Was he in the wrong

[sandwichofsurprises]

I was dropping my children off this morning to a friends house and as I turned into a road there was a car blocking the road, engine on just chatting to someone in their driveway.
The other side of the road was blocked with parked cars so I patiently waited behind him while he continued his conversation until eventually after about 10 minutes I gave a toot.
The man looked at me angrily screeched into a space and got out by the driver door called me a fuckimg slut, bitch and a few other things I didn’t hear while making hand gestures and then held his hand on the horn until I’d driven round the corner.
After I dropped the children off I drove back down the road and noted the car was still where it pulled in and the man was standing in the driveway still chatting and entering the house.
My husband is due home in a minute and wants a word with this man but before he does I just wondered if he was in the wrong blocking the road as ds seems to think he’s aloud to for 15 minutes before it is a problem but this man’s attitude implied he’d take however long he wanted.
All I can see online is about delivery drivers/workers right to block the road, not just chatting to people in the street.

I don’t want to send hubby round if he’s not really done anything wrong although I think he’d like a word anyway about the language in front of the children.

His behaviour is unacceptable and he needs pulling up about it. Sounds like your husbamd is just the right person to do it.

Me too.

Haven’t RTFT so someone else may have mentioned this, but this is potentially a police matter. His behaviour sounds very aggressive and intimidating. When something similar happened to me about ten years ago, I got his reg number and reported it to the police. They spoke to him about his behaviour and updated me afterwards. If you know who he is/have his reg, could you do the same?

Another good reason to have a dash cam...

Of course he was inconsiderate to be blocking the road and the screaming was far worse. What an overemotional prick.

But I've read your responses and still think your DH going to try to talk to him is ridiculously pointless unless this is someone you expect to interact with again.

You keep saying he was intimidating you because you were a woman and you don't think he should get away with it, but he didn't actually intimidate you into or out of doing anything - he moved out of your way and then screamed his out of control feelings at you like an overgrown toddler as you drove off to where you were going anyways. Then you drove home as normal. His behavior was completely unacceptable but you handled it correctly in the moment - it didn't matter how big you are or what's between your legs, the right response was to keep driving away and thinking "what a rancid clown". There's no corrective ongoing problem to solve here and he isn't going to feel bad or uncomfortable or apologize when your DH goes to confront him "man to man", he's going to tell him to fuck off. Just move on and turn your attention to talking the event through with your DC.

That’s how it would look. If the old guy decides to attack DH will DH just stand there, walk away or hit back? If he retaliates in any way DH would probably come off worse as he’s gone out of his way to the guys house to have a word with him

there was a car blocking the road, engine on just chatting to someone in their driveway.

Does the rude guy actually live there or was he driving by the house, saw someone he knows who lives at the house and pulled his car up to talk to the homeowner?

Why is your H going round?
Deal with it yourself or don't bother at all

@sandwichofsurprisesHow did your DH get on with the dick head?
For what it’s worth, I think your DH is right to talk to this man.

I’m finding the OP a bit odd and contradictory.

Having to ask whether the man was in the wrong is odd. Of course he was! And blocking the road was the least of it.

Being so keen that he shouldn’t get away with it but at the same time doing nothing at the time, in fact having the patience to sit for 10 minutes, that’s ages. I get that he sounds like you wouldn’t want a confrontation, but then again you think it’s a good idea for DH to approach him? You realise that being a man doesn’t protect a person against very serious violence, in fact with some individuals it can invite it!

I think you should have called the police at the time. His behaviour was criminal (just).

Almost all people would move put theway as quick as possible if they were blocking someone. I'm not aware of any Highway Code requirement. You were very patient and he was completely out of order to be rude but I don't think I'd be sending my DH round..

If this were my wife's story I'd have been around there right away to talk to him. Not acceptable, and I'm sure he'd not have tried it with me. He's just happy to bully women. Sadly, he's probably long gone since it doesn't sound like he lives there.