encountered something i hadn't planned for tonight and fell foul of a massive sense of injustice.
Kids and I stopped off at our local supermarket to get some cash from the ATM.
We were rushed and there was only one park close to where we needed to go.
As we pulled in, D17 exclaimed "There's our car!"
One space away was our big luxury family sedan that H has taken with him, leaving us with no car at all (my parents recently gave us their only car to drive and now, at 85, my mum takes the bus).
Walked in to ATM with D17 and didn't see H. Came back to our car and breathed a small sigh of relief that he hadn't returned to it while we'd been away - as S14 was waiting for us.
I pulled out of the park and then i heard S17 say "That's HER". I looked in the rear view mirror and saw, in the far distance, OW standing stock still, trolley at the ready, about to push down our parking aisle.
She must have memorised my parents' car make and number plate because she then scurried away sideways and into the adjoining aisle.
Now, what did I do?
Not what i should have (i.e. drive away calmly). I gave into to the tremendous rush of adrenalin and monumental sense of injustice that I felt in seeing that b--ch driving MY car when my kids and i don't even have a car to get around in any more.
I drove past her and mouthed some abuse.
Then I drove away.
BUt then, i decided that just wasn't enough. She had just sneered at me and hadn't heard anything that i'd wanted to say.
So, I drove back and got out. By now she was sitting in the driver's seat. I yelled at her to "Get out of my car" and pulled the door open. She slammed it shut and locked it. I stood there telling her to get the hell out of my car.
D17 came over as I was walking away and yelled at OW that she didn't have a car to learn to drive in any more (she got her learners' permit just when H took our car) because OW had it.
Other shoppers in the car park were staring.
It all took about 30 secs, but it rattled OW. She was on the phone to H almost the whole time and he phoned the kids within another 30 secs to yell at them for daring to treat OW like that.
Said he was coming over to speak to them face to face. S14 pointed out that he hadn't bothered to come to see them face to face since before Xmas, so why do it now.
H was livid. He phoned me and texted me to call him urgently but i did not. We stayed out for around 2 hrs before coming home and think we saw his car pulling away from our house just as we drove into our street (I took a rapid detour).
So, SNAFU. But i really don't care. That was too much to tolerate, i feel. Her driving around in our car when we have been left without even a car to drive.
I know I've detached about H - I don't take the bait any more, But I am completely vulnerable to running across OW and exploding with adrenalin and rage.
My only consolation is thinking about Denver going ballistic on OM when he caught him out in the toilet.
I know I didn't do the best thing, but you have to walk in my shoes to know what it felt like to see her driving our car. The arrogance of the b- tch to be doing it in our local supermarket too, where the kids and i shop 2-3 times a week and all our friends and acquaintances go.
Is it just me? Are you all so in control of yourselves that you can ignore the OW /OM in situations like this?
