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But it's OUR drive...

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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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amazingamy09 · 22/11/2016 15:22

It would frustrate me too, I can't believe he waited for you to vacate the drive so he could use! I'd leave your bins out so he can't, but maybe I'm just petty (I am!)

PrivatePike · 22/11/2016 15:22

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TrueBlueYorkshire · 22/11/2016 15:23

What you need to do is talk about this on the internet, and bottle it up as internal rage rather than just having a chat with your neighbour.

On a side note i always make sure i do a U-turn in driveways that have signs saying "no U-turns" just for the laughs.

Bluntness100 · 22/11/2016 15:26

I mean...it's basically like the neighbour coming into your home and having a bath and stealing your bath bombs, isn't it? Pretty much EXACTLY THE SAME

Ilovehedgehogs · 22/11/2016 15:26

So do I True, I imagine them watching me from behind the net curtains and exploding with anger.

TinselTwins · 22/11/2016 15:36

but I can say a normal reverse on and off will cause little to no wear and tear

If he can't be bothered to learn to safely reverse out onto the road normally without damaging his own car, then I would not trust him to be driving up my drive without damaging my property/belongings or worse, not watching out for children!

YANBU, If he can't be bothered to fucking learn to drive his naice car properly I wouldn't want him anywhere near my property with it

SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:37

Well apparently you can't just talk to him because he won't accept your request and will keep doing it as a result.

Rather than the bath bomb analogy, try to think of it in terms of the better one up thread - if someone decided to have a daily picnic in your garden 'just because ' how would you feel (apart from completely bemused, obviously Grin)

PrivatePike · 22/11/2016 15:39

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SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:41

No it's not so there, and you smell

BitOutOfPractice · 22/11/2016 15:41

You know what it's like. It's like timeline coming in and just shagging your partner. It's just like that. Identical.

BitOutOfPractice · 22/11/2016 15:41

Timeline? Someone

NavyandWhite · 22/11/2016 15:42

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blitheringbuzzards1234 · 22/11/2016 15:43

I wouldn't get too upset about this. Why don't you do the same thing in his driveway? Alternatively, I'd reverse into my drive and drive out as it's safer.

SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:43

If anyone wishes to shag my DH they are welcome to him. Just don't reverse onto my driveway, have a picnic in my garden or use my bath bombs - or I will have you Angry

SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:46

Good - glad to hear you'd stand up for yourself Navy, you did seem very concerned with what he thought of you and what he might or might not do as a result of your speaking to him. Don't worry about giving him a reason - your property, your decision.

diddl · 22/11/2016 15:49

If your NDN has right of access, maybe he just thinks that it's a free for all?

BitOutOfPractice · 22/11/2016 15:50

Never trust that timeline. They'll shag your partner soon as look at them. On your drive. Filthy bastard.

SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:51

Probably have a post coital bath with your bath bombs too

PrivatePike · 22/11/2016 15:52

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SirChenjin · 22/11/2016 15:58

And leave the eggshells from their picnic strewn about the place.

I'm not sure whether to twitch my nets in a froth of righteous indignation, ignore in case their shagging turns into a full blown orgy, or switch on the news for a war torn country based reality check Confused

BitOutOfPractice · 22/11/2016 15:59

It's when he sits there on your drive eating your hundreds of thousands of pounds sandwich that I really get cross

Anatidae · 22/11/2016 16:02

Why do you care? What's going to happen? Is your drive going to wear out because he reverses into it?

If a child is playing there and he hits it?

BiddyPop · 22/11/2016 16:04

If Private Pike smells, just let her have the damn bath with your bath bombs!! Grin

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