Parking cones

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We live on a road where almost nobody has a driveway and so it's all on road permit spaces. There are hardly enough spaces at the best of times but recently a huge house across the road (which is being renovated) has had the builders put out their own orange cones to reserve two spots just outside.

There has been no yellow council restriction put up (there was once for a week months back and I let it be) so they've just decided to claim those spots for whenever it suits them.

As it's a Saturday and they're not even working there I moved the cones and just parked there. My husband - who avoids conflict at all costs - got annoyed and said well they're going to damage the car now (?!).

Am I being unreasonable? If they'd actually paid to reserve spots then I'd have no issue, but we've paid for our parking permit!!

I'd be very shocked if they damaged your car

My husband - who avoids conflict at all costs - got annoyed and said well they're going to damage the car now

YABU. It must be very difficult going through life without testicles. I think you should be more understanding of his silly little ways.

They can’t just ring fence those spots. It’s a public road.

YANBU weekend or otherwise. Stack them up and put them in their garden

@raddledoldmisanthropist

My husband - who avoids conflict at all costs - got annoyed and said well they're going to damage the car now

YABU. It must be very difficult going through life without testicles. I think you should be more understanding of his silly little ways.

YOU ABU. It must be hard going through life expecting men to be full of aggression in order to be "real men" and behaving like a sexist twat.

men don't need to be full of aggression but it seems women have to sort this stuff out because men either don't see the problem, ignore it and hope it will go away or are just too lazy. some just need to grow a spine even if it's a small amount. many women seem to be more assertive than some men, does that make us aggressive ?

It must be hard going through life expecting men to be full of aggression in order to be "real men" and behaving like a sexist twat.

1. If you go into settings there is a little checkbox which will highlight lighthearted posts so you don't need to make this mistake again.

1. I said nothing about him needing to be aggressive. He's afraid to park legally on his own road because someone who won't be there on that day has put a cone out. I would suggest there is a happy medium between that and a steriod-addled meathead.

1. The text of your post seems to imply that aggression is bad, but given your use of caps lock, swearing and abuse to make your point have I misunderstood?