reading a newsletter about local crimes and far and away the largest number of crimes was violent domestic abuse.

It stings because your adrenaline is up, because you know a near miss could have been much nastier, and because some men resort to sexism and misogyny.

His default was to insult you for being a woman, rather than for being a driver or for just being there and he probably wouldn't treat a man that way.

My blood would boil for a while too.

I hate when for some reason my MN post goes to the wrong thread!! It must be my error but I’m buggered what it is I’m doing when it happens. Must be ‘cos I’m a right ol’ slag 🤣🤣

I remember being in a car with a friend. We were both about 8 months pregnant at the time, and we had a road rage moment with a man in a white man. He got out of his van and started shouting at us, I always wondered how big he felt shouting at 2 heavily pregnant women. Bet he wouldn’t have done it if we had both been men

I was called a fucking cunt last year by a bloke in a van driving the wrong way down a one way street. He forced his was past me, screaming get out the way you fucking cunt as he went past.

It still stings now, I think because it was so unjust. He was massively in the wrong.

I kind of think of it as I’m glad I’m not him

You just witnessed a misogynist losing his shit momentarily. It was absolutley nothing to do with you whatsoever, you just happened to see it. Also, if the worst thing he can imagine about your unknown character is that you're a woman who engages in casual sex, you've got to feel a bit sorry for him.

You've hit the nail on the head, re your last sentence!!