A resident has shared their parking nightmare, which has left them fretting about where they can leave their car.
An anonymous resident has been left exasperated by a neighbour who has made it abundantly clear that they don’t want anyone parking near their home.
The resident took to the r/NeighboursfromHell Reddit page to share their ordeal, explaining how they were being instructed to move their car if it was even remotely close to their neighbour’s house.
On-street parking for terraced houses can often be a free-for-all, but most people are content if they can find a spot.
However, this particular neighbour has twice now demanded that the resident move their car from a designated spot.
The resident vented their frustration on the forum, writing: “Neighbour is making parking situation awkward on terraced street.
“I don’t particularly care about parking my car right outside my house, if I can that’s great, if not I’ll go somewhere else. There’s normally spaces within 10m from the house.
“One of my neighbours really really really cares about parking outside their house to the point that it is so awkward for me like, if I see a space I’ll park in it, a space outside their house that is close to my house is fair game to me.”
“But twice now in the past two weeks I have parked and had a man instantly come out the house and ask me to move, when I said, ‘Oh why can’t your wife park somewhere else?’, he was like oh kid/shopping etc. It is the kind of question where I just feel like a d**k if I say no/don’t move.
“The other space that he wanted me to move to was literally metres away. Further from my house so less convenient for me, and like 4m from this house’s door.
“Because nothing is actually stopping me moving my car but like surely it is just first come first served, there’s no assigned parking, there was other spaces around so it isn’t like the wife couldn’t park anywhere.”
“But it just felt so so awkward especially as a younger woman because when he asked, ‘Can you move over there’ I felt like I can’t really say no?”
Members of the public were resolute in their advice, unanimously suggesting she should simply decline her neighbour’s demands.
One person wrote: “As a younger woman, you can say no, and it’s time to learn how.
“If you want to avoid tension, just answer with a smile and, ‘Not this time.’ Say that every time. Every time. You’re not being confrontational, and eventually he’ll get the message.”
Another person added: “I would just keep walking. Have some ear buds on or have your phone on your ear. He is looking for trouble.”
A third wrote: “Just say no. Or don’t say anything. Just stare at him blankly as you lock your car, then walk away.”
