A Woman Parked On the Street Right in Front of Her House—Then Her Neighbor Came Out Yelling
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Imagine parking your car on the street in front of your own house. What would you do if your neighbor asked you to stop parking there? Would you move your car or ignore her?
In this story, one woman is in this exact situation, and so far she has chosen to ignore the neighbor’s request. After all, it’s her car, her house, and the street parking is public parking. There’s literally no reason for her not to park there except for the annoying neighbor yelling at her about it.
Keep reading to find out why the neighbor wants her to park somewhere else.
just got yelled at for parking in front of my house
I live in a neighborhood with a relatively wide street, not too narrow.
I typically park on the street just because of convenience with work schedules.
I park in front of my *own house*, close to the curb.
I carry lots of stuff in and back from work so I like keeping my car closer to the house.
The neighbor across the street hates that OP parks there.
Today, after getting out my car, my neighbor just yelled at me. She said she’s told me repeatedly not to park there.
For context, my neighbors driveway is right across from the street parking spot from my house.
She says she’s old, can’t see properly or look over her shoulder, and struggles to back out when I park there. She said “you’re what 20 something and I’m in my 60s”, told me I’m not considerate, that I should understand this is a neighborhood.
The argument continues…
I told her it’s public parking.
She retorted that the whole street is available.
I said I don’t like parking in the other spots up front or behind, because the owners of those houses also park there.
And she goes “RARELY.”
This isn’t the first time this argument has happened.
She has picked up this argument before one last year, but I just resumed parking where I usually do since 1) it’s my own house, 2) it’s public parking.
Am I just losing my mind and being a young, inconsiderate witch, or is this just not a reasonable ask??
I’m also very much a sensitive person lol so I’m upset about being yelled at and don’t think it’s okay to talk down on someone just because you’re older.
Wow. That’s so annoying. If the old lady can’t see to back out of her driveway without hitting anyone, I’m not sure how OP parking her car somewhere else will help with that.
Perhaps the neighbor should start backing into her driveway so she can easily see to pull out, or she could park on the street too. There are so many options besides yelling at a neighbor for parking in a perfectly legal parking spot.
Let’s see how Reddit reacted.
An older person weighs in.
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Yeah, this is what I’m thinking too.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about neighbors who couldn’t ignore reckless neighborhood driving after an accident occurred.
Here’s a suggestion on how to respond.
This person suggests making a phone call.
If the neighbor is a bad driver, she shouldn’t be driving. You can’t tell someone not to park in front of their house!
It can be tricky backing out of my driveway, so I back into it. There are easy ways to solve this problem!
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