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AIBU to think DH's knobber friend parks like this deliberately?

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 08:28

He does this every time he pays us one of his glorious visits and I can't get into my own driveway. DH claims he doesn't do it deliberately. I call bullshit. I have attached a (badly-drawn) pic showing our street and the abundance of places he could park instead. There is a key at the top but basically he could park anywhere I have put a tick.*

*Some ticks may look aggressive and deformed.

AIBU to think DH's knobber friend parks like this deliberately?
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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 09:34

Hard to know if he’s being naïve or just letting him get away with it @SuddenArborealStop. My husband hasn’t made too many friends here so his bar is low I guess. I actually asked him the other day what he had in common with Thumb Man and he struggled to articulate an answer. For the record, my husband doesn’t resemble genitalia, throws his rubbish in the bin, manages to get his wee in the toilet and parks his car in a common sense manner. They both like potatoes though, so....

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Giggorata · 12/03/2021 09:36

Nothing constructive to add, other than I love the diagram, and the aggressive ticks, but most of all, the knobber's car!

I would certainly frame it and hang it somewhere where the visiting knobber can see it, as well as DH.

I think the suggestion of parking your own car across the drive is inspired.

I wouldn’t dream of letting his tyres down...

Name99 · 12/03/2021 09:37

What is the explanation offered by him for parking there?

FedUpAtHomeTroels · 12/03/2021 09:37

You have to use some of the things said on here.
He sounds vile.
Hey knobhead, move your wankmobile from acrtoss the drive.
Hey thickhead, you park like a nervous learner driver, move it.
Keep on and when Dh objects, look surprised, and say Really, you think knobheads parking and blocking the drive is good? That makes you a knochead too.
My dh knows if I have complained and asked him to do something about someone being a knob or inconsiderate/annoying, he can help or I'll go off on one in front of him and his buddy.
Find your inner rage.

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 09:41

[quote Mylovelyhorsee]@anxietyaunt

Urgh I remember your last threads and I was annoyed for you then too! Can you speak to your husband again? Maybe just stop being polite. Short one word answers. He’s rude he doesn’t deserve your polietness[/quote]
I stopped being polite long ago, basically after that last thread you mentioned. The Giant Knob knows he’s not welcome. I spoke to my husband today as soon as I got home to find he’d blocked my driveway and shot down each of his claims it was an “accident”. It’s just silly really. They guy has a good friend in my husband but he fucks it up by pissing me off. I’d be hospitable if he wasn’t such an obvious knobber.

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 09:42

Sorry about the swearing and penis talk by the way.

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 09:43

@Dowermouse You had to scale your wall to leave your own property?! How many times? What is WRONG with these blokes?!

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BrownEyedGirl80 · 12/03/2021 09:44

The fact the knobber actually looks like a nob has cheered me right up this morning

Grits · 12/03/2021 09:46

Your diagram is excellent. Your description of knobby thumb man is even better.

Please frame your diagram and hang it next to the toilet, so he can see it next time he is 'accidentally' missing the bowl.

MNerGoneRogueAgain · 12/03/2021 09:46

He needs a good ticking off, @anxietyaunt

Diagram kudos from me.

I agree, laughing at him is the way to go

MNWorldisCrazy · 12/03/2021 09:48

When you know he's coming, park your own car across the end of your driveway.... Or put Olaf there Wink

honeylulu · 12/03/2021 09:54

Make some signs saying "PARKED LIKE A KNOB" and stick one to his windscreen with vaseline every time he does it.

I am not doubting for a moment that he does it on purpose to piss you off. He sounds just like my BIL actually - is he called Chris by any chance? BIL has a habit of doing stuff like this to put me in my place in the pecking order, as he sees it. He has been quite vocal about me "thinking a lot of myself " because I dare earn more than his brother.

The piss on the floor is probably not an accident either. He is probably gleeful thinking about you on your hands and knees wiping up his urine.

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 10:05

Wonder what he would think of the fact I got my husband to clean his piss up then @honeylulu. Actually he’s probably love it.

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 10:06

*he’d

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anxietyaunt · 12/03/2021 10:07

What does your DH say/do about your BIL, @honeylulu? He sounds like fun.

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AdobeWanKenobi · 12/03/2021 10:11

Why does your husband let him in the house when the car is parked like that?
Mine would say “hi good to see you, can you move your car” before he let him across the threshold.

You have as much of a DH problem as a giant man baby knob problem here I’m afraid.

VettiyaIruken · 12/03/2021 10:17

He doesn't do it deliberately
Translation
He does it on purpose but I don't have the stones to say anything so I'll try to get you to just accept it instead

peak2021 · 12/03/2021 10:17

I am sure this is deliberate. Even if it is so it can be seen from the house because he fears someone hitting it.

Doesn't make it right.

Sunhoop · 12/03/2021 10:17

Love the diagram Grin

I think you're right about it being a power play. Often the case with these "manly" construction types - I've known/worked/married enough of them in my time! I also remember your previous posts on him. Ugh just tell your husband to ask him to move every time.

SnoozyBoozy · 12/03/2021 10:18

Next time he parks like that, just say 'ah Knob Face, you seemed to have parked across our drive again. Do you want to give me your keys and I'll go and park it properly for you?'. Should wound his ego a little.

But he sounds horrible. If you irritate him enough (pick up your rubbish/pee in the toilet/park like a normal person), hopefully he'll just stop coming round. Problem solved.

Sunhoop · 12/03/2021 10:19

He doesn't do it deliberately
Translation
He does it on purpose but I don't have the stones to say anything so I'll try to get you to just accept it instead

Yes those were my thoughts too!

Sunhoop · 12/03/2021 10:21

No mobility issues @Laila747. Unless you count the standard mobility issues suffered by Neanderthals before we evolved...

😂😂😂👏

jay55 · 12/03/2021 10:36

Sounds like he looks like Gregggggg Wallace which is terrifying.
Do you tell him that the blind are not allowed to drive?
I'd want to chuck birdseed on his car every time.
And I don't have a house, car or driveway but am thoroughly annoyed on your behalf.

honeylulu · 12/03/2021 10:39

What does your DH say/do about your BIL,@honeylulu? He sounds like fun

We don't have much to do with him. Husband says he suffers from TMT (too much testosterone). His face is permanently red with rage from ranting about the real or imagined slights against him from other drivers, employers or women who've (astonishingly) rejected him. He's now 50 but still seems to expect to find a 25 year old supermodel girlfriend, who earns less than him, naturally.

Glad you didn't mop up the piss OP! Like your style. I even make my children clean up their own toilet messes once past infant school age. An adult male would definitely not get away with it.

YoniAndGuy · 12/03/2021 10:51

What the fuck? Why are you putting up with this?!

Tell your DH you're not prepared to have him in the house because he's a boring, disrespectful, twatty piece of shit.