Did I ever tell you I am a really nosy neighbor?

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Cathlete
Okay. I have been in this neighborhood for 9 years. Well, I have been through a few weird things around here, which is really a normally peaceful neighborhood.

I have seen the lady across the street from me die mysteriously on X-mas day. There was police crime scene tape around her house last X-mas as well as several detectives & then a biohazards clean-up truck a day later.

I have also had a drugged-out, hallucinating young guy jump into my bushes begging for help on New Years at 2 AM. I swear, my neighborhood is nowhere near the susceptible neighborhoods for this type of activity.

Anyway, my point to begin with is, the single lady next door, which always had far too many different cars in her driveway at night, moved out & the new people are moving in today. The first thing I see being unloaded is a bunch of fitness equipment. That's pretty promising, I guess. My competitive nature would certainly kick in. I'm just feeling a bit apprehensive about our new neighbors, given my previous experiences. I guess it's a normal. I really should give up peering through my blinds.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Marla
 
Yeah, I am nosy too, but it is pretty boring where I live. I would get excited if I seen a bear or something. Our neighbors consist of an elderly man across the street. Down the street abit, a nice conservative family with 2 dogs and 2 cats. Behind me an elderly lady and her part time hubby that lives in town and only comes by to mow the grass...they have some kind of "mutual agreement" together. LOL! Alittle farther down lives a paranoid tree cutter and his family. Has No Trespassing signs everywhere and came by once to see if I knew if someone was walking onto his property. LOL!

Charlotte~~
 
well that is a toughie but you should try go over and introduce yourself or try to catch them outside doing some yard work or something.then let the conversation lean towards your interest in fitness and see where it goes. there are alot of crazies in the world but through all that you will find some good ones. and if they are not the ones to hang out with at least you can wave hi or something when you see them.

hopefully you got rid of most of the crazies by now LOL.


kassia



When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey
 
My neighborhood is basically a nightmare so we are moving ASAP. I'm soooo nosy myself, DH laughs at me cause I'm always peering from behind the curtains to see what's up. Our windows have my nose prints on them! We have aging hippies who are sweet, a family of four that has more bad luck than anyone I've ever met, a young man who doesn't seem to work yet affords a cell phone and cigarettes, and a single dad and his waaaaay too unsupervised daughter (I mentioned her this summer.)

If we don't find a house soon I'm going to go loopy.

Sparrow

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Well, Charlotte, you certainly made me feel better. Seems like you know what's going on, too. LOL!

Kassia, I will try to introduce myself, but nowadays, especially around here, most people do their best to avoid their neighbors. I have given a few of my neighbors tamales for Christmas but that was not too productive when it came to making friends. We don't even fake a smile & a wave anymore. I can't imagine going to work & not saying hi to a lot of my coworkers & friends there on a daily basis.

Oh well.

Marla
 
You know, I do remember you posting about this before. That was pretty interesting. I also have a neighbor, who was the son of the lady that died, that moved into her house, remodeled it big-time & has 3 nice cars in his driveway, but never "leaves for work"? He's also single. Gosh! My imagination is just going wild!

Okay! Somebody just smack my hand. My bad! I don't deny it.

Marla
 
wow marla,

that is a sad thing when neighbors can't be neighborly i guess. i was up front with my neighbors b/c mostly i didn't want them to think i was up here hitting my kid or anything. i explained she was autistic and just has that tendency to scream inappropriatley. we all hang out and chat when waiting for the school buses and stuff. i guess some folks are just afraid b/c of all they see these days. there are some neighbors i don't know well but we will at least say hi or comment on the weather or something. hopefully you will start a trend :D

kassia


When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be
disappointed to discover they are not it -- Bernard Bailey
 
Marla... YOU? Nosy? Nooooo...:p Competitive? Noooo...:p

I myself want to know what's going on around me. The way I see it, as long as I'm not knocking on my neighbors' doors and putting my nose where it doesn't belong, it's fine. And who knows, my neighbors are probably also observing me from behind their blinds, trying to figure out what I'm up to. They'd have to be disappointed though. I never bring anything incriminating out in the open.;-)

Hey, you might just end up with a fitness buddy right next door. Haven't you thought of converting your new neighbor into a Catheite?:)

Pinky
 
Gosh, I wish I had more interesting neighbors to spy on, or do I?:eek: All my DH and I do is keep track of how much the neighbors bring home McDonalds and how much time the father spends on the back porch smoking-even when its FREEZING cold outside! That's about as interesting as it gets where I live.

I would like to know where your neighbor works who "never leaves for work." Could you do a bit more investigating and let me know;)
 
Speaking of neighbors, I am still trying to figure out what is going on with mine. Right across the street lives a single woman who is in her 50s, I think... she drives a Porsche and is rarely home alone, hehe. My son said, "Wow, she has a lot of friends!"

LOL

Next door (on my side of the street) is this older guy, also in his 50s, who doesn't work and spends all of his time cleaning up his yard AND hers. This weekend I threatened to buy my SO a jet pack for use with leaf blowers and such, cause this guy was out there for HOURS wearing his and making sure this woman does not have one teensy, eensy, weensy leaf on her property. Now, he can see her driveway as well as I can, so I am wondering, should I ask her to show me these tricks she must be so good at?? }( }( }(

Marie
 
Well, apparently I live in the most incredibly normal neighbourhood ever:p

On one side I have a March of Dimes independent living home. There are three severely physically challenged adults living there with round the clock care, but it's so quiet. On the other side is an elderly man and his wife who are nice and keep to themselves. Across the street, another elderly couple. He's British and retired and I think she still works a bit.

I'm still nosy though;)
 
I'm not being nosy, but you can't help but to hear the noise coming from a certain family.

I have NO IDEA who or what lives in the next building. But I swear, everyday it sounds as though someone is being choked. Here is the conversation:

WHAT THE F...?
I'M TALKING TO YOU...SCREAM, YELL
I'M TALKING TO YOU...SCREAM, YELL
YOU'RE NOT....AAGGHH
YOU'RE NOT RESPONDING....OH MY GOD, GASP, OH MY GOD GASP
I'M TALKING TO YOU.....I'M TALKING (SOUNDS LIKE CRYING)
WHAT THE F... WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
F... YOU....SCREAM
F... YOU
I'M COMING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW!!!!!

Then a couple of days go by I hear nothing and I then I say to myself, "someone finally got the life choked out of them"....two days later it's back to the same thing.

Sometimes it sounds like two teenage boys one beating the other. Then it sounds like a VERY DISTRUB mother/wife yelling or screaming at either husband or child?

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Haydee
 
I posted a few weeks back that I truly believe my neighbor killed her husband (she's been in a civil union - and still is - with her lesbian lover since long before she married her husband. She married him in March and he died in June. She's an insurance agent and rents the house next door for $3,000 a month (much more than mortgages go for in this area) I don't think I'm nosey - because she told me all of those underlying facts - I just drew my own conclusion. LOL

Many of you said I was nuts, some suspected she was into drugs, etc. I don't think it's drugs, but it doesn't matter. She and her lover and her 11-y.o. son are moving. But on the issue of being neighborly, I'll say this. They're not terribly friendly, though not unfriendly either. But they have a bull mastiff that weighs about 120 pounds. They don't treat him very well. Last night he broke his chain and dragged their Thanksgving trash all over the yard. This morning when my 7-y.o. daughter and I went out to the bus stop, he ran into our garage and tried to come into my house. When I closed the door quickly, he went after my daughter - who weighs 47 pounds. He got her down on the ground, pinned her there and whether he was sniffing, prodding, licking or biting - I don't know or care. When a 47 pounder is under a 120 pound dog, screaming for help, it's not good. I know it's not neighborly, but I told them that I have an aluminum baseball bat and if that dog ever comes into my yard and goes after one of my children like that again, you know what I'll do to him.

Sorry for hi-jacking your thread, it just looked like a good thread to vent about neighbors. UGH!

Lorrie
 
My gosh, Lorrie!! You must have been terrified for your daughter. If that ever happens again, try to confine that dog in your garage and call animal control.

Michele
 
Oh my! I would have freaked out too. I love animals, but that is too much. Just recently in Texas, a 76 year old lady was mauled to death by 6 dogs while mowing her lawn.


Marla
 
We met a nosy neighbor the other day, well Dh did...I think anyway. We are the new neighbor. Dh ran outside to get something and came in with this funny look saying that the neighbor was weird and watching him. I figured he was just being nosy trying to figure out what kind of neighbors we are...I probably would have peeked, too :)

Lorrie: I have dogs and am a big dog lover but I wouldn't hesitate to beat a dog or do whatever I had to in order to get it off a child, friend, my own dog, another human, etc. Are there leash laws in your county? If so, you can call Animal Control.

Colleen
 
I've had my share of freakish neighbors and the people next door now are no exception. I couldn't bear living in a development (again) where everyone seems to think they know everyone's business. (This was my experience anyway). My neighbors know if I see fire shooting out of their house or someone staggers into the driveway bleeding, I'll call 911. I just don't want to know their personal problems, nor do i want to share mine w/ them. I'm a big fan of the 'smile and wave' relationship w/ neighbors. Unfortunately, sometimes they're just too nutty!
Valerie
 
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