It’s always a good idea to try and get along with your neighbors - after all, you have to live alongside them. But sometimes little things, like parking, can cause problems.
An annoyed woman has taken to Reddit to share how her ‘selfish’ neighbor’s mom has caused tensions to rise within the neighborhood.
In the post, she explained: “Our car was stolen in June and then returned to us at the end of July. It's being worked on and my husband has had to tell our neighbor's mother who visits that she can no longer park in our parking spot.”
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She then went on to explain that everything was ‘well and good’ until she returned home from running some errands to find her neighbor’s mother on her stoop asking to talk to her husband as she wanted to ‘extend her parking allowance’ in her spot.
The woman said: “She explains she is moving into the townhouse next to us to help care for her grandkids and she sees that our car as a lost cause. She has said that us losing our car was great so she can park closer to the townhouse and not have to park on the street.”
She also explained that she told the mother that as the car was being returned in October, after being repaired, she could use the space until then but must make other arrangements going forward.
Unfortunately, the mother did not take this well, with the poster adding: “This woman who I am assuming has NO SENSE of reality said the chances of our car ever working is nil and that we should just GIVE HER the parking spot. (Our townhouses have assigned parking and guest parking spots are adjacent).”
In addition to this, the woman revealed that her neighbor’s mom said that she ‘will just take the spot whenever she wants regardless if we get our car working or not. So the poster explained how she was considering ‘calling a tow truck’ the next time the woman parks in her space.
The poster later shared an update and explained that: “Neighbor who is the son of the woman has gotten involved and sided with us on the matter. He also had told his mother to park in the guest parking spots from now on or do not come here at all. She also lied to me about moving in (big surprise). So far I was given a blessing if she does it again to call a tow truck.”
Other Reddit users were quick to comment on the situation, with one advising: “Make sure you get something on record of informing your neighbor or her mother that they are no longer welcome to use the spot. Text message, email, etc. They can, and likely will, try and make it out that you had agreed to allow their use of it and could have some way of proving that you had allowed it in the past.”
A second commented: “Absolutely call the tow truck the very first time she does it. And when you leave, set an orange cone in the spot (nasty note optional) lol.”
While a third added: “Whether you need the space is irrelevant. It is YOURS. I would leave her a note on her windshield as a final courtesy notice that her car is subject to towing without warning if she parks in your space, and then follow through on the threat.”
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