Was my friend BU about this person parking over her driveway?

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I went to visit my friend the other day, call her H. As I was coming up to her house I noticed a car was half over her driveway, so as my friends car was parked in the driveway I had to park half in and half out her driveway, the back of my car was sticking out onto the road since the other car was blocking me from getting into the free space in her driveway.

Anyway, as I was getting out my car, a woman with her daughter (she had just picked her up from school and that's why she had parked there) came up to me, looking quite flustered and said "I'm really sorry, I'm just moving." I just replied it's okay as I hate confrontation and she had apologised.

I get to my friends door and H comes to the door and was like, "look at that woman parked over my drive" I told her she had apologised, H then proceeded to go up to the woman and say, "could you watch where you are parking in future as people can't get in and out my driveway" the woman replied that she had said sorry and H then said, "that's not the point, it's my driveway!" And stormed away. The woman then apologised again.

I'm just wondering if I am being unreasonable in thinking my friend was being a bit unreasonable. The woman had apologised and was affronted, I just think my friend over reacted but maybe I'm wrong. Personally unless I needed out of my driveway, it's not something I would get upset or worked up about. But I also wouldn't park over someone's driveway, partially or not.

Thoughts?

I'm with your friend. An apology indicates an accident, or unintended event. She deliberately, instead of, arking farther away, blocked your friends access and exit to her property. And I can't imagine it's the first time it has happened. School pick up parents seem to be universally amongst some of the most ignorant and self righteous I've ever come across. They don't care about access to properties, or even fellow parents. It's all for one and bugger everyone else. I'm sure your friend has had enough of selfish twunts twittering "oh sorry" whilst really meaning, like I give a crap, I'm not parking further away and safer.

When I pick dgs up from school we have to park opposite, alongside everyone's driveways and drop down kerbs. You just have to make sure you're not blocking anyone's access, or else find somewhere a bit further away. Totally selfish to do what that woman did. No wonder your friend was cross!

It's a quiet cul de sac. I would have been surprised had anyone hit my car but yes, I would have been livid

But you would have been in the wrong here.

Im with your friend. There's no excuse for parking over a driveway, ever, unless you're the emergency services. People who do it are entitled arseholes who deserve a massive bollocking

Your friend was not in the least U. School run parents are often entitled cunts. (bitter experience)

Your friend wasn't being unreasonable. Blocking someone else's driveway is wrong.

You say there was nowhere to park but couldn’t you just have parked in another street and just walked there?

YABU. Your friend wasn't. The woman knew what she was doing, it's not like she accidentally blocked the drive.

I live next to a secondary school and have been known to shout at the selfish idiots who block me in by parking over my drive. And ones who have parked ON my drive. Teach your precious children how to bloody walk. Most secondary school children do not need collecting from right outside the bloody gate.

You friend was being entirely reasonable. This woman has parked like a twat for no good reason and the fact she said she was sorry isn’t good enough she shouldn’t have done it in the first place. Saying sorry doesn’t make up for deliberately doing things you know you shouldn’t do. Utterly selfish on her part and good on your friend for pulling her up on it.

Your friend was right to call her out on it. When the woman apologised you should not have said, " its fine!" It's not your drive. Next time just say, "it's my friends drive, watch out she goes nuts!"

no, she wasnt being unreasonable. it was rude of the woman to park over her drive

@Gruffin why should I have to? I'm just back on my feet after a nasty broken ankle and surgery on it. I'm not up to walking far.

It is massively cheeky to park on stranger’s driveways. Most people wouldn’t do it, that woman is used to use other’s people private areas.

I live in a two direction narrow street with double yellow strip areas so traffic can flow in both directions. I can assure you that it is always the same pair of idiots, year after year, that block us all in.

Your friend not unreasonable for her reaction.
You are unreasonable for your inconsiderate parking

@RealHousewifeOfSheffield I'm being unreasonable for my inconsiderate parking!? 😂 unbelievable honestly! What do you suggest I should have done then? Where should I have parked?

I don’t see why you didn’t park on another street. Where I am even residents don’t necessarily get to park on their street, let alone outside their house.

You should have parked anywhere that was legal and not blocking the road. HTH

It's literally been two weeks since I got my cast off for a bad ankle break, as I have said. My ankle is still sore and I have a limp so no I couldn't have parked streets away and walked. And why should I when my friend has a drive way!? It's astounding to me how I'm somehow getting the blame!

I'd love to see if the posters saying you should have parked streets away etc would have done the same themselves. I'm sure they wouldn't have.

Come back 20 mins later after the school run is over. It happens at the same time everyday so can easily be avoided

You're getting the blame because you did exactly what the school mum did - parked where you liked even though you knew it wasn't ideal.

Your friend was not being unreasonable.

So the person apologised but they knew they were being a cf parking there so the apology was not sincere or she would have found a better parking space further away.

I wasn't blocking the road though? I was partially out of the drive but still plenty space for people to get past. I was sticking out further than any of the parked cars so I wasn't blocking anything.

I WASN'T sticking out further than the parked cars there.