'I texted, called, DM’d… Nothing': Cousin parks in their relative's driveway, blocking them in for 24 hours, then they get towed after hundreds of messages go ignored

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 1, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

A couple of hours in primo parking can turn into a nightmare if you fail to heed the warning signs around you, especially when you're an entitled cousin who's taking advantage of your relative's kindness. This driver begged to park for a few hours in front of their cousin's driveway, hoping to circumvent meter parking on the street; however, after leaving their car (and apparently their phone) unattended for 24 hours, this relative was at their limit of their mercy. 

Needing to go to their shift at work, do groceries, and get along with their life, this homeowner absolutely needed the car… Desperately. So much so that after 24 hours of no contact and hundreds of ignored messages, this homeowner taught his cousin a lesson in vehicular etiquette. 

Being from a city that's always impacted by parking drama, I learned at a very young age how precious it is to score a good parking spot. Never take advantage of free parking, always read the posted parking signs, and never burn a bridge with a local who's doing you a parking favor. That's how you'll end up at the tow lot with the deed to your car in one hand and a cashier's check for $500 buckaroonies in the other…

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  • AITA for towing my cousin's car from my driveway after they left it blocking my garage all weekend and ignored every message?
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  • So my cousin asked to "park for a couple hours" in my driveway Friday afternoon and left his sedan square across my garage door. I texted, called, DM'd. nothing. I had a Saturday
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  • shift and a Sunday grocery run and still couldn't get my car out. By noon Saturday I left a final message that I'd tow at 2pm if the car wasn't moved; at
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  • 3pm it was still there, so I used the tow company listed on our HOA board. He resurfaced Sunday night furious that I "stole" his car and made him pay fees, and some family.
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  • members piled on because "it was just the weekend." gave clear notice, documented attempts to reach him, and used the posted process. those
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  • fees are the consequence of ignoring boundaries, not my punishment. Access to my own home and car matters more than his convenience. AITA?
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  • Car parked in front of a house
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  • OverRice2524. NTA your driveway is not his personal parking spot.
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  • National-Plasti... . NTA, It's your home. It's your driveway, it connects to your garage. and never agree to anyone using your driveway as a parking lot. Lesson learned.
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  • garydeman⚫ Say to him that familie comes first, hè does not respect you, don't worries its just a tow, its only towed for a few hours
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  • swanspank NTA. You leave the car, leave the keys. Don't feel safe leaving the keys, don't leave the car.
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  • 42AngryPandas · Your cousin asked for an inch and took a mile. It's literally hindering your ability to live your life. You gave all the reasonable notice you could. Screw that jerk.
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  • Family or not, if they're being incredibly inconsiderate and you can teach them a lesson, then give them consequences. Otherwise they will keep on doing it.
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  • SCCock ⚫ In my 65 years I have never had anyone ask to park in my driveway for a couple of hours.
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  • dacaur ⚫ NTA. If anyone to wants to park their car in my driveway they are leaving their keys with me. Weird that neither of you thought of that.....
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  • KRed75 I have a beach house and my MIL has the house next to ours. We have a 10' wide gravel drive and they have one as well both next to each other. MIL's step grandson asked if he
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  • could park his truck at her house while he was down there at a friend's who had no room for him to park. She allowed it.
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  • 2 hours later, my business partner who I own the house with and who was staying there calls me. "Do you know someone with a big red truck with massively oversized tires?
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  • He's parked diagonal across the driveways blocking me from leaving." I had no idea at the time who it was so I called MIL only to find out it was the douche step grand kid.
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  • They called him and texted. His mom and step father called and texted. Nothing.
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  • I finally told him to just the police. The police couldn't do anything other than call a tow company out but grand kid go there before
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  • they could get there. It's unfortunate because he's a scumbag and it would have been great to have seen his reaction.
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  • Grapefruitloaf WHY do people get unhinged when they get consequences of their own actions? You gave plenty of warning. NTA
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