Would you park in a parent and child space if...

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It was after 8:30pm and you were 34 weeks pregnant. Asking for a friend

Yes I would. But I would also park in a P&C space anytime I wanted as they aren't legally enforceBle.

I did yesterday. 34 weeks pregnant with twins and can barely walk. I was nipping in to the supermarket for 2 items and was straight in and straight back. I did have DC1 with me but he refused to get out of the car.

I was fully prepared to be told I was being unreasonable but if I didn't park there I wouldn't be able to get my items. Pelvic girdle pain plus a chest infection means I'm having to stop and rest regularly.

Oh yes! i did, the day before my son was born. I was desperate for a pee.

I bumped into a friend with her kids (aged around 9&11). She was parking in p&c. She gave me a lecture that I wasn’t entitled to park there as I didn’t have a baby.

I laughed so much that I actually peed myself!

P&C spaces are generally nearer the door. I'm not lazy and in general I park in the furthest away part of the car park. Later at night when it's still dark nights, I would park in a P&C space without children as a safety thing, especially in an unfamiliar or rough area. There are usually plenty available as most young children would be in bed. I wouldn't do it if there were only a couple of spaces left or if there were normal spaces in a brightly lit/busy and close by area.

I'm amazed at anyone who would have an issue with this , I have two young DC and park in one in the mornings in a bust shopping centre to drop for nursery and it royally irritates me when people who don't need them park because it's closer (yes yes I know it's not technically enforceable ...nor is someone realising they are an entitled twunt but I hope for the day) but it wouldn't be the slightest issue if it was someone pregnant

They are there to make life easier when due to children there are safety concerns about normal spaces , so I'd have less than no issue with a heavily pregnant woman doing so

A twatty 25 year old man who feels he is more entitled because he's a lazy fucker ...yeah him I would say something

You OP (apologies your friend ) is more be grateful I wasn't still in that stage where standing up took breath I didn't have

Our local supermarkets are dead at that time of night. Full car parks empty and only a few spaces of child and parents are taken out of the two rows at the door. Everyone parks there. I presume because most children are in bed.

Wouldn’t bother me in the least if you did. At 34 weeks pregnant, your mobility and ability to get to the shop from the far side of the car park where other spare spaces are found, is far less than most who have already had their babies.

Surely it wouldn't matter that much at 8:30pm? If your children are small enough that you need to use P&C parking, then they should be in bed long before then!

Yep heavily pregnant and do it all the time. I am a mother with a child and certainly need the bigger space to get out the car more than a lot of people I see using them. I have been asked before where my baby is but think the person asking was suitably embarrassed when I turned round and pointed to my large belly especially as her own child was at least 10 years old

If it's down to being overweight without any disability etc then the walk will do the driver good.
And yes to the op

yes, absolutely.

I think they should be renamed to welcome elderly shufflers and the temporarily incapacitated too and discourage my fil sitting in them with my 8&9 year olds while mil pops in for groceries

I think if every car park included a couple of “wanker spaces” close to the door for the chronically entitled the whole system work perfectly.

If it's down to being overweight without any disability etc then the walk will do the driver good

What? The extra 20 or 30 seconds?

I think if every car park included a couple of “wanker spaces” close to the door for the chronically entitled the whole system work perfectly.

I love this idea, they should be garish and show-offy too and have a big sign and if people have the balls to use them then good luck to them.

Yes. I wish they were nowhere near the door as I don't need the proximity but I do need the room to fully open the door to remove a four month old, unfold the pram chassis and put him in it without doing it behind the car, as that feels unsafe due to passing cars in a busy supermarket.

I would. But I use them when I'm with my mum and she's having a bad day mobility wise so Im clearly not a stickler for the rules!

Yes I would use them when heavily pregnant.
My favourite supermarket has them at the side and back of the carpark, so you are walking past the disabled. This arrangement seem to put of CFs who want to be near the door.

**I think if every car park included a couple of “wanker spaces” close to the door for the chronically entitled the whole system work perfectly.

I love this...can we make sure they are labelled as well

Yes. I’d probably do it sans child and bump too if the car park wasn’t busy and I was just nipping in.

Clearly I’m a massive dickhead to do that but if Tesco do put them right by the door then it’ll be abused!

you are parent, with child.

seems fair enough to me.

I agree with a couple of posters above. I really wish they would put the P&C further away from the store so the lazy twats don't go in them! The reason we all need the spaces is because they are wider and we can safely get the baby car seats put and pram set up safely. Pregnant women more than welcome. Sooo many times when I was pregnant I couldn't get back into my car and so had to climb in through the passenger side which is no easy feat when you are 38 wks and have diastasis recti (separated tummy muscles).

Tbd I would park in a parent and child space at 8.30.without any kids.

I park in them all the time, I don't want my car scratched or dented...but I would never park in a Disabled space.

Anyone with issues meaning they find it difficult to get into and out of their car should be allowed to park in a p and c space.

No.

Yes, totally fine, usually empty then anyway.