To be very annoyed with the neighbours.

[supersonicginandtonic]

Our neighbours are nice enough but very nosey. They appear every time we go in the garden or out the front door. They've even been asking us where we are going recently.

Yesterday their son parked on our drive, they just text us to say he had done this, they didn't ask. I came home and parked behind him. DP had to park down the road as we live on a roundabout. We asked him if he could move it about 6pm before we had tea and put the kids to bed. They replied that he was playing on a PS4 game and couldn't come at that moment. I asked if he would be needing his car for work tomorrow (today) and he said no.

6:45am this morning we are woken by knocking at the front door, followed by the door bell ringing. It's next doors son he's been called into work. Me and DP are on annual leave today and we're hoping for a lie in. He also woke our toddler. I'm furious. Does anybody else feel IBU for thinking this is selfish behaviour?

Damn cheek of your neighbours.
What else Is there to say?

Next time he does it disable the doorbell, block him in and ignore any knocking for a couple of hours at least. He needs to feel the consequences of his selfishness.

If there's a next time just have had a wine.

You've made a huge mistake in not sorting this out immediately. If someone parks on your drive you don't ask them to move, you tell them. They will definitely do this again.

Oh no. You have a DP problem!

You should tell them you are angry and they should apologise.

You need to be firmer. At 6.30pm you should have gone round, knocked and told them to move it now and to ask before parking there in the future.

They'll walk all over you now they know they can.

Wow - you need to let them know that you are furious and why. No 'culture' exists where people can be that entitled and ignorant. Tell them they must never use your driveway again under any circumstances.

I've spoken to them. The husband has messaged DP saying he thinks they've made me angry 😂

I would be livid! You need to tell them it's not acceptable 😡

This is insane ... I hate confrontation but even I would be telling them never to park on my drive. WTF were they thinking. And who would dream of knocking on the door that early .... cheeky fucking bastards.

@supersonicginandtonic

I've spoken to them. The husband has messaged DP saying he thinks they've made me angry 😂

Yay! What did you say?

Btw I have an earworm because of your username.

I’m not sure I could ever fancy one of these wet men “who doesn’t like conflict”. We don’t have a drive but if anyone parked on it dh would not put up with it - me neither for that matter. Bloody cheek!

What did they say?

Obviously dp is the nice neighbour 🤣

You husband should message back with, "No shit Sherlock, what did you think would happen when you used our drive, refused to move when asked and then woke us up at 6.30am on our day off and also woke our toddlers? Stay the fuck off our driveway in future"

I said it was ridiculous that a man At 24 wouldn't move his car due to his PS4. How inconvenienced we were and how I was angry being woke up so early.
They didn't say much just apologised 🙄

DP is a peace keeper. His jobs a probation officer so he's used to being reasonable.

So here’s a mash up of the neighbours, you and us, to the Oasis song

🎤 Can I park with you
Near your BMW

You can play with me
At my PlayStation you see

You need to shout out
Or they won’t understand what you are on about
You need to find a way
To say, get out my way
Before 6.45

My MN friends will kick you home
You’ll sit in the dark, be all alone
The console under a waterfall
And forget bout the car
I am calling now to get it towed... 🎤

Good for you Op....i also hate confrontation but this needed to be nipped in the bud and thats exactly what you've done.

Bit snide of them to message DP. Like they are trying to get DP to side with them and make fun of you?

DP told them it's their fault and what did they expect waking a pregnant woman that early 🙈

@supersonicginandtonic

I said it was ridiculous that a man At 24 wouldn't move his car due to his PS4. How inconvenienced we were and how I was angry being woke up so early. They didn't say much just apologised 🙄

DP is a peace keeper. His jobs a probation officer so he's used to being reasonable.

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I’d go further and drop a note saying “under no circumstances do you use our driveway again”.

They are completely out of line. No way would I have moved at 6:45am. I would have made him late for work - let him explain that to his boss!

Parking is one of my bugbears! I used to live in a flat with designated parking and some buggers used to try a d park in my space. They only did it once I tell you!

He needs to follow up with a text saying it’s for the best if they don’t use your drive in the future

Well done op. Good to see someone sticking up for themselves.

If it happens again I'd refuse to move my car for at least two days

Cheeky fuckers indeed.