To the mom who purposely rear-ended my DH in front of day care this morning...

[Anonymous]

sarahrshapiro wrote:If you ask me, the OP sounds like a whackadoo and probably deserved it. I have a hard time believing the OP's husband didn't do something wrong.

Now that sounds as you so eloquently put it, "whackadoo"!

[Anonymous]

OK I'll admit, I've been driving to pick-up, after a horrible day at work, gotten in cut-throat traffic and lost it myself. But this is in the comfort of my car where no one can actually here me (sure they can see my lips move). But even when I have almost lost it, the second I turn on the street of my daycare I think "can't lose it on anyone on this street, they could be parents in my daycare."

My only advice to you OP is try to be the bigger person. It's horrible that your children had to witness it. And I can understand the need to come here and vent. But if you see the other woman again, try compassion. Maybe she hasn't had any in a long time. And most likely she already feels horrible about what she did.

Or maybe she gets parked in by daycare people every day who decide that it wont' hurt to "park too close" to someone for a few minutes because they can't be late for work. Maybe your DH was 200th person to park too close to her. I know near our preschool/daycare a few parents pay no heed to the parking signs and park in resident only parking. That would drive me nuts if I lived there.

[Anonymous]

She's probably hormonal. God knows I wasn't the world's loveliest person post partum and getting back to work trying to manage the stress of a new baby with work, etc.

I would be you she's mortified now that she has (hopefully) calmed down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having been on overly stressed out working mom dropping my kid off at daycare after a sleepless night...I would feel bad for her and just let it go if there is no damage to the car. She probably has calmed down and feels like a complete idiot and under normal circumstances wouldn't act in that manner and while I never did anything of the sort I do remember mornings when just one more thing wrong would have made me want to start yelling at random strangers...

You are an adult and you don't yell, curse, ram you car into back of someone else's car. Unless, of course, you are playing Kathy Bates role in "Green Fried Tomatoes."

[Anonymous]

Considering the 2 teachers that didnt know her were from the infant room (which is small), and DH didnt recognize her as a toddler room parent, her kid is at least 2. If its not still "baby weight" when the kid is 2, you "hormonal" is just not gonna cut it anymore either.

[Anonymous]

What school?

[Anonymous]

I can't believe the people who are saying to let this go. She PURPOSEFULLY rammed her vehicle into someone else's car!! WTF? A night or two in jail might teach her a lesson. She'll calm the fuck down once her child sees her arrested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school?

Unless this happened to multiple people this morning, she knows who she is.

[Anonymous]

Just a thought but is it possible she was so caught up in her own thoughts that she accidentally threw the car drive and then reverse?

[Anonymous]

The yelling is unimportant considering she could have run over a child by reversing too quickly. On purpose or not, that is deadly serious. The daycare should identify this women and call her to demand she apologize to you and warn her that if she does this again on daycare property, her family cannot be part of the center.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe people are being understanding and sympathetic to this woman. She has a rage problem. She used her car as a weapon. That's scary stuff. Maybe if the police got involved, she'd realize she needs to get some help before she kills someone and/or ends up in jail.

[Anonymous]

You can chalk the yelling up to a "bad day," but ramming into someone's car is just nuts. If you are in DC, trying to file a police report might be more hassle than it's worth given there is no damage, but I would not let this go with the daycare center, this lady needs a serious talking to.

[Anonymous]

This wacko lady sounds exactly like some of you ladies who post here everyday...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can chalk the yelling up to a "bad day," but ramming into someone's car is just nuts. If you are in DC, trying to file a police report might be more hassle than it's worth given there is no damage, but I would not let this go with the daycare center, this lady needs a serious talking to.

Exactly. What if there was an adult or child walking in between or behind her DHs car? What if her DH was trying to put the children into their carseats as this woman hit them, or crossing in between the cars with one or both children to get them into their carseats? If so someone could have/would have been hurt and this woman could easily be facing charges of assault or manslaughter.

I also want to know - did this woman have her own children in the car with her when she did this?

She needs some serious help.

[Anonymous]

whoops. It was drop off not pick up. Still, taking children out of the carseats, etc still could have been an issue.