Drivers up and down the country will be all too aware of the perils of parking, but any homeowners or renters fortunate enough to have a guaranteed space on their driveway are the lucky ones. Despite this, nightmare neighbours have been known to hog parking spaces - resulting in heated feuds with fellow drivers next door who wouldn't dream of acting so selfishly.
One frustrated driver has certainly got the short straw with her neighbours, as she's forced to park further up the road because next door insist on 'monopolising' the parking spaces on the road outside their property. It's been slammed as a 'selfish' move by the woman, who insists that it's unfair to strategically park in public parking spots when others are struggling to find a space.
Taking to Mumsnet to vent her frustrations, the woman, who remains anonymous, explained: "Our neighbours have 2 adult sons at home so have 4 cars and only 2 spaces for parking. We have one space but 2 cars so use the space on the road outside our house.
"If someone is parked there then I just go to the end of the road and turn right - it's a walk past 6 terraced houses so not far and there's lots of space. Space outside our house doesn't belong to us so it's first come first serve so often next door's son parks there. All fine."
While the woman clearly understands basic parking etiquette, unfortunately her neighbour's don't pay her the same courtesy, as she continues: "Now the bit that annoys me. They've recently begun strategic parking so if son goes out, they move their car from their garage to save the space. I find it really irritating that they're monopolising the space. I just think it's a selfish d**k move.
"I've [sic] don't agonise over this but saw them doing their manoeuvres a few moments ago and wondered if it's a normal thing people do. I think I'd understand more if parking was significantly limited but there's lots at the end of the short road and this bit is a small cul de sac."
Fellow Mumsnet users flocked to the comments section on the woman's post to criticise her neighbours parking habits, as one seethed: "Its [sic] just that your neighbours are too lazy to walk a few feet from the other parking spaces, seems quite common these days."
Others shared similar experiences with their own neighbours, as one wrote: "Massive d**k move. I had a neighbour like this who would always park on the road outside his house and leave his driveway empty??? Someone else has moved in further up the road and does the same. I don't get it."
A third commenter offered the woman stern advice, writing: "Yes of course they're being d***s. There are some people up our road who do this. I think you should just ignore it, don't get drawn into a petty parking row. Consider yourself above it and laugh about them behind their backs."
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