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AIBU to think next door neighbour is being a Petty Patty over parking?

144 replies

Popchipsrfab · 17/04/2025 15:23

Hi Hivemind! AIBU to think that next door neighbour ( passive aggressive social worker) is being a Petty Patty by knocking on our door last night to complain that recycling and food recycling bins are placed over about 20% of the paved area that she states she owns between the passage/ driveway between our 2 houses. This passageway is an access to our garage and our other neighbour's garage. Long story short..she also complained about not being able to park outside her house yesterday as my partner's car was " taking up 2 car parking spaces" and he ought to park more considerately. FYI my partner moves his car onto my parking space to deter other road users from parking there during the day..so when I get home I can recharge my electric car under the kitchen window..not specifically to annoy Petty Patty next door...although it obviously has, as today she has backed up to within one millimeter of his car despite there being ample spaces on the road to park on..she parks in my ' spot'. She has also removed said bins from in front of partner's car in order to park in front..as I say within 1 mm of his front bumper! These were moved by me as a result of her complaining about where they were left. They are a 3 car household..we own 2..and I am out of the house from 7.30 - 5pm.
Now I am dreading going home as she is still parked there and partner has said he will go and knock on her door and demand she moves it if it's still there when I get home and need to charge my car for tomorrow..
First world problems I know..but is it just me?? What to do next??

OP posts:
GargoylesofBeelzebub · 18/04/2025 06:28

You are the unreasonable one here

Snoken · 18/04/2025 06:18

If you and your partner wants to be that entitled you need to buy your own land to do that on. You are acting like the king and queen of the street, no wonder your neighour has had enough.

Glitchymn1 · 18/04/2025 04:42

“FYI my partner moves his car onto my parking space to deter other road users from parking there during the day..so when I get home I can recharge my electric car under the kitchen window..”

Oh the entitlement, the irony. 😆

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 18/04/2025 04:17

Interesting that the OP isn't coming back now that no one is agreeing with her.

Runningoutofpatiencefucksandmoney · 18/04/2025 03:41

The comments didn't disappoint 🤣🤣🤣

YABU OP. Firstly for the thread title alone...petty patty? How old are you? 🤣

Electric car, social worker and 2 parking spaces? Do you wear pearls? Do you clutch them?

IglesiasPiggl · 18/04/2025 03:24

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 18/04/2025 02:03

Great name @IglesiasPiggl !

Why thank you 😀. It comes from a thread where the OP was asking about In the Night Garden, and her phone somehow autocorrected to Iglesias Piggle 😂

Tbrh · 18/04/2025 02:06

Spirallingdownwards · 17/04/2025 15:32

Put your bins on your own land.
Your partner should not park like a twat.
HTH.

Edited

Yep

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 18/04/2025 02:03

Great name @IglesiasPiggl !

HuffleMyPuffle · 18/04/2025 01:44

Safe to say OP isn't returning

UndermyShoeJoe · 17/04/2025 18:20

EmpressaurusKitty · 17/04/2025 18:19

Is Petty Patty related to Nervous Nelly & Debbie Downer?

Perfect penny too

EmpressaurusKitty · 17/04/2025 18:19

Is Petty Patty related to Nervous Nelly & Debbie Downer?

Middleofthetown · 17/04/2025 18:14

‘Petty Patty’ 🤢
I feel for the poor woman

UnbelievableLie · 17/04/2025 18:11

Bellavida99 · 17/04/2025 18:08

How do you charge your car from kitchen window? You’re not allowed to have cables going across a public pavement as it’s a trip hazard

Exactly.

ARichtGoodDram · 17/04/2025 18:11

Tbh the fact that you describe a space on the public road as "my parking space" massively suggests you're the unreasonable one.

If your partner has started parking like a twat to save you a space then it's likely every little thing you do now annoys her, hence pulling you up about your bins.

Once an inconsiderate neighbour gets under your skin everything that you'd usually ignore bothers you in my experience

DisforDarkChocolate · 17/04/2025 18:09

Regardless of your wish to charge easily your partner is being a very bad neighbour taking up two spaces. I'd be annoyed too.

Bellavida99 · 17/04/2025 18:08

How do you charge your car from kitchen window? You’re not allowed to have cables going across a public pavement as it’s a trip hazard

Jungfraujoch · 17/04/2025 18:05

Public road - people can park where they like, however annoying that is for you!

Cakeandusername · 17/04/2025 18:02

You do know the public highway outside your home isn’t your space to park anyone can park there.
If you are unsure re your property boundaries check on land registry.

HerNeighbourTotoro · 17/04/2025 17:57

It sounds you and your husband are pretty passive aggressive. Feel sorry for your neighbour.

mrsm43s · 17/04/2025 17:54

You don't have a "spot", your DH is unreasonable taking up two spaces, and you are an inconsiderate neighbour. If you want a parking spot of your own, you need to may the extra rent or mortgage for a property with a designated parking spot.

You are the one entirely in the wrong here. Please change your behaviour and stop selfishly inconveniencing others.

Pinepeak2434 · 17/04/2025 17:47

She shouldn’t have to address these issues with you because you should be more considerate, I would not want my neighbours bins on my land, and I would think that your husband was selfish for taking up two car spaces.

Cakeandusername · 17/04/2025 17:46

How are you charging car without a drive? If you are dangling a cable over pavement or road then I’d be wanting to avoid annoying neighbours or they’ll report you to council. Cables illegally across are dangerous.

JacquesHarlow · 17/04/2025 17:46

I think this has to be a wind-up @Popchipsrfab Surely?

HollyBerryz · 17/04/2025 17:41

Are you trailing a cable across the public footpath to charge your car? Patty will be the least of your worries if someone gets injured.

HollyBerryz · 17/04/2025 17:40

IglesiasPiggl · 17/04/2025 17:23

I can't help but picture this as like the scene in Amandaland, where she blocks the neighbour in daily so that she can run the car charger out of her window and across the street. Are you actually Amanda, OP? 😂

😂