A WOMAN has shared her anger after her neighbor’s six children constantly bombard her with questions when she enters her own garden.
The anonymous woman took Mothers net and explained how she just wants to enjoy her yard without having a conversation with her neighbors’ children, who range from two to nine years old.
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In the post, she wrote: “Our neighbors have six children. They don’t go out much because the crowd control is too much for the parents…I never even see them at the local park which is a stone’s throw away. “
“So they play a lot in the yard, which is fine, and they get pretty bored, which isn’t so nice.”
“The problem is that as soon as I go into the garden they hang over/through the fence and constantly bombard me with questions. It drives me crazy!”
It’s the usual kid stuff ‘miss, miss, miss, why are you doing xyz?’ etc etc. Ignoring doesn’t help much, they are ruthless.”
She added: “We put up a six-foot gate, but the neighbors put their swing too close to the gate, so now they’ve broken the gate by kicking it every time they swing up, which of course p***** I wonder.”
She went on to explain that although the parents said they would fix the fence, she hasn’t seen any action on it yet.
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“So now they have a hole in the fence through which they can have their daily entertainment,” she continued.
“At some point I’m going to snap and then of course I’m the bad guy.”
I snapped a bit recently by saying that I didn’t want to talk to them, they should have fun and that I didn’t want to see them in the fence anymore. Followed by an ‘Out, NOW!'”
“This worked, so tbh, I can use it again. I did get a weak ‘why don’t you want to talk to us’, but luckily I didn’t answer that.”
The woman went on to say that while she doesn’t mind the occasional conversation, she also just wants to be able to enjoy her own garden in some ‘peace and quiet’.
It wasn’t long before social forum users moved into the comments section – with many offering some advice.
“Repair the gate and ask the neighbors to move the swing to protect the temporary repairs?” suggested one.
A second advised, “Headphones. They don’t even have to be attached to anything.”
A third commented, “Once the fence is attached, can you add some trellis and train some creepers on it? 2 meters is too low. Sometimes you just want to wander around the yard and not have to nod and talk to anyone.”
Meanwhile, another added, “I would repair the fence at my own expense for the sake of sanity.”
Then kindly ask to move the swing back slightly the next time you see the parents. Just explain that you had to fix the fence.”
Can you afford a brick wall? At least up to stairs.”
Good boundaries make good neighbors. Old saying, but so true.”