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AIBU?

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But it's OUR drive...

482 replies

amammabear · 22/11/2016 12:11

Our drive is directly opposite the drive of the house opposite, it's a quite, dead end street so not much traffic. When I reverse off if, I turn as I do so that I'm facing the right way on the road and then off I go, the person who lives opposite however (in his perfect BMW with private plates...) doesn't do this. He instead reverses straight across the road, onto OUR drive, then drives off again.

Normally this only annoys me a little, but today, as I was reversing out of our garage I noticed he had his reverse logged on and then started moving so I stopped outside of the garage, on the drive. By the time I'd stopped, I noticed that he was fully back on his own drive. So because he saw I was going to be in his way, instead of reversing properly, onto the road instead of someone else's property, he went back out of reverse, and drove back on.

So being annoyed, I waited. And waited. And the insert name for irritating person here waited too. Eventually I had to leave, shaking my head at him, and watched in my mirrors as he priced he had been specifically waiting for our drive by reversing straight across as usual.

AIBU to be annoyed about this? It's our private property, that we have to pay to buy and maintain? I know it's quite a little thing and it doesn't usually bother me too much more than a minor irritation, but today it really infuriated me.

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weresquirrel · 24/11/2016 19:24

I hope you are going to start turning in his driveway? Ignore all the holier-than-thou responses. You have every right to feel annoyed by this, especially when he is doing it in such a selfish and arrogant way.

SirChenjin · 24/11/2016 19:33

I just love being right Grin

MikeUniformMike · 24/11/2016 21:13

You should reverse into your drive, if you can. I would ask your neighbour to not reverse on to your drive.

WouldHave · 24/11/2016 21:15

Do grow up and pack it in, SC and NW. OP's answered perfectly clearly.

NavyandWhite · 24/11/2016 21:18

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SirChenjin · 24/11/2016 21:22

Do be quiet WH

Nanny0gg · 24/11/2016 21:36

It's like these people who have a "no turning in the drive sign" - you just know the kind of petty people they'll be

Unless, of course, it happens dozens of times a day...

amammabear · 24/11/2016 22:13

I am enjoying watching everyone's posts...

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 24/11/2016 22:20

Perfect parental tactics from Would there - unite the two combatants against you as common enemy so they stop fighting! Wink

Jusr joking - please don't hate me...

amammabear · 24/11/2016 22:22

That sounded slightly creepy...

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SirChenjin · 24/11/2016 22:30
Grin

This thread is only at 411 posts - plenty more enjoyment to come OP!

BerylStreep · 24/11/2016 22:35

My first thought was neck or shoulder problems.

I really couldn't bring myself to get annoyed about this.

JenniferYellowHatsRedLingerie · 24/11/2016 22:45

I'm sure someone said this already because I can't be arsed with the whining over 17 pages but fuck me #firstworldproblems.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 24/11/2016 22:50

Appreciate your point about being disabled but if you can physically manage it I'd start swinging into his drive with headlights full on, stereo up to max, and reverse into your own drive....

amammabear · 24/11/2016 23:34

Lol tread!

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BeauHeaux · 24/11/2016 23:45

What are you going to do OP??

RockyBird · 25/11/2016 00:20

We need diagrams and pics

Attitude84 · 25/11/2016 06:11

I would've moved my car right across the drive so he had absolutely no room to reverse on it, then went inside for a cup of tea. I'm extremely stubborn!!!!! So would've been late to make sure I won lol! As a few others say, invest in some gates so he can't use your drive!!!

NavyandWhite · 25/11/2016 07:29

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falange · 25/11/2016 09:24

YABU. I'm quite jealous actually because if this is all you have to worry about your life must be very easy.

SirChenjin · 25/11/2016 09:25

Oooh - the suspense!! Grin

Dingarees · 25/11/2016 09:29

OP I can't believe this bothers you. How do you know he also parks in parent and child spaces or disabled parking bays? Are you stalking him? Why do you care how much his car cost? You sound like a busy body with the biggest chip on your shoulder ever! Get a life!

amammabear · 25/11/2016 09:41

Navyandwhite I've made that quite clear, I don't know why you're choosing to ignore it. He doesn't do polite conversation, he doesn't join on with community stuff, he won't take parcels in for people and is rude if delivery men ask, he only ever speaks to us if he has something to tell us in his condescending manner and isn't at all interested in a response (i can't remember how I worded that bit, but I did mention it a long time ago). I am not up for confrontation.

I'm perfectly allowed to be annoyed with him without risking creating a scene about it.

I have been genuinely surprised how many people wouldn't care about someone using their property without asking, but I guess we learn new things all the time, and it does seem that many responses are people that would be annoyed too, even though some admitted they knew it's silly.

Of course I'm not going to actually charge him when we get it repaired, who knows how he'll manage to get off his drive though during the repairs, and I only ever mentioned that in response to people specifically saying it doesn't cost me anything.

It still annoys me.

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SoupDragon · 25/11/2016 09:41

PMSL at "Get a life"

You're on the internet berating strangers. I'm not sure you have a leg to stand on!

amammabear · 25/11/2016 09:43

Dingarees I never said that he parks in those spaces, that was a separate thing about makes of car. I have a life thank you, but we also own a drive, our property, not his.

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