I agree with the commentators who say it was a stupid decision to get out of the car and confront an obviously unhinged man, but her husband should've stopped his pregnant wife from making this mistake, not just sit there like it has nothing to do with him.

Uhhh..you lay a finger on my lady and I'll be on the local news that night wearing an orange jumpsuit and not even think twice about doing it.

Personally I feel that would be the beginning of the end marriage wise. If he can’t defend his wife what makes one think he’d defend his child? What if the man was attacking their child, would he still sit there like a coward?

Some people in that reddit thread need to learn the difference between giving good advice (in the future, protect yourself and don't get out of the car!) and blaming the victim (you're mad because you're suffering the consequences of your actions). No wonder she didnt want to post again.

Here's where I'm at. Just because you're a woman doesn't mean that you're allowed to get out of the car and confront a grown man with the expectation that your husband will swoop in and protect you. You should have stayed in the car. How irresponsible OF YOU to do that knowing you're pregnant. I believe there are also details that have been omitted on your behalf. You started it. Should he have gotten out of the car and helped? Maybe, but had you not added fuel to the flame, the situation would have never escalated in the first place. Hope your children have more emotional intelligence than you do.

If he'll do stuff like this to you, he'll betray you child as well. Lose him - for your kid's sake

Not everyone has the "fight" gene. I know a lot of folks who just do the proverbial curl up and it will end soon.

I say we stop judging her for getting out of the car. We do stupid things when we are worked up and/or scared. She's obviously a strong woman who can deal with confrontation. There are people who completely shut down mentally when faced with confrontation. I think if the husband got out of the car, the man would have probably beat him to a pulp. Everyone is concentrating on the wrong thing A MAN SLAPPED A PREGNANT WOMAN! That's all we should be talking about here. I hope they get the security tapes, splash his cowardly misogynistic face all over social media and put him in jail. Yes, the husband needs therapy to deal with his anxiety over confrontation, but it doesn't make him a bad person. He may have physically not been able to get out of the car when it was happening. Lighten up people, you all act like you would have turned into The Rock when this happened.

ATTENTION IF YOU ARE EVER BEING FOLLOWED IN YOUR CAR HERE IS WHAT TO DO 1. take 4 right (or left) turns so that you go in a circle. if the car is still behind you, then you know for sure you’re being followed. 2. call 911 (or the emergency number for your area) this is an emergency. 3. drive to the nearest police station (if for some reason you can’t go to a police station, go to a fire station, hospital emergency room, or anywhere with a sign that says “safe place”) 4. park as close to the entrance as possible, since this is an emergency don’t worry about parking in an actual space.

My own recent "road rage" encounter in a parking lot at the supermarket in France: I don't know why I angered this guy, but after I parked at the supermarket, he pulled up next to me, got out of his car and started screaming at me and pounding his fist on my door. I locked all my doors and got out my cellphone to call the police, but I didn't know how to call the police in France, so I filmed him hitting my car and screaming at me until he left, when I hoped to capture his car's plates. After he left, I moved my car to the front of the store. When I got out of my car, he had returned and blocked my car. I was still running the video on my cellphone and managed to capture his plates and his abuse. Immediately inside the store, I notified the manager who got their security personnel in action. The driver had left, but I was escorted to my car. I went to the police station the next day with my video and the store has security cameras in the parking lot, but so far, no arrests.

Great mom staying with a guy who will NEVER protect your child.

this just sounds like a stupid couple in general - 1) why is she getting out of the car to confront a crazy road rager while pregnant? and 2) she's protecting her man-child of a baby daddy by defending his pussy-a*s for not lifting a finger to help in this situation. Y'all are just stupid with no common sense. Incoming wildly sarcastic comment here - so glad you idiots are procreating.

Well, there usually are not that many police stations in the vicinity, are there?

Had a case of road rage on a highway at night. The car followed us for over 70km, we were in the middle of nowhere, no other cars but this sicko who kept driving right behind us flashing us with his far lights to blind us. We were two women in the car. My mother ended up gaining speed (thanks god our car was much better than of that sicko) and then turned off all lights and drove off the road. We stayed silent, sitting in the dark in a car behind some bushes for over an hour, just to be safe. Then drove off. Was scary as s**t.

her last statement that the people who commented were mean tells me that she didn't want to hear the truth. also, sounds like she may end up raising two kids. but, each to their own. for many of us, it would be the signal to leave. we can't condemn those who do not agree with us. my only hope is that she will be there if hubby fails to protect their child.

She sounds like an incredibly toxic person who sought out a confrontation. When you have someone in your life who is not confrontational and will not pick a fight, you don't get to complain if you force them into that situation and they respond completely as expected. Regardless of whether or not he should get some more backbone, if she had his back, she'd have never put him in that situation.

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He's not much of a man. Sadly, this is what society is doing to males nowdays.