I (22) have a disability that put me in a wheelchair a wheelchair at 18. I have a disability parking placard in my husband’s car, as I can’t drive and rely on him for transport. We went to the store the other day and my husband parked in the disabled spot with the wings on the side so he can get my wheelchair out. As he started to pull my chair out a mom in a minivan pulled up behind us and started yelling at us about how she was waiting for that spot. Husband apologize and said he was trying to get my chair out, but she snapped at him that she "Needed it more" so she had room to get her stroller out. Husband said he was sorry but her car wasn’t anywhere near the spot so he couldn’t have known she was waiting. She rolled her eyes at him and sped off. Later that night someone shared a post from the mom in a disability Facebook group. She said we were insensitive to single moms and even though her kids are "normal" she still should have gotten the parking spot because she is a single mom or 4. AITA for not giving her the spot?
NTA
Oh the entitlement. When did being a single parent become a handicap?
– signed, a single parent.
I am not understanding this at all
You have a disability placard, and were parking in a disabled spot.
She is a mom, with (presumably) no placard, and no disability.
And you wonder if you, the disabled person, should have given her, the non-disabled person, the disabled parking spot?
What am I missing?’
Either NTA (obviously?) or YTA for this rage baiting post
I get really bad anxiety when it comes to conflict, and looking at her og post, a bunch of people agreed with her . It really made me question if I should have made such a big deal over a parking spot.
NTA. As a mom. Sure it would be nice to have mom parking spaces, but that’s not your fault.
Did anyone point out in reply to the post that she was trying to park in a disabled space? If not they’re all TA for not speaking out. If anything your husband shouldn’t have apologised; he should have also pointed out to her that she wasn’t entitled to park there.
You should have posted on the Facebook post that some people are insensitive to those in wheel chairs and think choosing to have four kids is the same as not choosing to lose the use of your legs.
NTA. Disabled parking spots are not intended for non-disabled people, no matter what gender they are or how old their children are.
This woman has an entitlement problem and should be actively shamed.
If I understand correctly, you have a disabled tag, or placard and were parked in a disabled spot. She does not. Next time you see her in the disabled spot, call the police and tell them you are in a wheelchair and can’t get out because someone without a disabled placard has parked there. Having her car towed or ticketed might make her realize the world does not revolve around her.
NTA but why are you asking? In what context could you possibly be the bad one here?
NTA, its a DISABLED spot. Having 4 kids isn’t a disability. Other than a lack of braincells on her part since she clearly can’t handle 4.
NTA.
>he said we were insensitive to single moms and even though her kids are “normal” she still should have gotten the parking spot because she is a single mom or 4.
Wow, lol. Well, she’s “insensitive” to people with ACTUAL disabilities. That definitely makes her TA here.
NTA. Makes me sad you’re doubting yourself here because, of course you’re NTA.
NTA. Disability spots are for people with disability placards not for mothers who have strollers.
Mothers who have strollers don’t need extra wide spots designed to help people get wheelchairs out of their cars which usually requires machinery on the car. Mothers can just take their stroller out of their car in any parking spot.
She can go to a store that has those parking spots for mothers of young children/expectant mothers if she wants special parking but that’s not the norm.
A stroller does not entitle one to a disability placard, let alone free use of disabled parking spaces. That mom needs to buy a clue.
My (sadly, late) brother-in-law was a quad. The stories I could tell …
NTA. 🦽spot is for people who have a disability. Having 4 kids is a choice, not a disability.