At the corner of Leslie and Lesmill

[stripforme]

After spending a wonderful day just chilling and napping, my mom and I decided to go over to Yorkdale mall to do some shopping. I got myself some tinted moisturizer and stuff from Shoppers and we found this really pretty dress for Matt's dad's wedding in June, so we were both in a good mood

Comments

[pianist_envy]

That was cool of your mom not to freak out. That's the first thing you're supposed to say in a collision, regardless of what happened. It was an accident.

Very glad you're both ok.

[stripforme]

thanks, I'm glad we're both okay too.
And I've very glad my mom is a lot more level headed than I am. Though afterward she started swearing up a storm. But you know, whatevs.
I called the ambulance and the police so that girl in the car should be thanking me that I didn't just jump into the car and strangle her!

[kitness]

Well, I'm glad you're okay. But I have to have a litle bit of sympathy for the other car considering she got off way worse than you did injury-wise and will probably lose her licence. Besides, it was, afterall an accident - I've done it, my brother's done it, you've done it - and it sucks for all parties.

And, having been at the receiving end of someone who's very first comment to me was "what the hell's wrong with you? Look what you did to my car!" I have to feel bad for the poor girl.

But I am very glad that you and your mom are fine - car accidents are scary and awful.

[stripforme]

They are awful and scary and I do feel bad for her
But c'mon now. Running through a RED light?! It's a little bit different than ours accidents, I think. But whatever.
Anyway, yes, it's good that everyone is okay and no one was seriously injured (as far as I know... though I'm not too sure about the passenger of the other car).
But I'm not about to feel bad about what I said to her. I was pretty fricken pissed off, understandably so. And the first thing that came to my mind wasn't "well, I got in an accident before too, so I should be nice," that's for sure!

[stripforme]

plus, if you look at your reaction to your brother's car accident where he ran a red light in an area not too familiar and far from home, you seemed to have a similar reaction as I! :P

[kitness]

Yes, but I never said that to him. The first thing I did when I saw him was give him a hug and ask if he was okay - even if I did think he'd been a complete idiot. And half of my reaction ahd to do with the fact that if everything hadn't worked out the way it did, we would be packing ot move to an apartment in Oakville right now and selling me into prostitution to pay the rent. So it was a slightly different situation. But whatever, water under the proverbial bridge.

[rockthenweroll]

omg im so happy you guys are ok
i totally have been in your situation and its scary and not fun!
just think its only a car and you guys walked away from it ... i hope your not to sore later on!
k we gotta get together soon with kakes... girls night out... doing nothing! lol ttyl

[stripforme]

My arm still hurts (it's now the morning afterward), so we'll see how it goes today at work, but I'm hoping the pain will go away eventually.
And yes, I'm sooooo thankful that it wasn't as bad as it could have been, considering there were other cars we could have hit in the spinning process, as well as a pole.
So phew! lol
And girls night out sounds lovely! Can't wait!

[darmela]

That sounded so scary, and I'm sincerely glad you and your mother are fine. I understand people's rational thoughts of feeling bad for the other girl in the comments above, but I also think you reacted the way many people would have. It was a very surprising and shocking experience, and yes, people will react in diff. ways, but I still don't think anyone should reprimand you for yelling at the girl. I know I generally like to keep the peace, but heck, the girl ran through a RED light. Okay, fine, she was lost, but if you're lost, it's always best to pull aside and ask a gas attendant for directions or just plain get off the road. I hope my comment doesn't seem harsh, b/c I obviously wouldn't want anything bad to happen to that girl (i.e. an injury resulting in death), but I still don't see why people are making you feel bad for reacting the way you did?

[stripforme]

I agree with you completely! So I'm glad I've got someone on my side! lol
She could have seriously injured my mom or myself (since she did hit my side of the car... if my mom was going just a little slower than she was, I... well, I don't even want to think about how badly I may have been hurt) or have harmed her friends or herself more so than she did. She could have also hit other cars in the process of hitting mine all because her music was too loud, she was busy chatting with friends, she was lost, going too fast, and just plain not paying attention. Yeah, it's too bad for her. It's sad that it's hard lessons like these that teach people to pay closer attention to what they are doing when they're driving, BUT I'm not going to feel bad because I was upset with her HITTING OUR CAR. Because of this my mom's insurance is going to sky rocket and we're down a car for quite a while. I'm not going to feel bad because I'm angry about this.
Anyhoo, thankfully things were not worse than they were.
Thanks for your sincere thoughts! :D