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A neighbour called Dave

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KhakiOrca · 22/04/2025 02:21

Does everyone know a Dave?
The Daves I know are middle aged (obviously because it was a popular name back then)
But they all seem to be on benefits, drive a motorbike of some sort , smoke weed and have a few vicious dogs.
What are your experiences of Daves?

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Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:26

David Attenborough! Does he count? Obviously I don’t know him personally but he’s definitely a Dave that isn’t one of those Daves 🤣

Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:29

Oh, just remembered I have a Dave next door. Yes he’s middle aged but no to all the other things. Works full time, no dogs, no motorbike. I don’t know if he smokes weed 🤣
Hes a nice neighbour, he mows my lawn for me.

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KhakiOrca · 22/04/2025 02:32

Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:29

Oh, just remembered I have a Dave next door. Yes he’s middle aged but no to all the other things. Works full time, no dogs, no motorbike. I don’t know if he smokes weed 🤣
Hes a nice neighbour, he mows my lawn for me.

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.I bet it's a petrol lawnmower 😆

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LillyPJ · 22/04/2025 02:33

The Dave I know has a high-paying job, has never smoked anything and doesn't have a pet. He does however have a motorbike (plus three ordinary bikes and a car). In fact, I've known a few Daves and none of them have been on benefits or owned dogs.

Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:36

KhakiOrca · 22/04/2025 02:32

.I bet it's a petrol lawnmower 😆

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Yes it is!
He doesn’t have a car or a motorbike, so it’s the only thing he can ‘drive’ 🤣

SharpOpalNewt · 22/04/2025 02:37

I don't recognise that stereotype of the name at all.

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KhakiOrca · 22/04/2025 02:38

SharpOpalNewt · 22/04/2025 02:37

I don't recognise that stereotype of the name at all.

You must live in the country side 😆

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SharpOpalNewt · 22/04/2025 02:46

The middle aged Daves I know are all very sensible, kind and industrious. Absolutely the opposite of the first post.

Maitri108 · 22/04/2025 02:47

Can't really relate. The only Dave I know lives in a cave, isn't on benefits but he has a motorbike.

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KhakiOrca · 22/04/2025 02:48

SharpOpalNewt · 22/04/2025 02:46

The middle aged Daves I know are all very sensible, kind and industrious. Absolutely the opposite of the first post.

But are they called "David" because that's different.

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Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 02:53

Oh, I did have to call the police on Next Door Dave once, not long after he and his wife moved in. I could hear them through the walls, he was shouting and then there were thumps and I heard her scream. So I got worried that he was getting violent. Police came very quickly and then they spent a long time in with them talking, and then an officer came into me to say that they were fine, Dave was just a bit drunk, but he was a bit shouty and knocking things over so they ‘persuaded’ him to go elsewhere for the rest of the night. Not sure if it was to the cells or to a relatives house but they carted him off.
Anf then the next morning 2 police cars turned up and they started knocking all the neighbour’s doors and asking them if they’d heard anything during the night! I was mortified, I only wanted them to check his wife was ok, and now all the neighbours would know and it was my fault 😩
It’s a wonder he mows my lawn after that. I’ve never heard him act up like that since, and I did explain to his wife that I just wanted to know she was ok and I didn’t want him carted off to a cell, or for all the neighbours to find out, and she was very nice about it. She said “oh, I can handle him” 🤣

Mothership4two · 22/04/2025 02:57

Middle-aged neighbour Dave drives a car, doesn't smoke weed and has a job. Has a couple of non-vicious dogs that he hasn't trained and doesn't walk and can't understand why they don't do what he wants and are bouncing off the walls. Apparently a bit of a lazy git at work and doesn't lift a finger at home, but acts like he is top dog, wants his own way and frequently gets things wrong that his wife has to clear up. He's a bit of a bully. I know all this through friends, family, coworkers and his wife, when she's being indiscreet, as well as what I have seen myself.

Have a family member named David who hates being called Dave.

Pandimoanymum · 22/04/2025 03:07

Maitri108 · 22/04/2025 02:47

Can't really relate. The only Dave I know lives in a cave, isn't on benefits but he has a motorbike.

There’s a Dave in a Cave?

powershowerforanhour · 22/04/2025 03:11

DaveInACave would be a great MN username. Or the next child's toy craze like the old Cabbage Patch dolls.

Mothership4two · 22/04/2025 03:17

Dave in a cave reminds me of soap on a rope (remember them?)

Toddlerteaplease · 22/04/2025 04:00

Yes, but neither of them middle aged.

Illjusthavethebreadsticks · 22/04/2025 04:04

Brother is Dave, daughters dad is Dave, I have an Uncle Dave and two cousin Daves, stepdad Dave so yeah !!

ArtemisiaTheArtist · 22/04/2025 04:12

One Dave I know is a relative. He's retired. He plays the guitar and has an allotment. He loves taking his GC on days out.

Another Dave I know is a part-time actor, is very funny, very tall and is in his fifties. If a casting director were to put Dave on telly, he'd be "gangland henchman" or "soldier" in a historical setting. Seriously, he's huge.

sesquipedalian · 22/04/2025 04:16

My DH is David, but he’s Dave at work. Same as my late DF. They are both the antithesis of the OP’s description of a “Dave”.

StartupRepair · 22/04/2025 04:17

DS (26) is Dave. He is kind, responsible, well educated, has a good job
Wherever we live DH and I have a neighbour called John. We have one on each side at the moment.

PrincessOfPreschool · 22/04/2025 04:22

We had a 2 year is Rave where I worked a couple of years ago. He was a 'character'.

PrincessOfPreschool · 22/04/2025 04:23

StartupRepair · 22/04/2025 04:17

DS (26) is Dave. He is kind, responsible, well educated, has a good job
Wherever we live DH and I have a neighbour called John. We have one on each side at the moment.

My neighbour is Colin and so is my sister's neighbour. They are both very nice and love to look after cats!

TwinklyNight · 22/04/2025 04:34

I know/knrw two. One was a violent man that nobody misses (dead now) the other is a fine upstanding person.

LadyChillT · 22/04/2025 04:38

I know one Dave I work with sometimes, owns a motorbike, likes smoking fags and drinking beer, no dogs that I'm aware of. Cheeky old grandpa type. I knew another Dave at one point who enjoyed playing chess and made a living writing table quizzes and doing matched betting online.

nowahousewife · 22/04/2025 04:50

Know a Dave and a David. Both senior professionals, one runs ultra marathons, spends a lot of time in his garden and enjoys a beer while the other flies light aeroplanes and enjoys good wine in his spare time. Neither smoke but one does have a v sweet spaniel.
Both v nice decent people.

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