Entitled neighbors complain about young couple’s household noise, demand they respect their 6PM bedtime: ‘He threatened to wake us at 4AM’

Neighbors are probably one of the most important parts of house hunting that the average renter or buyer usually doesn’t get to take into account before they move in. Even in the nicest of neighborhoods, there can be people who are a nightmare to live next to for one reason or another. Having nice neighbors …
Seguir leyendo Entitled neighbors complain about young couple’s household noise, demand they respect their 6PM bedtime: ‘He threatened to wake us at 4AM’

Woman wants to use neighbor’s balcony they pay $75/month extra for, calls them ‘elitist’ for refusing: ‘You should share. Not everyone has your luck’

Privacy is important, especially when you live in a big city. There is so much going on in the world that when you come home you just need a place to relax. You don’t want anybody bothering you or anyone in your space when you get home. You want to be able to shut your …
Seguir leyendo Woman wants to use neighbor’s balcony they pay $75/month extra for, calls them ‘elitist’ for refusing: ‘You should share. Not everyone has your luck’

Dad procrastinates taking his 3, 5, and 8-year-old kids to the park, tries to get his 40-week pregnant wife to bring them to the pool with their neighbor: ‘I said no’

We live in an age of child supervision, whether you like it or not. Long gone are the days when parents tell their kids to go outside at 10 AM and they don’t come back home until the sun goes down. Something about the crime-conscious culture of the 80s and 90s made it so parents …
Seguir leyendo Dad procrastinates taking his 3, 5, and 8-year-old kids to the park, tries to get his 40-week pregnant wife to bring them to the pool with their neighbor: ‘I said no’

‘She just left her two toddlers in my apartment’: Mom expects neighbor to babysit her kids while working from home, leaves them at the doorstep without asking and refuses to come back

Working from home has many advantages, which is why most people would give anything to have the option to work without ever leaving the comfort of their own homes. It’s peaceful, there’s no commute, and no office drama to deal with.  However, it’s also important to note that while the advantages are great, there are …
Seguir leyendo ‘She just left her two toddlers in my apartment’: Mom expects neighbor to babysit her kids while working from home, leaves them at the doorstep without asking and refuses to come back

Working mom demands babysitting for 5-year-old and 3-year-old from stay-at-home neighbor with 9-week-old baby, throws fit when she refuses: ‘I’m not a full-time babysitter’

Juggling having a job and being a parent is undeniably difficult for a number of reasons, and perhaps the most pressing of these is childcare. Reliable and regular babysitting is often expensive and hard to find, unless you happen to have a unicorn of a friend or relative who is willing, available, and most importantly, …
Seguir leyendo Working mom demands babysitting for 5-year-old and 3-year-old from stay-at-home neighbor with 9-week-old baby, throws fit when she refuses: ‘I’m not a full-time babysitter’

Nightshift worker lets his dog bark outside all night, until a petty neighbor makes an audio recording to turn the tables: ‘Sometimes the best revenge is pressing play’

Dogs bark sometimes, it’s only natural. But if your neighbor’s dog can’t seem to take a breath from all of the barking they’re doing from midnight to 3 AM, something is amiss. There’s nothing natural about a doggo stressing out the entire neighborhood while their owner ignores their apparent distress, but this petty neighbor found …
Seguir leyendo Nightshift worker lets his dog bark outside all night, until a petty neighbor makes an audio recording to turn the tables: ‘Sometimes the best revenge is pressing play’

18-year-old asks his 41-year-old neighbor out on a date 2 times, neighbor tattles on him to his mom much to his chagrin: ‘When he saw me, he looked enraged’

We’ve all seen the hit 1967 film The Graduate that made Dustin Hoffman a star. If you haven’t, you should read this story, turn off your phone immediately after doing so, and watch The Graduate, because it’s that great. It follows a recent college grad who has moved back in with his parents and doesn’t …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old asks his 41-year-old neighbor out on a date 2 times, neighbor tattles on him to his mom much to his chagrin: ‘When he saw me, he looked enraged’

‘Girl, what? I’m not a daycare’: Mom dumps her 9 and 6-year-old at the neighbor’s house unannounced, expecting them to babysit for free because they have no kids and ‘no real responsibilities’

Moms and dads sometimes rely on their community to help raise their kids. Through neighborhood parks, friendly grannies own the street, and pop up lemonade stands, there are tons of ways to get your kiddo out into the community, but the mom in this next story had another idea about what her community could provide …
Seguir leyendo ‘Girl, what? I’m not a daycare’: Mom dumps her 9 and 6-year-old at the neighbor’s house unannounced, expecting them to babysit for free because they have no kids and ‘no real responsibilities’

Kids take neighbor’s mail and ‘return’ it to her after claiming they found it, then demand a reward for their act of kindness, neighbor refuses: ‘Please leave’

When we were kids, we constantly came up with easy and creative ways to earn money. The easiest way was to offer our parents our services for housework in exchange for a few dollars. Some kids would wash their parents’ cars, some would fold the laundry, and some would shovel snow, and they get nicely …
Seguir leyendo Kids take neighbor’s mail and ‘return’ it to her after claiming they found it, then demand a reward for their act of kindness, neighbor refuses: ‘Please leave’

Nosy 60-year-old grandma demands her 27-year-old neighbor give her the $10 rocking chair that she thrifted, insists her grandkids need it: ‘No, Carol. I’m really not interested in selling this. Please go home.’

The generations are colliding in suburban neighborhoods all throughout the country. Well actually, they aren’t colliding nearly as much as they should be. My parents live in a typical suburb that you’d think would be populated mostly by families. Well unfortunately most young families with children can’t afford to live in such a suburb, leaving …
Seguir leyendo Nosy 60-year-old grandma demands her 27-year-old neighbor give her the $10 rocking chair that she thrifted, insists her grandkids need it: ‘No, Carol. I’m really not interested in selling this. Please go home.’