to want action against the anti-buggy brigade?

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After ready today's scottish sun about the attacks on mothers with buggies (p35), i felt sick and angry at these mindless morons who attack anybody with a buggy. What kind of mindless thug goes around attacking people with small children? Especially those with special needs. The bus driver should be utterly ashamed of himself, as should the thugs that attacked the mother of a disabled child. I have never been attacked (thank god), and can only assume what it must be like. I have had the stares, and the remarks (mine are a little older, no SN), and have rammed people with the buggy who wouldn't get out the way.
So AIBU to want action against those who attack mothers in the street, or the bus, etc, because they have a buggy?

Rant over, now for a drink!

I have found that when I take ds out in the sling noone even looks at him! If he was in the buggy then all the old women and nutjobs for miles around come to coo and look at him but if he's in a sling he's invisible. Maybe they just don't want to get that close to me? :o

All this talk makes me want my wrap back, lent it to a friend with a colicky baby and only have my Beco now. Might have to retrieve it...

Once an OAP bitch slapped me because I had DD in a sling. Then a few weeks later I got my hair pulled my a woman while she shouted 'Buggy Bastard, Buggy Bastard' at me.

Shiny you've found out the reason why alot of the older generation dont like slings! Because you dastardly sling wearers are depriving them of a good cooing opportunity! You evil, evil people you!

What do we Want?

an end to the anti buggy brigade!

When do We Want It?

In a little while after I've stood right in the middle of this aisle!

Actually, thinking about it, arranging and Anti Buggy Brigade Protest March would be a reet fucking nightmare, what with all the buggys.

They should be grateful to me really. I'm saving them the embarrassment of smiling at a baby who doesn't smile back. He just looks at them with this face on like "What are you doing? I don't know you and yet you smile at me?". If they're really unlucky he starts crying and I really get to see them squirm!

I've rammed people with my buggy, never on purpose though and I've always apologised lots when I've done it.

I've never encountered pram rage either.

I did have the "oh can't you afford a pram" when carrying ds1 in a sling though. Then once I said yes, but he prefers the sling at the moment, she went on to say that I was compromising his safety bein in that thing because he could fall out at any minute.

I had anti-sling comments too - "you don't want to let them get too dependant on you - you should put them down some of the time".

I never had anti-buggy comments, but then I always folded it down on buses and was generally the last to get on as it was such a faff. All the lovely old ladies used to come and help me.

i have had loads of occasions where people have been aggressive to me while i am pushing a buggy.

I once accidentally nudged someone in the ankle with my buggy because he stopped suddenly right in front of me. I apologised and he shouted really loudly "DON'T USE YOUR PUSHCHAIR AS A WEAPON!" I was quite shocked.

I think people do over-react about tiny nudges though. I once brushed past a man on the tube with my bag and he spent about 20 mins holding his arm and glaring at me.

Mrskbpw you don't know that it didn't hurt him.

Most 'nudges' are quiet hard and at a point which is quite sensitive especially when it involves buggies. I do think people are used to buggies being used as weapons that they might over react but who's to blame the countless number of people who don't apologise. It's almost as bad as people with huge umbrellas when it's not raining and not picking up the umbrella slightly. They're always smaller people so the prongs are eye height

People attack people with buggys?? thats shameful

Whenever I have been "nudged" with a buggy it has always hurt. Ankles are quite sensitive spots you know.

Sometimes it's hard not to nudge someone if they just randomly stop in front of you in the middle of the pavement, or in a shop, totally unaware that anyone was behind them. I always say sorry though.