To be too chicken to go back....

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I just dropped my children at a craft class and as I turned I hit someone's car 😩

I feel so shaky and sick today it's totally my fault and I just shouldn't have been driving.

I couldn't stop right there, so sat for two seconds in a bit of a panic and then drove three or four cars ahead and pulled into a space... got out to try and work out who's car it was or what to do and got my kids out..

A guy came storming out of a shop and I assumed it must have been his car so said 'I'm so sorry, was that your car?' And he just ignored me and took my picture. Then a picture of my car. Said 'you were just going to leave... and when the owner comes this is my insurance and ill tell him you we're trying to leave' I said that obviously I wasn't as I'd got out of the car! He shouted at me in the street in front of my children. I really do feel so ill today and I just burst into tears

Went into the nearest shop to the car and asked if I could leave my number and name and put a note on the car to pop into the shop. In the meantime the guy who's car it wasn't is still trying to have a go at me.

I put my kids in their class and came home and I'm just a shaking wreck. I don't want to go back. I just feel like I'm going to be screamed at in the street and I should just ask someone else to pick my girls up...

Aren't you a delight.

Am I? Not what I was aiming for.

I was going for the 'thanks for speaking sense, yes I'm an idiot' response.

Anyway, hope you don't kill anyone next time you drive feeling spaced out, ya' big "delight".

grow the fuck up

I do "love me" an alarmist, irrational and out of proportion generalisation about the character of the OP, another. You are doing really well.

However, best run along and play in the garden now as your mummy needs the laptop back.

You didn't leave the scene, also the person taking your picture doesn't know anything and had no right to say that! Someone hit my parked car and drove off. The police told me they had 24 hours to return with their details before it was classed as leaving the scene without providing details. Moving up the road to park is not leaving the scene! Accidents happen and as long as you have insurance it will be ok

I was going for the 'thanks for speaking sense, yes I'm an idiot' response.

The OP feels bad enough already. You are getting no thanks for being offensive.

If he was worried you might leave he should have quietly taken note of your registration and waited to see what you did. He was completely out of order. I hope you feel better soon OP.

It would be wise, op, to reflect on what happened and learn from it.

The man was undoubtedly an arse, but you should not have been driving if you felt spaced out. Next time it would be best to get a taxi or get someone else to drive your kids. If you had been driving faster and they had been injured then you would be feeling 10x worse

Your DH is undoubtedly just shocked and I'm sure will calm down

I hope all okay with your DH as I don't think you need any extra stress just now.