Anybody ELSE *hate* their neighbours?

Fatbirdtalking

OMG yes, Nasty racist, bigoted, disabled discriminating pigs ... thought we were foreigners cos of our surname so put it around they didn't want us to move in, then heard we had 3 kids. so didn't want us to move in ..... THEN ...... found out our child was disabled/special needs and didn't think it was appropriate to be living in their street !!!

clydethecat

i have had two sets of bad neighbors in my travels. the first were meth heads that stayed up all hours of the night working on their car in the garage right under my bedroom. that went on for two months. i got no where with the hoa because well hoa's are evil and dont help anyone, so i started calling the cops every night until finally the land lords were tired of getting calls from the pollice every day and kicked them out. i chalk that one up as a win

then there was the upstairs neighbors. the grandmother, a little bit of a thing, did these religious exercises every day at 6am. she was so loud! and she did these exercises for hours. then she would bang something on the floor for another few hours in the afternoon. i have no idea how someone that small made that much noise. then, if that wasnt enough they would have the tv on full blast in the evening so we had to have our tv up full blast, i almost lost me hearing lol...

i live back where the meth heads lived, but we have much better neighbors now, no cars in the garage, so thats good

desiv2

I don't talk to my neighbors, they don't talk to me.. I prefer it this way. XD

So_Much_Fab

Not a hate story, but I just moved from a 1st floor condo that I lived in for nearly 8 years. There were three other units on my floor besides my own, and I had great neighbors the whole time. Everyone had pets and cats, and we would often let our critters out in the hallway for socialization - I was really lucky having such nice people nearby and I'll really miss them.

ncl1313

We live in a 4-plex (some may call them condos...basically 4 two-stories with shared walls). We have two dogs, our neighbors have two dogs. If they are out at the same time, they bark at each other through the fence. We usually let ours in. They let theirs stay out there barking forEVER. Each condo gets two parking spaces, they feel they should get four because when they aren't parked in our spaces, they park wherever they feel like...in the parking lane, behind our cars, etc. They have a constant stream of people coming in and out and always slam their doors which shakes our whole house. And they are loud-talkers. Every word of every conversation can be heard through the walls, not to mention when they take their cell phone conversations outside or when they have happy hour on their patio that lasts from 4pm until 3am, even on weeknights in the summer. As one of my friends has said, it's not like there's a lovely vista back there to look at...it's the back of their cars. They have a 4-year-old. I don't know how that kid gets any sleep. So yeah, they're annoying. We're sooo close to our down payment goal, we hope to move away within a year. Can't wait to not share walls with others.

ETA: Oh! And I once lived in an apartment where I swear the person above me had a skateboard ramp in their hallway. All hours, there was this rolling then thunk, rolling then thunk. I never really figured out what that was.

Cp731

YES! and Thank you for this topic.
I've lived in the same house for 9 years and I've watched ppl come and go in this neighborhood.
This is not a Desperate Housewives type place where ppl welcome you and ..ish
No one says Hi
There's never any waving
They are the 1st to call the Cops if Im loud or when Id have parties
Most of them don't work
There kids are animals
They have lots of stray pets they they let run around
I stay inside my bubble of Love, and don't eff w/any of them

Goldenwoof

Oh, sweet Jeebus. For the most part, my neighbors are cool. But the one to my left? If she died, I'd go to the funeral home and poke her with a stick to make sure she was really dead.

Naomi81378

I live in a very nice neighborborhood and everyone is super nice, But the one right next door. UGH I Absolutely hate my neighbor. We used to be friends and something happen so we not we now. Because They so ignorant... have no class and very rude. They think they are better than everyone else always has to out due everyone with everything. They drive me crazy, I can be outside walking my door or just being outside and they yell stupid comments to me like I am fat,ugly, ***** and the list goes on and on. They they both do this in front of there kids. Great parenting for sure. LOL

But I do love my neighbors on my other side.

Tuffjourney

Heck, my neighbors are alright. Its my own family that makes me want to move. :ohwell:

AnabolicKyle

owns motorcycle, wakes me up every day!

Hellbent_Heidi

I live in the country, so the neighbors aren't too close, but on one side we have some idiots with 2 dogs that bark at us for HOURS when we're out in the yard working and 2 kids that scream all day long. On the other side was some scumbag who routinely had knockdown-dragouts with his 18 year old son or his 20 year old step-daughter would have some 'incident' with one or more of her 3 different baby-daddy's (in which the police would eventually come out).

So yes, I'd say I hate my neighbors too! The scumbags moved and left their place in foreclosure almost two years ago though...now mice, racoons and stray cats live there (they are pretty good neighbors :laugh: )

Lisa1971

I don't have neighbors so nanny nanny boo boo!

servilia

I don't hate them but this one older couple down the hall are constantly smoking pot! In the am, pm, doesn't matter. This wouldn't normally bother me except it stinks up the hallway and anytime i take my newborn out I've got to cover her face because well pot isn't good for babies.

Missellaneous02

I absolutely HATE my neighbors. The people behind me are pieces of garbage. In fact the guy literally just dumps the heaps of trash out of his car into the back parking lot when there are trash barrels right next to him! Not to mention he is such a lazy pig he refuses to bring his garbage barrel to the curb. We let it sit there for weeks once until it attracted flies and started to stink. Still he would not move it, now my boyfriend has to do it. He yelled at me for parking in “his” spot when we first moved in, knowing full well I had no idea it was “his” since it is not assigned to his apartment (none of them are assigned). My landlord lives across the hall, you’d think that would be good HAH! He is another deadbeat. He doesn’t work and sells pharmaceuticals out of his house. We have 4 apartments total with just enough room in the back parking lot for the people that live there and pay rent. Yet he lets his friends and customers come over and take up numerous parking spots, or they block us in, or they (the best I’ve seen so far) park across 3 spots so NO ONE can park there. Sometimes they block the entire driveway so no one can get in and out of the parking lot.

jenguhl

Heck, my neighbors are alright. Its my own family that makes me want to move. :ohwell:

LOL!

chubby_checkers

I moved not too long ago and haven't really interacted with my neighbors other than to say hi. The people on the right have a giant scarecrow in their back yard that scares me anytime I see it out of the corner of my eye, but that's about it.

The apartment I moved from... I disliked my neighbors a lot. Trashy, nosy, and noisy. There were only 4 units in the building so I knew all of them. The people across the hall thought we were bffs. The lady was on meds (including Ambien) and would drug herself up and then come over to chat. I wouldn't let her in, but my SO would try to be nice and she'd be around for 45 minutes to an hour, several times a week. The lady that lived above me was a drunk. Nothing like hearing a body hit the floor (passed out) at 1pm. She and her husband used to have screaming fights in the street after she'd been drinking whiskey. The other lady kept to herself, but she always had a lot of people in and out. They'd leave the main door open which caused a draft and my furnace would run constantly.

The old man that lived in the house across the street was a drug dealer.

servilia

I've got this neighbour that's constantly complaining about immigrants and their lack of language skills, yet she grew up here and still doesn't know the difference between "they're" and "their" and the possessive v. plural. Bloody annoying!

Ocarina

I don't mind my neighbors I have currently. My coworker is coincidentally my next door neighbor. She purchased a subwoofer and it kept me up but I finally figured it out that it was her and asked her about it and she's been really good about keeping it down.

In our old townhouse community we had a lot of psycho neighbors. Some that never talked to us. One was really bizarre because the encounter was such that when I saw them I could not for the life of me figure out if they were male or female. It then began a theory between me and my husband for a year while we tried to figure it out. The neighbor on our other side was really nice and very social, she somehow had all the neighbors over all the time. (This was a "neighborhood of townhouses"). Anyways... these neighbors on either side of us both had little dogs and I guess they somehow met each other and became absolute best friends.

We ended up confirming the theory with the first neighbor mentioned as this person wore a headband all the time and it was windy one day... the headband came up and the bald spot said hello! It was further confirmed with cops coming over multiple times and a huge debacle between both our neighbors. I ended up getting the update awhile later when the girl neighbor let me know that the transvestite had got drunk and tried to attack her. Apparently he was a super rich guy that left his family to become a tranny, changed over his sex, and gave my other neighbor tons of gifts...... And I guess they had a disagreement and the tranny dude freaked out on her and got arrested.

I'm pretty dang sure me and my husband were annoying neighbors at times with our loud video games and letting our voices carry.

likeschocolate

My neighbors (the ones i know) are wonderful.

After reading this thread, I know I am truly blessed. :happy:

AngelsInThighHighs

I actually just got new neighbors i love it when their highschool son gets on his four wheeler and drives through my yard just so he can see me walk out onto my porch in the freezing cold snow and politely ask him to stop three times a week. I also love catching the glimer of his binoculars as he stares at me through my windows when im working out..hes a real peach

JessikaBlayne

our neighborhood is going to crap, we believe we have a cult living across the street, and we have an appartment complex right next to us. a couple of the appartments are full of teens who love to party and theres this one neighbor there in particular who wants to kill my dogs, hes a drunk and an abusive person. the other day he came over wasted and he proceded to tell my brother he had fallen off his balcony .. he then starts to pull down his shorts revealing his butt to my underage brother to show him a bruise. He then asks if he has any pot to help with the pain.. oh and some nights we will hear him screaming gibberish over and over. And on other nights him and my mom will start screaming at eachother. the cops know us well by now for how many times weve called them over. At least we have an old couple on the other side of us whove been their forever

matt2442

I absolutely HATE my neighbors. The people behind me are pieces of garbage. In fact the guy literally just dumps the heaps of trash out of his car into the back parking lot when there are trash barrels right next to him! Not to mention he is such a lazy pig he refuses to bring his garbage barrel to the curb. We let it sit there for weeks once until it attracted flies and started to stink. Still he would not move it, now my boyfriend has to do it. He yelled at me for parking in “his” spot when we first moved in, knowing full well I had no idea it was “his” since it is not assigned to his apartment (none of them are assigned). My landlord lives across the hall, you’d think that would be good HAH! He is another deadbeat. He doesn’t work and sells pharmaceuticals out of his house. We have 4 apartments total with just enough room in the back parking lot for the people that live there and pay rent. Yet he lets his friends and customers come over and take up numerous parking spots, or they block us in, or they (the best I’ve seen so far) park across 3 spots so NO ONE can park there. Sometimes they block the entire driveway so no one can get in and out of the parking lot.

So he deals drugs and has a car big enough to take up three parking spots? Id be scared

olDave

If you hate your neighbors...or anyone or anything else...it's your choice. YOU are the only one who can change that.

Peace.

lithezebra

It takes too much energy to hate my neighbors, energy I could put into my own life. I've carved out a pleasant niche, even with the more difficult ones. Anyway, even on a bad day, I get a little power trip from being polite to someone who is never nice.

Debbe2

Surely I CANNOT be the only one? Share your stories
"thou shalt love thy neighbour" ... I'm exempt because I cannot stand these people

They're so ignorant... no class or considerationg for anyone else.

Nope, I look for the good in people and I guess I have good neighbors and generally meet nice people.

sizzle74

Only when I lived in the ghetto.

dmpizza

In my old house the police were regular visitors to my neighbor and one time they made a mistake and came in to our yard asking where she was. They quickly realized their mistake.

twinketta

Our neighbours cost us £6000 to re route the water supply, long story, we will never make up the costs, but it avoids the bullying and harassment so would rather ignore them and hope they enjoy paying more for their water :laugh:

brianyeager

I have had neighbors like that. Made me struggle. Thus, I wrote the following to help myself and others:

When Neighbors Attack
By: Brian A. Yeager

Imagine yourself standing outside your home. For the tenth time in three days you witness your neighbor’s child hitting your vehicle with his ball. You’ve talked with the “man of the house” who promised to cause the problem to cease, but nothing has been done. Now, having it happen again and again, you choose to approach your neighbor again. Your neighbor and his wife respond to your gentle request with foul language and threats of physical violence. What do you do?

Before I get into the biblical answer to this question, let’s be clear about a couple of things. First off, threats of violence should always be taken seriously and we should avoid harm to ourselves when possible (Matthew 10:23, Acts 8:1-4, Acts 9:24-25, Acts 13:50-51, Acts 14:5-7, and Acts 17:5-10). We are to be aware of harm that may come to us. Secondly, when unavoidable, unprovoked violence comes our way, we must defend ourselves. We have to examine whether or not God authorizes self-defense. The word of God does give us the right of self-defense (Exodus 22:2-3, Luke 11:21, and Luke 22:36). Secondly, we have to obey civil laws that do not conflict with God’s laws (I Peter 2:13-16 and Acts 5:29). The state of Texas gives us the right of self-defense (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm). Thus, when it is impossible to flee or avoid physical conflict, we may defend ourselves. *(Read the law for details).

Having made it clear that Christians are not doormats to be walked all over. We have to consider what we are to do when we are attacked, but physical harm is not going to take place. Should we shout back? Should we get into arguments wherein we trade insults? Should we “man up” and knock out the punks who “deserve” to be punished? Let’s see what the Bible says.
Should We Get Into Verbal Arguments In Carnal Matters?
We all should know that we are to defend the truth (I Timothy 6:12 and Jude 3-4). One exception to fighting for the faith is when the questions are foolish and intending to cause carnal strife (II Timothy 2:23 and Titus 3:9-10). Additionally, when people ignore the truth we are commanded to cease those discussions (Matthew 7:6 and Matthew 10:14). The rules for carnal arguments are much more simple. We shouldn’t be involved in such arguments at all (II Corinthians 10:3-4).

What happens when they insult us over and over again? Brethren, we are expected to give answers to people without trying to provoke them (Proverbs 15:1-2). Among other things we should not do, we should not engage in “jesting” (Ephesians 5:1-5). Jesting is witticism (i.e. smart comebacks). Notice these Scriptures: “Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee… A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good” (Proverbs 3:29 and Proverbs 16:29).

We all know the carnal side of us burns when we’re insulted. It is easy to forget that we are supposed to be past that carnal man (Romans 6:3-16). We must remember that we are strong in the sight of God when we avoid temptation (Matthew 26:41 and I Peter 3:9-12). The man or woman inside of us belongs to God. We gave up “proving who we are” when we decided to live Christ (Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:23, I Corinthians 6:20, Galatians 2:20, and Colossians 3:1-4). This includes the physical action we might want to take to prove we are men and women of strength in this world.

Should We Allow Ourselves To Be Provoked Into Physical Fighting?

Okay, your neighbor now deserves a “beat down”. By whose definition is that true? God says we are supposed to take insults and turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:39). Furthermore, it is the peacemakers who are the children of God (Matthew 5:9). The word of God tells us that if it is possible, we are to live peaceably with all men (Romans 12:18). That does infer that there may be times wherein peace is not possible. That does not mean we cease to pursue peace. We should always pursue peace with all men (Hebrews 12:14). Yet, it still remains that there are those who refuse to be at peace. They will provoke us. They will call us things (Matthew 5:10-12). They may allow their dog to fertilize our lawn. Should we seek revenge?

Should We Allow Ourselves To Be Provoked Enough To Seek Revenge?

Notice the following Scriptures that answer this question: “Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work… Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same… Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Proverbs 24:29, Matthew 5:43-46, and Romans 12:19-21).

If you will take this article as a lesson about how we treat our neighbors who attack us, you must consider that we are to love our neighbors (Leviticus 19:18, Zechariah 8:17, Matthew 19:19, Mark 12:31, Galatians 5:14, and James 2:8). In fact, we are supposed to work no ill towards our neighbors (Romans 13:9-10). Therefore brethren, we should not seek to be vengeful when our neighbors mistreat us.

Conclusion

When our neighbors (or anyone else) attack us, in a way that does not require self-defense, we should not attack back (Psalms 34:13-14 and I Peter 2:20-23). We are faithful people living in a world of sin (Galatians 1:4 and I John 5:19). We know that people will carnally hate us because we are lights (Philippians 2:15-16) shining in a dark world (Luke 6:22, John 3:19-21, John 15:18-21, and I John 3:11-13). In considering these things, we should all realize that we are to avoid those people who would seek to get us into confrontations (Proverbs 4:14-16 and I Thessalonians 5:22).

http://www.wordsoftruth.net/wotvol11/wotbulletin03272011.html

usernameMAMA

I had neighbors who stopped me one day to tell me that they were down in the basement and thought my water heater was set too high so they went ahead and lowered it for me. We lived in an older house and the man was a DJ and a raging alcoholic so every single night I would get woke up by after bars they would have. When they first moved in I gave them a chance and sat around a bonfire with them...all they did was talk about how terrible the neighborhood was and what trashy people lived on our street. The guy then told me that Pit Bulls are ugly dogs even though I told him I thought they were pretty and then told me how he and his friends partied at Charles Manson's mansion...I told him that Manson never lived in a fricken' mansion it was a ratty old ranch...he disagreed. Oh, and did i mention he grew up with Ashton Kutcher and they were really good friends? Yeah he told me how Demi Moore and Ashton were together for publicity. It was a great day when they moved out.