feel absolutely terrible

[Connemmara]

I am in from a funeral about 3 pm and ran into my house (as I thought I would be going out again) for a few seconds so I very much randomly parked my car very much in the middle of a cul - de sac but there was some room. I fell asleep (which I never do in the afternoon) just to awake to see my next door's neighbour (which was too late) helping his disabled daughter-in-law into (they dont live with them but that's neither nor there) a taxi with her husband - I obviously left them very little room to manoeuvre the taxi. You know she was already in the car (son has to carry her in) so I just saw said neighbour putting wheelchair into back of car. I apologised profusely and said that I just meant to leave the car like that for a few seconds. Then I phoned him and said sorry again but he could have wrapped my door but as he pointed out himself he should not have to wrap somebody's door to get car moved. Boy am I feeling bad

[Mamyalynne]

Deep breaths, this has upset you all the more becuase of the day you have had, make a cuppa and try to let it pass.

[carmalee]

stop beating yourself up - you're a nice person who fell asleep - you didn't mean to inconvenience them and have apologised - on a par with Jack the Ripper - ratio of 1 to millions and millions!

[Connemmara]

These days I am apologising all the time - I never never would do that to anybody - I did think I was going out to pick up spare parts for my dishwasher.

[Connemmara]

do any of you think I should give the daughter-in-law a wee pressie or plant to salve my conscience or would it make things worse.

[Mamyalynne]

You have to let it go, I used to be just the same, someone would walk across my path and I would apologise even though they were in the wrong, I have tried to train myself not to do it.

[Mamyalynne]

If it would help you pop a little card through the door explaining.

[carmalee]

as mammalynne said - been a hard day and everything is magnified. Of course you wouldn't do that normally but it hasn't been a normal day. xC

[Connemmara]

let me tell you neighbour was mad as he slammed his own front door vehemently

[Mamyalynne]

You cannot take his anger on board though, accept what you did unintentionally or it will grow out of proportion.

[237SJ]

I wouldn`t fret over it too much. You`ve said sorry. As you say, he was quite capable of knocking on your door but he chose not to. That was his choice. For all he knows you could be absolutely grief stricken after a funeral.

[Connemmara]

thanks everybody for your kind answers - I did think I would have been beaten up here because I am so much in the wrong.

[boxtops]

I would leave it now connemmara - you have already apologised, if you keep apologising, it won't ever let drop. You know you were wrong but understandably so given the circumstances of the day, and you have said so. If you see the son or DIL in he next few days you could apologise to them as they are the ones directly affected - but otherwise, although you feel bad, I would just leave it.

[cazzz1975]

I was just wondering why you parked you car in the middle of the road?

I agree with box, I would leave it now, you apologised.

[Dee Sa]

you have apologised isnt much more you can do, neighbour probably now wants to forget about it, just try not to do it again, you seem like a nice person and it probably praying on your mind too much, it wasnt intentional.
My new neighbour opposite parked his car in the road parallel to our car parked on the pavement in a disabled marked bay i had to find out whose car it was and go and ask him to move, he apologised then did it again and apologised again the third time I thought he is taking the pee so I got my two shar pei dogs [aka chinese fighting dogs] and paid him a third visit , our colonial cousins arent keen on dogs and neither are my dogs keen on them and when I started shouting they went beserk,I politely said next time I would let them loose, he hasnt done it since and that was over a year ago.
I am 73 and it took some bravery on my part to do this I am not proud of threatening someone but you have to fight back, he saw me as an old lady who could do rugger all to stop him.