AIBU to expect someone with a dog to give way?

[Goatscheese21]

Was walking into town with my 4 mo strapped to my chest in the carrier. Handbag on one shoulder and keeping his sunhat on with one hand (irrelevant details but just setting the scene).

The path is extremely narrow so only one person going each direction can walk on it. A woman with a chihuahua was walking down the path as I was walking towards her direction….

i didn’t step into the road with traffic because I have a baby strapped to me and assumed she was going to let me pass as she was in the less vulnerable position. But this was not the case and she keeps walking and says to me ‘You could’ve let me pass’… to which I reply ‘so could you, I’m the one with a tiny baby… I don’t want to step into the road’

she muttered something and that was that but it really irked me. I always give way to people who are more ‘vulnerable’ ie an elderly person, someone with a pram, carrying a baby etc.

Was I wrong? I wasn’t making a point by NOT giving her way, and maybe I should’ve stepped to the road but I thought it was common knowledge / courtesy that people give way to people with babies. She wasn’t old, just had a small dog with her on a lead and the fact she actually said something about it, to a woman with a baby shocked me even more

i’m sure the dog is her world but… really??

I think if you re-read your initial post, you'll realise why you come across so entitled. It's all about being the one who shouldn't go in the road as you have 'a tiny baby'. You may not have meant it to come across that way, but it really does read as if you think you're more entitled to right of way because you have a baby.

Exactly this!
congratulations on your baby and your baby is far more important than someone’s dog

Op- Why did you quote @bugalugs45 and say What is a ’classic’ and entitled parent?

They never mentioned either word in their post! Did you mean to quote someone else?😕

Absolutely not 😂😂

team doggo over here. Much more vulnerable than a baby that is strapped to you wtf 😂 good god

Another opportunity to bash dog owners. Perfect, we’ve only had 56 this month 🤣

on a serious note OP, I (as a dog owner, mum, occasional runner and a perfectly able bodied adult of sound mind) ALWAYS make sure that I step to the side, or even on a road if quiet, in circumstances where I am in the better position, if that makes sense.
if I’m running - onus is on me to give people walking space, if I have the dog - I am the one that moves so that anyone who isn’t a fan has room to pass. Even when I am with my children, they are older so they stay on the path and I move off.

i think it’s common courtesy, unfortunately not everyone agrees and I can’t even begin to tell you the amount of time an adult has expected my 9 year old to step in to the road, which is met with ‘daughter, I’ve told you before - you stay on the path, adults should move for you’ in a loud, obvious way.

That’s because that’s exactly how OP thinks, even down to the fact they described it as tiny baby.

Never mind the “tiny” Chihuahua

no sympathy from me I’m afraid

That makes no sense to me, I would always walk on the road side when leading my dogs, or my horses on the odd occasion I have had to lead them. I created a barrier between them and the traffic.

Neither has right of way it’s just a bit of common sense and courtesy to each other, smile and figure it out, it’s not hard. I regularly walk my two big labs and will move aside or cross over to avoid people and likewise some people will do it for me but if everyone just chills out a bit and stops trying to feel more important than anyone else then it just works itself out without needing to be a big thing. Mind blowing really.

Come off it. I'm an inch taller than you and it's really not hard to keep safe on the roads with a far larger child (like 6yo+). Your baby is barely older than a newborn. You can still use your eyes to see if a road is clear. Frankly if you can't, then you're not safe to walk anywhere anyway.

If you can't look left and right to check traffic then I would suggest you stay at home. You're not 3, if you're old enough to have a baby, you're old enough to take a quick look left and right.