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To wait till after the holiday to tell Him

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 24/07/2018 22:26

Back story is. DP is very paticular about everything especially where he parks his car at night. As we live all together with my Mum he has one drive and my brother has the other (weird house layout) anyway my mum told me today one of my brothers 6 cars is now broken and stuck in dps drive until further notice and also told me that she getting a skip in a few weeks so he will have to park on the road. I don’t wanna being it up with him now as we are having a wonderful holiday and I know he will get pissed. Personally I couldn’t give a shit and as we are living at my mums house it’s entirely up to her. But I know as soon as he knows he’s gonna start stressing about the insurance.

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AnyFucker · 24/07/2018 22:29

is he as much of a dick about everything ?

WhiteVixen · 24/07/2018 22:30

Why on earth does your brother have six cars?

IKnowItsTIMHONKSTIMHONKS · 24/07/2018 22:31

How ridiculous

Eliza9917 · 24/07/2018 22:33

Your DP needs to grow the fuck up.

LeighaJ · 24/07/2018 22:33

I think we need a diagram and to know more about the 6 cars your brother has and where they're parked to decide. 🤔

Eliza9917 · 24/07/2018 22:34

If he'd tgsg bothered about where he parks his car, why isn't he providing his own drive for his use?

What a wanker. Sorry op.

Eliza9917 · 24/07/2018 22:34

*that

BottleOfJameson · 24/07/2018 22:35

WTF! It's your mum's house and your DH will kick up a fuss about what she does with her own drive?

RedSkyLastNight · 24/07/2018 22:35

Is the insurance cheaper because it's parked off road? -that's a genuine issue. Wanting itparked where he wants it parked, is not.

Lazypuppy · 24/07/2018 22:35

I wouldn't stress, but to be fair he is gonna have to change his insurance if he says he parks on a driveway and will now be parking on a road, so that's annoying. But like you said it's your mums house so not much he can do

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 24/07/2018 22:35

No not everything, he just thinks that if something happens to his car when it’s parked on the road and he’s listed it as drive then the insurance won’t payout... bearing in mind our neighbourhood has one car theft a year if that. He has anxiety. Not mention the other neighbours park like dicks so barely any extra parking.
My brother has 6 cars because quite frankly he’s addicted to them, he pays with his own money so no issues, apart from him using both drives (his one fits 3 cars on it}

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 24/07/2018 22:36

Forgot to mention 3 of his cars are not there at the moment they are with at his friend garage

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 24/07/2018 22:37

You should leave your DH and he should marry your brother

newplacenofriends · 24/07/2018 22:37

Don't worry about insurance, as long as it is usually parked where you claim it doesn't matter if it sometimes isn't. Could your brother not park on the road though, and DP park in his space. Seems a bit unfair for him to have both spaces.
Don't tell him, he doesn't need to know, and will thank you for not stressing him pointlessly on holiday (or at least he should)!

Iggi999 · 24/07/2018 22:40

I would be as cross with the brother tbh, why should he lose his space to give another one to the brother? I would not be encouraging anyone to have 6 cars.o

laand · 24/07/2018 22:41

You don't live in Poole do you?

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 24/07/2018 22:42

The thing that’s winds me up th most is my mum complains about brother having so many cars but as soon as he does something like take her shopping (once every 3 months) then he’s all of a sudden the golden child and everything he does is right. I’m the closest with her and do the most stuff for the house after her.

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jarhead123 · 24/07/2018 22:42

He sounds a little deranged! Yes wait to tell him if you think it'll ruin the holiday

Fishface77 · 24/07/2018 22:44

Move out.
To a house with its own drive.

PerspicaciaTick · 24/07/2018 22:47

He could just phone his insurance company and tell them that for the next x weeks his car is going to be on the road instead of the drive. They may charge a fee, but then he wouldn't need to stress.

category12 · 24/07/2018 22:48

He just needs to inform the insurance company if he's that bothered. Take him all of 5 minutes and probably make very little difference if any to the price he's paying.

BlackCloudofGloom · 24/07/2018 22:49

I'm with DP on this, assuming you and he contribute to the household and don't just live there rent free... why should he move his car when brother has 3 spaces and he only has one? Could you two help to push the broken car out of the way so one of brother's other cars can park on the road, leaving room for DP's car on the 3-car drive?

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 24/07/2018 22:54

I got word a while ago that brothers car may be moving by then, it’s the skip bit I’m worried about. The problem is he cares too much and my brother doesn’t think about stuff like that at all, generally they get on and my brother helps DP with any car issue. I said it probably won’t cost too much more maybe £20 if that but he reasons it’s £100 more. I can’t see how. But I don’t really know anything about it.

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Duck90 · 24/07/2018 23:00

So if your brother doesn’t care too much, can he not let your partner take one of his spaces when the skip arrives?

GnotherGnu · 24/07/2018 23:03

If the insurance bothers your husband that much, he just needs to phone to tell them. You're right, if it's a safe area the insurance cost isn't going to go up by much - but even if it does, maybe £100 is worth it for peace of mind.

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