I've been isolating at home for 9 days as I've been unwell, we have no garden so I've been in desperate need of some fresh air. Me and DH decided to take the DC (2 and 1yr) out in the pram for a short walk down the local canal.
There was a bloke walking the opposite way who passed us. He was wearing headphones and "rapping" out loud. Swearing.
Ten minutes later we saw him again coming behind us and he'd met up with with another bloke who had a big bull mastiff type dog which was off it's lead.
I asked DH to slow down and stop for a second because the dog had stopped stationary and was looking at us. I said "just wait a second with the pram and let them get ahead with the dog"
Admittedly I was a bit intimidated but I wasn't saying anything remotely offensive about the dog or it's owners.
The bloke we saw initially (headphones on rapping) started swearing saying "if you're going to talk about the fucking dog then say it to us"
I responded and said I'm weary of dogs in general so we are letting you go ahead.
He then began ranting about how people like me (with two young children) are good for nothing except laying down and spreading our legs.
I took the pram from DH and said let's just turn and go back this way, we walked off and he continued to swear and rant.
I checked behind us as we were walking off and they were pursuing us for a minute then turned and went back in the direction they were headed.
I'm very shaken up now and upset.
Was I being unreasonable or offensive 