Neighbour and his parking

[ray81]

I live in a cul d sac, no allocated parking just park where you can. The car park is square. So have come home from school run, van parked near my house, car parked next to it so i parked next to that which is infront of the persons house 2 doors down. I have just gone out to get something from the car and the person who lives in this house has parked as close to my drivers side as he can with his big blue Van. I am 9 months pg, 2 days overdue so you cant miss it and i cannot get in the drivers side of the car, can hardly get between the wing mirror and his van. This happened last week too and i had to get DH to move the car out for me, he could hardly get in the car either.

So AIBU to be REALY pissed off about this and WWYD?

Get in through the passenger side? The neighbour is probably making a point because you parked in his/her "usual spot". No one has a right to parking outside their house if there are no restrictions....not unreasonable to be pissed off but not a lot you can do

YANBU but no suggestions but just wanted to say RAY81 YAYAYAYAY for being 9months preggers and hope bub comes along soon. I remember you from the FB threads and MC threads. I have a 12 week old madam stuck to the boob as I type this

Sorry for hijack!

YANBU. I would be tempted to put a humorous note on his windscreen

"I am flattered that you think I am a mere whisp of a girl who can wiggle into my car when your van is parked so close to it. Actually I am, in case you've not noticed, 9 months pregnant, and wiggling is physically impossible for me at the moment.

"Would you mind leaving a couple of feet between my car and your van next time you park?

"Much appreciated,

ray81"

Congrats on your pregnancy btw

Thandeka - YAY for you having a 12 week old CONGRATULATIONS that is such great news. I am having alittle girl too. Probably alittle to annoyed about this due to hormones etc

Cannot get in passenger side as am soooooooo big cannot climb over the gear stick.

Just knock on the door and ask if he wouldn't mind moving it....tell him you are in labour...that will panic him!

Is your neighbour a really horrible, obnoxious type of person? If so then that is awful, I have had horrid neighbours in the past and I sympathise. It is awful to think that it would cause massive problems for you to go round, say hello stick your bump out, smile nicely, and ask politely if he could move over a little bit, if you are frightened of how he may respond.

We need more info on neighbour's temperament and past behaviour tbh.

Otoh, if neighbour is generally a reasonable chap, perhaps he came home in a rush, desperate for his dinner/the loo, and didn't give a moment's thought to the fact that the car outside belonged to a pg neighbour. The gap he squeezed into may have been the last possible space at that time?

Neighbour is rather ignorant and has done this lots of times and not just to me but anyone who parks outside his house. TBH i am rather worried about how he will react if i knock on the door, if he was nasty to me i would probably cry ALOT. AND there were just 2 cars when i parked so 3 including mine and there are spaces for 7 cars on that side, 7 cars opposite.

PS if i look out the window and he sees me when he's parking he leaves enough space, if i am not there he parks very close.

In your position (you say when you parked there were only 2 other cars parked out of a possible 14 spaces?) I would avoid parking outside his home.

Fair enough, it's a shared car park, you can all park where you want technically. But if he has issues, and you (understandably) don't want to confront him, then just avoid the situation in the first place.

Oh bugger - non allocated parking!

I live in flats with non -allocated parking and one particular neighbour it sooo difficult - has identified their 'spot' to the point where they scream at anyone else who parks there, has got a tin of pain and written 'secured parking' on their spot and even when we've had contractors to come in and do communal works and need the access, has told them to bog off.

I'm assuming your neighbours are not this difficult - just go explain your bump (congrats!) and say you need to the space.

I've also just posted on primary schools as we have the entire school parking in our drive and getting very very upset when you point out it's private parking, private residence, private paths - so why the feck do you park, block me in, or park in my drive and stream past our bedroom window waking dh up and push my son off the path that leads to our home (and also to the back parking where they illegally park).

It's people I'm afraid - just give birth and then let your post pregnancy do the talking next time neighbours parking pisses you off.

giveitago - if i was you i would hire a van for a week and park it in your neighbours "secured parking" spot. And then deny all knowledge......