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AIBU when out with my pushchair

262 replies

NotForSale · 17/02/2017 06:37

To want to ram it into the ankles of anyone in front of me who walks really slow/ stops/ or cuts across me?

OP posts:
DianaMemorialJam · 17/02/2017 07:37

Fenella is that pesky baby still not here yet?!

NotYoda · 17/02/2017 07:37

Saracen

Yes, that's so true about toddlers. One of mine would stop at every dog poo, circle it and we'd have to discuss why the dog was allowed to poo on the street, how big the dog was etc etc. We also used to stand near zebra crossings because he liked watching the "yights" (we did not stop traffic, I hasten to add)

MiaowTheCat · 17/02/2017 07:39

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BitOutOfPractice · 17/02/2017 07:42

(wait a few years and people with buggies will piss you off)

This.

GinIsIn · 17/02/2017 07:42

Diana no!!! Sad Angry

I'm beginning to think I've imagined the entire thing, and actually this is just 2 stone of mini-eggs weight.....

But I will do my best with a live thread if he ever does seem like he might grace us with his presence! Grin

ReginaGeorgeinSheepsClothing · 17/02/2017 07:44

Am thinking this has not gone the way OP expected and in reality would not actually ram people??

NotYoda · 17/02/2017 07:46

Fenella

It's soooo hard. What I found difficult was being so cumbersome, being unable to move fast, to have to weigh up every movement and every change of direction. And bumping into things all the time. I used to have dreams about laying on my front to sleep. I soo missed that

Good luck.

GinIsIn · 17/02/2017 07:49

NotYoda god yes!! I really miss all of that! I used to think a reasonable physical achievement for my body was a sub-2 hour half marathon. The other day I actually shed tears of pride after managing to paint my own toenails. Grin

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 17/02/2017 07:52

That's fine OP but when your DC is walking, don't expect people to be patient when they are stuck behind you and a wandering toddler Grin

DianaMemorialJam · 17/02/2017 07:52

Good luck to you fenella and i will keep a beady eye out for the birth thread...

Oooooo I love babies!

Trifleorbust · 17/02/2017 07:52

I don't think having a pushchair has anything to do with it. I hare people who cut across me and dawdle, whether I am pushing the pram or not!

NotYoda · 17/02/2017 07:53

Fenella

I think it's an insight into what it's like to be constantly physically incapacitated. To want to do things with your body that it just can't do, or at least not fast enough

DeepInFrance · 17/02/2017 07:54

Yes, you are being unreasonable. Learn to share.

user1484226561 · 17/02/2017 08:03

occupying the half metre of stopping space in front of you that everyone else has sensibly left you, so that if they stop for any reason you end up running into them

um, pushchairs don't need a stopping space. of any size..Hmm

MerlinsScarf · 17/02/2017 08:04

YANBU if you're talking about the types who bolt in front because they don't want to get stuck behind a pushchair, only to slow down to a snail's pace.

It's the same mentality as drivers who insist on overtaking at an unsuitable place on the road and causing a near miss, just to squeeze in one car ahead of their original position.

QueenMortificado · 17/02/2017 08:06

Is there some kind of similar punishment for the people who walk two abreast with buggies and usually a child on foot as well so you can't pass by the footpath?

Trifleorbust · 17/02/2017 08:10

I hate pram fascists just as much - people who charge at you with their pram, pushing past you into a lift or cutting directly across you to get into a shop. They are just irritating as those without a pram.

Meffy · 17/02/2017 08:11

DS7 uses a wheelchair and hates being in crowded areas .... if I don't use ankle huggers, he kicks and once in a bust Christmas market grabbed some guy by the testicles !!!
Maybe you should aim for a disabled DC or use the tried and tested technique if excuse me!!!

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/02/2017 08:11

"occupying the half metre of stopping space in front of you that everyone else has sensibly left you, so that if they stop for any reason you end up running into them

um, pushchairs don't need a stopping space. of any size..hmm"

I did. It's thinking time. Someone has stopped in front of me but I could have taken an extra step in the time it took me to notice and also stop. I'm not a machine.

Rixera · 17/02/2017 08:14

Ugh yes merlinscarf.
And the people who tut and roll their eyes because you're pushing a buggy, even if walking at a reasonable pace and sticking to the side of the pavement so any professional speedwalkers can zoom by if they really need to.
Or the people who grimace if you stop (carefully, not just stopping dead) to pick up the hat your child has thrown.
Or the people, usually old ladies, who give you disapproving looks if your child is not wearing a hat (because she has thrown it.)

I know the buggy is big and annoying, but if I did take her shopping without it you'd just get annoyed that there was a dawdling, wandering toddler chasing the colourful things in Sainsburys instead. And she still wouldn't keep her hat on.

Trifleorbust · 17/02/2017 08:19

Well, we all need stopping space. And there is personal space as well. I think everyone should just aim for politeness and not getting in everyone else's way!

hazeyjane · 17/02/2017 08:19

See. This is why the need for hoverboards and jetboots are long overdue. I really thought they would be in common usage by now. Speed freaks and 'busy busy busy' people could jet off over the amblers, dawdlers and strollers heads.

HunterHearstHelmsley · 17/02/2017 08:22

As long as you don't mind getting kicked in the shins if your buggy gets in others way then it's fine!!

Thankfully if you ram someone they're less likely to be injured...

Miserylovescompany2 · 17/02/2017 08:25

People seem to appear from nowhere when I'm out and about with the pushchair, they seem to fling themselves directly in front. Thank The Lord for swivel wheels otherwise there'd be carnage on the street. I did toy with the idea of attaching cattle-prods to the front? Or maybe a flashing light?

So many folk are pushchair blind!

NotYoda · 17/02/2017 08:46

Maybe we need adverts on the telly, like the motorbike ones : "Think pushchair"

I don't think it's deliberated. People are just in their own worlds

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