Space at a concert...?

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I went to see a band from the 00s tonight. There was a group of 4 girls in front, and I was behind them. I did keep moving to try to see.
One of them was stood right at the front against the barrier. Towards the end of the concert she left - to get a drink, toilet, or as much as I knew to leave altogether. I said to DH shall I go in that gap and he said well it's not reserved so I did. She then came back and full on railroaded DH and myself out of the way, she was bigger than me and nearly knocked me flying.. to get back to where she was.
DH said excuse me is the word. I then may have hurled a few personal insults which I know is unreasonable of me.
But surely if you move out of a space at a standing concert you can't expect that space to be saved for you?

No. When you go your space goes. She was rude. She can expect to stand near her group but not in the exact space she left.

No you can't.
Hope you enjoyed the concert.
Think about that,don't allow her to ruin it for you.

That was my thought! I didn't touch or push anyone out of the way, I just moved into her space when she left. One of the girls argument was "well you've been everywhere we were all night" what behind you. Stood at a concert. What else am I meant to do probably shouldn't have hurled personal insults at her to lower myself to their level but if she hadn't have pushed me I wouldn't have done haha

Her friends should have expanded into the space to save it for her if she was coming back. Otherwise you were not to know she was coming back. You were in the right.

You're right, although I’m not sure it’s worth getting into a slanging match about.

You didn’t really think she was leaving altogether. She was with her mates - of course she was coming back. Fair enough to use the space when she was absent, but not OK to stop her from standing with her friends when she came back.

And “hurling personal insults” is shockingly aggressive and anti-social.

She was wrong too for the barging through, but you and your husband sound scary.

I knew nothing of her coming back until I was pushed out of the way. That's the first thing I knew of her being back. If she'd have said "would you mind moving back so I can stand with my friends" of course I would've. She was the only one of her mates stood at the front, the rest of her mates were behind so to stand at the front actually meant her standing away from them, and there was plenty of space in the general area.
Yes it was pretty anti social of me to call her names though