There’s nothing like a good barbecue with friends, especially in the summer. My neighborhood has a block party every year, and it’s a wonderful chance to get the kids together, eat some home-cooked food, and run around pelting everyone with water balloons. It’s good fun. But, like anything, there is an etiquette to these kinds …
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‘I don’t think so’: Woman forbids neighboring kids from using her tree house after their mom refuses to teach them to clean up after themselves
Having a tree house as a kid meant that you were probably the ruler of the neighborhood. Everyone wanted to be your friend, they all came over to your house to play in the tree house, and it simply made you the most popular kid around. Not that I would know how that feels, I …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t think so’: Woman forbids neighboring kids from using her tree house after their mom refuses to teach them to clean up after themselves
Family of 6 sneak into neighbor’s unattended pool to host parties every year, get caught red-handed: ‘She started crying’
Knowing someone with a pool is a huge boon in the summertime. You can spend hours sitting around it, doing nothing much but lounging, reading, and taking the occasional dip. And if you have kids, forget about it. A pool represents an endless array of possibilities– games to play, scenes to re-enact, places in which …
Seguir leyendo Family of 6 sneak into neighbor’s unattended pool to host parties every year, get caught red-handed: ‘She started crying’
Entitled neighbor leaves birthday party with all the leftovers before host and son can eat, returns 45 minutes later for cake: ‘I’m pretty sure you’ve eaten plenty considering you took off with my entire dinner’
When you host a cookout, you expect to eat, obviously. In the story below, it was this mom’s birthday. She decided to do a backyard cookout with her family and enjoy some time outside swimming. Her husband decided to invite his best friend/coworker, and the friend brought his pregnant girlfriend and their children. Sounds like …
Seguir leyendo Entitled neighbor leaves birthday party with all the leftovers before host and son can eat, returns 45 minutes later for cake: ‘I’m pretty sure you’ve eaten plenty considering you took off with my entire dinner’
Resident invites new neighbor to dinner only for her to later complain about the cooking to other neighbors: ‘She expects me to make her steaks’
I have been living in a 12-floor building with hundreds of residents for about a year and I cannot tell you the names of more than five of my neighbors. When I moved, I thought I might meet people in the elevator and get familiar with them, but I hardly ever see anyone, and for …
Seguir leyendo Resident invites new neighbor to dinner only for her to later complain about the cooking to other neighbors: ‘She expects me to make her steaks’
‘Tell them to train the dog’: Karen neighbor blames barking dog on neighbor’s cats sitting in the window
It’s important to have a good relationship with your neighbors because you never know when you may need them. You might be making a blueberry pie and need a cup of sugar and all the grocery stores in your neighborhood are closed for some reason. You might get locked out of your house with no phone and need a friendly door to …
Seguir leyendo ‘Tell them to train the dog’: Karen neighbor blames barking dog on neighbor’s cats sitting in the window
‘If you want it done, do it yourself’: Neighbor demands removal of a tree from shared backyard but refuses to help pay for it, claiming it’s too expensive
Ever heard of the phrase – ‘If you want something done right, do it yourself?’. Well, some people want things done but refuse to do anything to make it happen. Those are the kind of people who constantly complain about everything and everyone around them but never do anything to help or change the situation. …
Seguir leyendo ‘If you want it done, do it yourself’: Neighbor demands removal of a tree from shared backyard but refuses to help pay for it, claiming it’s too expensive
‘She reported my vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls cops on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
Everyone hates a tattletale. If someone is doing something wrong, they’re probably going to get caught anyway, so why put yourself in the middle of it? I especially hate people who create conflict where there isn’t any in the first place. That is precisely what happened to one Redditor who got the bylaws called on …
Seguir leyendo ‘She reported my vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls cops on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
‘She reported my insured and used vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls bylaw on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
Having a car in the city can be a nightmare. If you’re living it up in the burbs with a two-car garage, you can tuck your vehicle away inside an extension of your house, away from the public’s prying eyes. If you live in, let’s say, Columbus, Ohio, your entire life is dictated by where, …
Seguir leyendo ‘She reported my insured and used vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls bylaw on neighbor for parking in front of her own house
Neighbor Starts a Full-Blown Neighborhood Feud Over a Trash Can
Everyone has had a difficult neighbor or two. Some of them we will most likely remember for the rest of our lives. You surely were able to think about at least three different experiences while reading the article… The story below is of a neighbor rivalry. Instead of caving into the bigger, much older downstairs neighbor, OP …
Seguir leyendo Neighbor Starts a Full-Blown Neighborhood Feud Over a Trash Can