People Using my drive

[quicklybeendrivenmad]

It's our village fete today, never go because we work Saturday's, I started work first left in my car, DH about 30 mins later in his, leaving one on the drive, got home first to find 3 cars on my drive, one of them I know belongs to a friend, other two do not recognise.

Rang friend to ask if she knew who the others belonged to (as a bit annoyed she had not even asked if she could use my drive for her's ) to be told yes they belong to school mum friends of hers and she knew we would be at work so did not see a problem telling them to park there.

Pointed out I only just managed to get on my own drive and DH will be home shortly and will need to park on the drive as the whole village is rammed with cars, to be told they will be gone by 6pm as just about to have food and a drink, asked for at least one to be moved to park on our own drive, to be told I am unreasonable and ruining it for them.

Very tempted to block one in and refuse to move until the morning because I am shattered, had a stupuidly busy day and just want to chill in my PJ's with food and a glass off wine

Aww, thanks. What a shame if it was removed. I’ll have to read the Hazmat suit thread instead!!

I am so disappointed with the OP. Please come back and update.

@Sisterpita can you please link to CF school mum thread? I must have somehow missed that one.

I love parking threads in equal measure to wine and shark films.

@Thewizardbinbag thank you

Remember the OP is at work today.

@goingslightlyinsane
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3278894-my-first-parking-thread?page=1
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3279608-my-second-parking-thread

I remember lending a friend my (only) hoover to a mum friend. After 2 days it wasn’t returned, asked her for it and she said she had lent it to her neighbour so I will have to collect it from there!

Thank you 😊

If anyone can post the IOW parking thread I would love to read it again

Yeah this!
She's a CF Supremo.
Actually I bet she's told the friends she'd found them a great free parking space and they are buying her drinks and thanking her for being so thoughtful.
They probably haven't a clue that she didn't even ask you!
So she's CFing them too.

There should be something we can do if an OP reels us all in and then never comes back. I've logged with 101 just in case.

Tha k you for the link, @Sisterpita! I’ve just fallen down a rabbit hole reading that thread and others linked within the replies!

@AllTheChaos parking threads are the best

If anyone can post the IOW parking thread I would love to read it again

Fingers crossed someone posts it, it sounds fascinating!

So what happened?! Come on…are they still parked on the driveway?! 🫣

Totally sorry am guilty of being the person who does not posts updates (and I hate that) girls got in with pizza had a fab day, I cooked food and we located to the back room to watch tv, constant knocking at the door about an hour later finally answered it, my ex friend telling me I was childish and tbf my reply was not very adult told her they had one car free and use that slammed door. Next thing we have husband of one of her friends banging door down demanding we let his wife's car out, asked how we would do that, cos we have both had a drink, he would move it no way am I letting some randon bloke move my car, argument got quite colurful and I pointed out would ring the police cos looking at my ex friend and state of her mates would not be letting them drive especially with a children on board, all went quiet until I got a rant text message off her at 2.30am saying I have made her look bad and made a fool off her, so have had very little sleep told her to do one, been working again today just got in and my drive is clear xx

👏Love it! You stood your ground, you are awesome!

👏

It won't happen again. It never does ime.

Good for you! I would be sending a final message saying, ‘don’t ever use my driveway, or let anyone else use my driveway without asking again.’

Did the friends look remotely bothered that CF had told them all to park on your drive without asking you first?!

Parking wars - on my own drive ! www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amibeing_unreasonable/2989593-Parking-wars-on-my-own-drive
@LovedFedAndNoonesDead here is the dog groomer thread.

CFNE Parking wars 2 http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/2990305-CFNE-Parking-wars-2
Second dog groomer

Third

CFN parking wars 3 http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/3008555-CFN-parking-wars-3

This is extremely poor behaviour from your friends and others who use the drive. I'm not sure how big your drive is , but if leaving one car behind could perhaps park it length- wise on the drive and at the foot of the drive too.

Well done OP, i would have done the same. The last thing you want after a day at work is this hassle. We had our village festival the other week and our village got rammed. Some idiot parked right opposite the fire station. (Really inconsiderate as we live nearly an hour away from the nearest hospital so they send the fire brigade to help out all emergencies)

I'm shocked she or her friends didn't return immediately after you called.

I hope you enjoyed your wine.

Block them in and refuse to move your car to let them out, say you’ve come home and had a drink after a hard weeks work. Unless of course you don’t want to lose your friend then in that case be obliging .

That's an extraordinary friend. 100% block them in.