In a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, a family of four lived peacefully until a new neighbor’s boyfriend moved in.
The Ways of the Street
The way the street worked was that each house had a driveway, and there was normal curbside parking in front. The family, consisting of a 28-year-old woman, her 37-year-old wife, and their two 2.5-year-old children, each had a car and renovated part of their front yard to have enough room to park both cars off the street. They didn’t use their garage as it was essentially a storage space.
No Issues… Yet
A mom and her teen daughters moved into the house opposite them about a year ago, and they had no real issues with them. They weren’t exactly the friendliest of neighbors, but some people are just shy, thought the woman. However, things changed drastically when the daughter’s boyfriend entered the picture.
Space for Everyone
The mother and one of the daughters used the driveway, but the other daughter parked in front of the family’s driveway. She wasn’t good at parallel parking and was always 1-2 feet off the curb. This did leave it a little tight for the woman and her family to get into their driveway, but they weren’t actually doing anything illegal, so there was very little they could do.
Slightly Annoying
The boyfriend decided that the best place to park was always in front of the family’s house. There were no laws being violated, but it was annoying. The women didn’t like having to see his car every time they looked out of their window. But again, no laws were being violated, so the women could do nothing.
So What
The boyfriend was an 18-20 year old guy whose entire identity was his car. His car had an Instagram page, and it was his pride and joy. He would sit outside the family’s house and blast music, rev his engine for 5-20 minutes before leaving, do burnouts in the street, and more. He was your typical young annoying guy who loved himself and his car a little too much.
Homophobic and Loud
He thought that between 11 pm-4 am was the best time to make all of this noise. It woke up the family’s children every night. When the family went to talk to him, he made some crude hand gestures and some very anti-lesbian comments. The women felt completely violated by this horrifying homophobic act. They were left feeling like they needed to do something to fix this situation but had no idea what to do.
Very Annoying, but Legal
After that, his girlfriend would park in front of the family’s house, and then he would park so that his front wheels were in line with their driveway, blocking part of it. If both their cars were home, they couldn’t get out of their driveway, and after work, the woman couldn’t safely get in as there wasn’t enough room to move.
Petty Revenge
Legally, there was nothing they could do, so the woman figured that if she couldn’t use her own driveway, she’d just park in front of it herself. The boyfriend was there when she got home from work, so she had to park in front of him. She would park kind of close to him, as in, she was parking with her rear bumper literally an inch away from him.
Violence is the Answer
This made the boyfriend angry, and he smashed her mirrors with a bat. This made the family feel incredibly unsafe, so they decided to call the cops. The family pressed charges, and he had to pay to replace them, but nothing could be done about his parking behavior as there was sadly no law against being a jerk.
Street Screaming
Last night, the boyfriend came home and had a screaming match with his girlfriend in the street at 11 p.m. They couldn’t quite hear what they were arguing about but it was something to do with the parking situation and the fact that the boyfriend smashed the car up. The family had friends over, and the woman mentioned the story.
Petty but Working
Some of them now thought she was being a petty jerk for purposely parking so close to his car when they knew it was his pride and joy and deserved to have her car smashed. She knew she was being petty, but it worked. He hadn’t parked near them for two months, so they could actually leave their own house without it being mission impossible.
The Resolution
The young daughter was so disgusted with the sheer act of aggression and homophobic remarks that she ended up ending her relationship. She and her mother came over to the family’s home and apologized for the ex-boyfriend’s behavior and vowed that they wouldn’t have any problems with the parking situation again.
The Internet Responded
This person wrote, “If he’s blocking your driveway, you should be able to have his car towed. It is illegal to park blocking someone’s driveway basically everywhere – at least in North America.”
Another Internet Opinion
This commenter posted, “I would go as far as saying that even calling a tow company and getting his car towed would not be out of line. Severe, yes, but he would have it coming.”
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