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Original poster

to use the parent/child parking spaces whilst being heavily pregnant??

175 replies

STIGZ · 30/12/2009 17:08

was jst wondering wot ppl think of this??

my boyfriend has parked in these spaces a couple of times for me if the only other available one is 10 miles away from the door!

I feel bad when he does this but it must admit its great not have to walk any further than i have to in peeing rain with my dodgy back and preganacy waddle!!

he says "you are a parent with a child....you jst cant see it yet!!(well not all of it!!)

am i being a pregnant lazy sod ??

OP posts:

Baconsarnie · 31/12/2009 15:51

It's not unreasonable. Those spaces are for people who need more space getting in/out of car. That's you. Go for it.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:00

No, they are for parents who have children and babies, and who need the extra space for getting the back into their car seats from their prams.

That's why they are called Parent and Child spaces and not "Spaces for pregnant women who may be in their last trimester and for some reason now need at least an extra foot to get in and out of a car"

3 pregnancies and never, ever needed a P and C space - and don't know anyone who did.

ChilloHippi · 31/12/2009 16:08

YANBU

RockBird · 31/12/2009 16:15

Oh here we go again. A question asked about P&C spaces and we're on to disabled parking again. The two are completely different. Disabled parking is an entirely different kettle of fish, therefore it's not relevant to keep bringing it up in P&C threads.

As to P&C spaces, if you are having difficulty and it's child related, then you should use the spaces. Simple as that. I can't bear all this wait till you've got a buggy and juggling babies and toddlers, which incidentally, when you're out and going to the loo, is a piece of piss

"No, they are for parents who have children and babies, and who need the extra space for getting the back into their car seats from their prams.

3 pregnancies and never, ever needed a P and C space - and don't know anyone who did."

That post and attitude are so self centred, full of competitive suffering and gets right on my tits. I was far more in need of a P&C space when heavily pg than I am now with a young toddler. Tough tits to anyone who doesn't like it. Use it if you feel you need it and sod the cats' arse faced whingers.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:24

No, my post is about thinking about others and having consideration for others who really need them. Your post is all about you and your 'needs' - self centred in the extreme, and hilarious that you can't see the irony.

SO you needed one more when you were pregnant than you do now - well bully for you, and sod everyone else.

smallorange · 31/12/2009 16:26

'suffering'
FFS

RockBird · 31/12/2009 16:35

We can all do bolding you know... Who are you to say who needs them more? The spaces are for anyone who is having child related difficulties and if that's someone with spd or who would have difficulty walking too far or who needs a bit of extra space to get out of the damn car in the first place, then they are welcome to the space.

"my post is about thinking about others and having consideration for others who really need them"

What, as long as it's on your checklist? You are the one that would deny someone like the OP a space because it would deprive you so you can't talk about irony. As stated, I can take or leave the spaces now and wouldn't give a toss if a heavily pg woman was using one, because I would imagine she needs a little bit of help.

I stand by my statement. If you feel that you need the space, then use it. And yes, sod anyone who disagrees, let them park further away at the end of a row like I do.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:42

You can do bolding too? It wasn't really a competition, but never mind

"What, as long as it's on your checklist? You are the one that would deny someone like the OP a space because it would deprive you so you can't talk about irony. As stated, I can take or leave the spaces now and wouldn't give a toss if a heavily pg woman was using one, because I would imagine she needs a little bit of help".

We can all do copy and pasting as well.

Your post hasn't made any sense. Depriving whom of what? Being on my checklist? Let anyone who disagrees park futher away like you do?

jasper · 31/12/2009 16:44

YANBU.
fat people should freely use the spaces too

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:46

Ah, now you watch there, Jasper. I posted once on these P and C spaces about fat people needing them just as much as pregnant women. It caused no end of mayhem..twas funny though.

jasper · 31/12/2009 16:48

ok I anticipate the mayhem with glee....

fiveisanawfullybignumber · 31/12/2009 16:50

DP should have dropped her at the front door then parked. If she's on her own and really suffering in late PG then ok.
DP an arse by his response. Nuff said, have a happy New year.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:51

ChilloHippi · 31/12/2009 16:51

I posted on that thread too, Paolosgirl. As a fat person, I feel that I am entitled to the space!!!

thedollshouse · 31/12/2009 16:55

We parked in one today, I am pregnant and we had ds with us although he is 5 years old. There were no other spaces. I refuse to feel guilty about it, it isn't the same as parking in a disabled space and I am perfect in every other way.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 16:55

Well, as a skinny person with no bay-bee in my uterus, I feel that I am being discriminated against being I am in a minority group, and so feel that I too am also entitled to the space!

mrmellors · 31/12/2009 17:03

Why don't you do what I saw someone do today at the local retail park - was getting something from Argos (oh I know, IABU for shopping at Argos!).

Poor old chap with a disabled badge was trying to reverse slowly out of a disabled space, when a young woman came and parked directly across the back of him, got out of the car, and opened the boot while her OH went into the shop. I was waiting outside for DH and when I said to her "look, can't you see this chap is trying to get out of the space?" I got a "what's your problem, I'm not IN a disabled space, am I?" - old guy just had to sit there while her OH queued to buy whatever it was!

Should they have a parking section for people who qualify as "yes I know I'm being a complete arse and inconveniencing other people due to extreme laziness, but I think you'll find I'm not technically parked in a disabled space and am only going to be five minutes"? Could it catch on?

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 17:03

But dollshouse - you had a child with you - you had every right to!

ChilloHippi · 31/12/2009 17:09

I think I should have my own reserved space, right by the doors.

Paolosgirl · 31/12/2009 17:20

Me too. In fact, I don't see why I can't drive around the shop in my car and do my shopping from the comfort of my driving seat. After all, then I'll not take a space outside away from someone who needs it, and it is My Right to shop in any way I want.

ChilloHippi · 31/12/2009 17:54

Now that would be fab. Although I would need a little man to take things off the shelf for me and put them in the car.

MargeSimpsonMyAlterEgo · 31/12/2009 18:10

being pregnant doesnt make you unable to walk, unless you have hoovered up far too much food and sat on a sofa since doing the pg test. If you can't walk from the car to the shop, how are you going to walk around the shop?

nellie12 · 31/12/2009 18:18

disability wheelchairs. preferably motorised.

lovechoc · 31/12/2009 18:32

not everyone is super fit in pg tho. I had a really terrible time with my first pg - v lethargic and unable to do very much at all sadly. wish I was as spritely as you lot when I was pg. This current pg is even worse...I'd happily take a temporary disabled badge just for a few months near the end to make life easier.

It's all relative, some of us have a fab time during the whole pg and others (myself included) just have a crap time throughout the WHOLE pregnancy.

I agree, pregnancy isn't a disability, but then shops weren't as busy twenty years ago and so getting parked to do your shopping wasn't as stressful as it is nowadays. A little help goes a long way!

alkiezrus · 31/12/2009 18:35

When I was pregnant with my first son (11 years ago), Safeway's had the scheme for parent & child, as well as mum's-to-be.
I think Tesco did this for a while too, as you had to apply for the sticker to go in the car window.

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