Originally Posted by legot73

So I'm on my usual route home at a point where the road goes narrows to 2 lanes. There is a paved shoulder and no sidewalk at this point about 3 ft wide, and I see someone up ahead walking toward me. There's a steady stream of cars behind me, so I ride the line at the edge of the road and he moves to his left, away from me still a good 100 ft from each other. As we pass, the kid jumps out in front of me.

I stop and confront him with "What's your problem?". He's about 13, and has a real attitude. He replies "Cause you were in my way!". I say "There's enough room for both of us." He starts rattling off some gangsta crap I can't understand about who he is.

This is where I should have rode away, but I didn't. I say "Do you really want to deal with me or are you just talking?" He walks away, so I ride off. He throws a little rock at me, and misses by a good 6 feet. I grew up in a rough neighborhood, but you could get in a fight without getting shot the next day. I realize things are different now.

My wife is worried that he's going to be waiting for me and shoot me. I think he's just a punk teen pulling an attitude. She thinks I should report it to the police, but I don't think they could do anything about her concerns.

So, do I have a problem?