Left feeling angry, stupid, and humiliated.

I went to the cinema with one of my girls today. We went to see Frozen. The place was empty and we were two of no more than 25 to 30 people. We were in the centre seats of the back row with 2 lots of two people at each end. A family arrived late and sat right beside us, mum, dad, granny, and young child, and almost as soon as they'd sat down the questions from the wee one started and the loud running commentary from the mum about what was going on on the screen began. We thought things would settle down but it didn't and after about 10 mins of it we decided to move seats. We did it without any hullabaloo and when the mother showed her displeasure at being disturbed I said we are only moving hecause you keep on talking.

We took the first available empty seats beside another family and thought no more about moving. This family also had a wee one with them and he was asking questions that the parents answered but it was done very differently and wasn't a problem.

At the end of the movie I was looking at the credits and heard a voice say to me are you the woman who moved, I turned and there was the mum standing in the row behind me in full battle mode. I told her I was and she said what did you say on the way past. ...so I repeated it and thats when all **** broke loose. She just started on us verbally and even if we had been able to think of replies to her we could never have got a word in edge wise during this tirade. We were told we were creeps for being at a children's movie without kids, that if we wanted silence during a movie we should turn a room at home into a private cinema room. That her son was 4 and she had every right to explain a movie to him and that she pitied any children related to me. It was a classic example of I don't give a monkies about others as my ( more than likely perfect first born) child comes first. My daughter was dumbstruck and just stood there because some of her pupils were standing 2 more rows behind with their parents watching the goings on, snd I wad helplesd because this flu virus has left me a bit of a wreck and quite tearful.

Anyway I tried to say pls calm down or something and thats when she said you are racists. You picked on us because you're racists. By this time however the cinema was empty and I was quite afraid and I said to my girl lets go, and the woman them said, yes go, you old hag. By this time we were o the way out and 3 cinema blokes were listening.

Anyway we got to the foyer and my daughter was fuming do I said to her ho to the car, her pupils were standing near by, and I said in a very loud voice - im calling the police, you are a disgrace and out of order. She tried to face me up and I told her you wont come out of this well, Im warning you. People were looking by this time and her husband appeared from the loo and was told you had better get your wife out of here, we heard the goings on. Her husband was looking as if to say oh god what has she done now. Anyway the woman kind of sashied away with this really arrogant walk and I was left shaking with rage, humiliation, hurt - you name it and I was feeling it.

The husband told her to leave and I said to him you really have to teach your wife to behave, and you should also tell her to thank god I was ill and not up to confrontation and that I had an appt to make - otherwise right now things would be very different and she'd be on the way to the police. I also said that my daughters pupils had heard everything as had their parents and they knew who was the better role model. While this was going on the woman stood at the bottom of a walk way smirking. Her husband was apologising for her behaviour and she was smirking. It was a bit much for me and that's when I said and when your teaching your wife how to behave in public you might also want to teach her how to bath and use a deo cos she has the most awful BO. It wasn't a lie and the only thing I could think of to hit back with.

Im stunned at what went on, just stunned, and Im wondering just when did people start to behave this way. As an expat Ive always had to live with the highest of standards behaviour wise, and no, its nothing to do with my husband, its just that there are ways to bbehave and behave you do. This woman had no qualms today about anything, she was a prize !#$& and her front has dismayed me.

Ive had my grandchildren to the cinema twice these holidays, the youngest is just 3, she managed to watch the very same movie and not need a running commentary. A few whispered comments yes, and a whispered reply or sshhhhh back from us. But a running commentary in a normal voice -no.

But that aside I feel I really let let myself down today, that I should have been more on the ball with this complete cow of a woman - but I wasn't. She must be killing herself laughing. My daughter is saying the right things but she is trying to console me. I don't want to rise above it ....I want her in a police station but that boat sailed at 4pm today. My daughter even got s colleague to talk to me, she's the same nationality as the woman, but even that hasn't helped. I feel ****** awful and that really is the b all and end all of it.
edited by DesertRose1958 on 12/01/2014
<em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 12/01/2014</em>