Elderly neighbor demands resident next door stop parking in front of their own house, claiming it's too close to her driveway, resident says: ‘This is not a reasonable ask’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
May 10, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

What is the best place to park your car when you return home at the end of the day?

Some people like to park their car inside their garage to keep it from getting dirty from anything happening outside and to keep it as safe and close as possible. Others can't find the energy to open their garage door every day, so they block it and park their car on their driveway instead. Then there are those who want the easiest access to leave and simply park their car out on the street to avoid doing any extra work when they have to drive away the next morning.

If you're lucky enough, you get to have that choice when you return home, and all three options are available (and maybe others we failed to mention). Some people aren't that lucky. All it takes is an extremely busy street or an extremely entitled neighbor, and the choice is stripped away entirely, just like it did for the young resident below…

This young resident lives in a wide and spacious neighborhood, which, on paper, has many parking options for all its residents. The young resident prefers to park their car out on the street, next to the curb that's closest to their house. They find it the most comfortable regarding their work schedule, and since it's right in front of their house, they didn't think anyone would have any issues with that.

Well, turns out they were wrong. The one person who has an issue with their parking choice is the elderly neighbor who lives in the house on the other side of the street. She claims that when the resident parks their car on the street, it gets in her way when she attempts to back her car out of her own driveway. This led her to demand that the young resident park somewhere else and respect those who are older and require the space.

Since the elderly neighbor basically yelled her demand at the young resident, they are not so eager to comply. Should they let it go and find somewhere else to park their car, despite it being public parking? Keep scrolling to decide…

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    Happy Senior Woman Driving Car Alone
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    Happy Senior Woman Driving Car Alone.

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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    considerate, that I should understand this is a neighborhood. 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
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    the owners of those houses also park there and she goes "RARELY." 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.
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    Am I just losing my mind and being a young, inconsiderate bh, or is this just not a reasonable ask?? I'm also very much a sensitive person lol so I'm
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    upset about being yelled at and don't think it's okay to talk down on someone just because you're older.
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    Driveway with an automatic gate
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    Driveway with an automatic gate.

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    Edit: Multiple people asking why she doesn't back into her driveway ― she tells me parking on the street makes it hard for her to back in or out.
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    I see a lot of people in the comments also saying they have a similar problem to my neighbor on their narrow streets. For context my street has parking on
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    both sides with cars, buses, and trucks being able to comfortable drive between them. Essentially a 3-lane road in width****
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    Edit 2**: I am going to just park elsewhere to avoid issues with her. I don't even have a huge issue with the act of moving my car further at this point, I just did not find the way she talked to me to be necessary and I needed to bh on here lol.
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    Prairie Mermaid I'm in my 60's, have neck issues and wouldn't dream of telling my neighbours to not park on the street in front of their house. Perhaps she should back into her driveway seeing she has trouble backing out of it.
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    kingcasperrr If she can't reverse properly due to mobility then she needs to either modify her car with a camera or mirrors or reconsider driving.
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    pryzzlicious She definitely could have asked you, not told you, to not park there. If she's so worried about backing out of her driveway, maybe she should back IN to her driveway when coming home so
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    she can simply pull out. Or maybe she can park in front of her own house instead of the driveway. Or maybe, just maybe, she should take some driving lessons and learn how to f ' ng drive.
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    My husband is 61, and he has zero problems backing in and out of our driveway, despite us living on a narrower street, and having our driveway be directly across from the front of our neighbor's house.
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    StormbringerGT She has every right to ask. You hace every right to decline.
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    West-Albatross464 "She says she's old, can't see properly or look over her shoulder, and struggles to back out when I park there" So she shouldn't have a licence then if she can't do basic driving skills.
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    JulsTiger10 I'm in my mid-60s. I realize that some people consider that old, but I don't feel particularly old. Your neighbor offends me deeply.
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