To get infuriated by people mis using parent and child spaces?

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It's all in the title really. A woman just told me she had parked in one because she had a dog in her car. Aibu to think she is inconsiderate?

Plenty of people have said they would, and have, challenge someone using a space if they didn't have babies with them.

some people remind me of

honestly being hurt buy thing said to other people ...Hurt?

It's such a damn shame people don't know the difference between a privilege and a right.

Yes, hurt. I find the tone of some of the posts a little upsetting.

Sounds like you have every right to use it Eliza. Carry on.

Twirly I'm quite sure everyone is well aware of the difference, but why use them unless you have a need to?

Well, walter, I'd disagree given this and many other threads - seems to me like people don't know the difference, since they always always always get compared to disabled spaces.

It is a bit lazy to park in them if you have no need, no disability, no mobility issues, no particular need on that day if there are plenty of other spaces available. But how do people know that anyone parking anywhere has no need? Having a pop at someone in a car park is putting you on very dodgy ground.

Well I certainly wasn't trying to be dramatic.
Becoming a mother has isolated me from my usual sources of social contact. I often feel inadequate as a mother. My mood is often low, making me tearful. So I do feel vulnerable to depression. I like the opportunity through MN to chat to other mums and I find it upsetting when a derogatory tone is taken towards other parents.
Obviously this is not the place for me.

I saw a FB status once where someone was moaning a disabled person parked in a p&c space and was outraged as "they have their own spaces" it's attitudes like this that give people the rage.

Obviously this is not the place for me

That's just AIBU. Try chat :)

AC - don't take it to heart. No one is getting at you personally.

everlong RTFT! Disabled people are not lazy or selfish.

Not sure why I bother.

No. I'm sure no one was being personal.
And Gordy's link wasn't at all personal or unkind. Just a general laugh.
Finished.
Thanks.

candy can you not see that people have said time and time again that they're NOT TALKING about disabled people?

With all due respect, therealAmanda was labelled 'over dramatic' in a comment that was directed at someone else. Anyone could be forgiven for thinking that was a bit personal

These parking threads never end well, do they?

but those people who have said they challenge people can't possibly know they aren't challenging someone with a disability

And candy if someone is disabled there are bays especially for them, yes?

Only if they are registered disabled and entitled to a blue badge. There are plenty of people who have disabilities/medical problems which mean they struggle but they aren't entitled to a blue badge.

I dunno, I'm disabled physically, but being lazy and selfish are two things I'm actually quit good at

Therealamanda - whilst I'm sure your feelings are very valid, imagine if you had an 8 year old with a hidden disability and got verbally abused when you used a P&C bay whilst out. That outing might be the first time you have left the house all week, because you have been unable to manage the disability whilst outdoors because your 8 year old can't cope with the outside world and is prone to sporadic outbursts which put both your child, yourself and others at risk of harm. Imagine that you hardly ever go out due to this. That is real isolation and a real unforeseeable change that has come with having a child. The things that you mention in your very dramatic fashion are nothing compared to the isolation that some disabilities can bring.
So next time you want to moan about a parent of a 7/8 year old using a P&C space, just console yourself with the fact that you don't know the reasons for that mother using the space and her reasons might be very valid and her life might be more difficult than your own.
Just be very grateful that you have able bodied typical children who you can manage to get out of the house with and who you don't need to be appealing blue badge refusals for.

everlong et al said any person without a child is selfish. Seriously, can no one read?! Also, again how do you know someone is not disabled or asthmatic or recovery from surgery?