Do you ever feel invisible when your pushing your pram?!

Belle25 · Jan 27th, 2012, 09:48 AM

Just got back from getting dd1 from school, and no one would let me past on the path in the school to get to her class to collect her. Not one! Everyone had got their kids and were pushing their way out.
One woman noticed, and told me to ram them out of the way

Poor dd1 was the last in her class by the time I got there!

I feel people can be so rude when you have a pram

Not just at school, but generally speaking

Anyone else feel invisible?
xx

KayBea · Jan 27th, 2012, 09:51 AM

meeee!!!
i had to struggle through a really heavy door walking backwards with LO earlier in town.
one bloke just stood there watching me & then said 'have you finished now'? wellll if you held the door open mate!!!!! grrrrr!!

Tasha360 · Jan 27th, 2012, 09:51 AM

Yep, i have the same problem with the school run. I have a triple pram, everyone stops and stares but no one lets me past x

pinkbumpnov · Jan 27th, 2012, 10:03 AM

people are so ignorant. Its like your in the way when you have a baby with some of them.

I know what you mean. x

supertabby · Jan 27th, 2012, 10:28 AM

YES!

I am going to get a bumper sticker for the pram that says "If you can read this.. I must not be invisible" lol

I had problems walking through the school run the other day, parents walking along chatting to other parents and taking up the whole path, kids skipping from side to side and ramming into pram (I know they're just kids but in my day mums would say "mind the lady"!). I had to come to a complete standstill 8 times for fear of the pram being knocked into the road because mums walking towards me were paying no attention. And of all people they should know better!

I get dirty looks too if people have to wait for me to get through a doorway, or if they have to step slightly to the side to pass me on the pavement - usually I swerve the pram out of their way even though its harder for me to move than them, and still end up getting dirty looks! I've no idea why! An old woman muttered something about young mums one day which was actually funny as I'm closer to 40 than 30, I'm not exactly a gymslip mum lol!

lindseymw · Jan 27th, 2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by supertabby

An old woman muttered something about young mums one day which was actually funny as I'm closer to 40 than 30, I'm not exactly a gymslip mum lol!

^^ That sounds like a compliment then

It does really wind me up when you appear to be invisible...I just get 'pram rage' now *bang* "Oh sorry I didn't see you there"

Vesta · Jan 27th, 2012, 12:56 PM

I've had the total opposite experience! People are being really nice to me, people go out of there way to open doors for me, and cars stop to let me cross the road.

Sorry you've had such a bad experience.

Tor · Jan 27th, 2012, 13:15 PM

I dont know i think ppl with pushchairs can be just as bad walking side by side and not letting you past, i think its just people in general but you notice it more when you have a pushchair because you cant just squeeze past them or walk on the road to get past etc.

Some people with pushchairs do seem to think they have right of way though and ram you which is just as bad imo!

sequeena · Jan 27th, 2012, 13:26 PM

All the time! Doesn't usually bother me though as I can be very patient when needs be

It's annoying in supermarkets though as people who are not watching where their trollies are going often crash into me! Or they leave them across the aisle so I can't get past, in those instances I do use my pram as a battering ram

Jan 27th, 2012, 09:48 AM	#1
Belle25 Waiting To Try (WTT) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,934	Do you ever feel invisible when your pushing your pram?! Just got back from getting dd1 from school, and no one would let me past on the path in the school to get to her class to collect her. Not one! Everyone had got their kids and were pushing their way out. One woman noticed, and told me to ram them out of the way Poor dd1 was the last in her class by the time I got there! I feel people can be so rude when you have a pram Not just at school, but generally speaking Anyone else feel invisible? xx

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KayBea Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK Posts: 5,442	meeee!!! i had to struggle through a really heavy door walking backwards with LO earlier in town. one bloke just stood there watching me & then said 'have you finished now'? wellll if you held the door open mate!!!!! grrrrr!!
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Jan 27th, 2012, 09:51 AM	#3
Tasha360 Other BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: west midlands Posts: 3,214	Yep, i have the same problem with the school run. I have a triple pram, everyone stops and stares but no one lets me past x

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Jan 27th, 2012, 10:03 AM	#4
pinkbumpnov Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 224	people are so ignorant. Its like your in the way when you have a baby with some of them. I know what you mean. x

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Jan 27th, 2012, 10:28 AM	#5
supertabby Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,917	YES! I am going to get a bumper sticker for the pram that says "If you can read this.. I must not be invisible" lol I had problems walking through the school run the other day, parents walking along chatting to other parents and taking up the whole path, kids skipping from side to side and ramming into pram (I know they're just kids but in my day mums would say "mind the lady"!). I had to come to a complete standstill 8 times for fear of the pram being knocked into the road because mums walking towards me were paying no attention. And of all people they should know better! I get dirty looks too if people have to wait for me to get through a doorway, or if they have to step slightly to the side to pass me on the pavement - usually I swerve the pram out of their way even though its harder for me to move than them, and still end up getting dirty looks! I've no idea why! An old woman muttered something about young mums one day which was actually funny as I'm closer to 40 than 30, I'm not exactly a gymslip mum lol!

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Jan 27th, 2012, 12:56 PM	#7
Vesta Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,429	I've had the total opposite experience! People are being really nice to me, people go out of there way to open doors for me, and cars stop to let me cross the road. Sorry you've had such a bad experience.

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Jan 27th, 2012, 13:15 PM	#8
Tor Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,473	I dont know i think ppl with pushchairs can be just as bad walking side by side and not letting you past, i think its just people in general but you notice it more when you have a pushchair because you cant just squeeze past them or walk on the road to get past etc. Some people with pushchairs do seem to think they have right of way though and ram you which is just as bad imo!

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Jan 27th, 2012, 13:26 PM	#9
sequeena Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 22,965	All the time! Doesn't usually bother me though as I can be very patient when needs be It's annoying in supermarkets though as people who are not watching where their trollies are going often crash into me! Or they leave them across the aisle so I can't get past, in those instances I do use my pram as a battering ram

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