Anybody ELSE *hate* their neighbours?
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There's some men, I use the term 'men' very loosely. They sell cars and have them parked all over the street and are always arguing with people about parking their cars.
An elderly female neighbour asked them to move their car from across her drive, they actually shoved her and called her some pretty disgusting names. This poor woman has asked us to park one of our cars in her drive to deter these people from parking there.
They also shout, fight and argue with people that come back to complain about the crap cars they've been sold.
They even have fights between themselves.
Only one neighbour in the street talks to these 'men'. No one else can stand them.0 -
On one side...amazing folks. On the other...living nightmare. And we all own our homes so no one is leaving anytime soon.
Two dogs that bark for hours on end and the people are home but don't seem to care.
Two kids of their own + a large trampoline (which sits next to the fence, which is about 10 feet from my bedroom window) + all the neighborhood children who love their trampoline = utter chaos in the summer. Why is the new "ok" thing for kids to scream at the top of their lungs while playing? Maybe it's because they're just not doing it inside their house that makes it ok. :explode:
And the latest addition: a stereo system worthy of hosting U2's next tour.
When I talked to them about the noise level, she told me "just call the police".
Which I'd be happy to do if they didn't have better things to focus on than rude neighbors.0 -
The neighbor that lived 1 door down and across the street was a "peach". As I was driving by she ran into the road in front of my car. Then when I slammed on the brakes (I didn't hit her) she screamed at me for driving in front of her house. Told me that I was not allowed to drive in front of her house anymore. LOL
She died and I took my little box out in the street danced on it for a sec took a bow and went inside. All is well on our street now.0 -
We live in a side-by-side duplex. Our former neighbors were so quiet that we thought the building was really sound. When our new neighbors moved in, we found out the truth.
They fight. A lot. At least once a week, they scream at each other. She sounds like a demon; it's pretty scary. We've been close to calling the cops. The worst part is they have a 3-year-old.
She vacuums like 6 times a week. And I've smelled funny smells in the basement. I think she may be smoking meth or crack.
Sometimes we hear random loud bangs. Thank goodness it's a side-by-side and our bedroom is on the outside. We can still hear the loud bangs every now and then with a bathroom and hallway in between, and an air purifier and fan going!
The thing is, a few years ago I lived on the middle floor of a three-story building and the girls below me used to have these all-night parties. So this actually isn't too bad because at least I can sleep. But these people arguing all the time has made my husband and me bicker more, which is bad.0 -
I have no complaints now, but in the past at a different address I had a neighbor who was constantly calling the police to report violations like 1) we were stealing rocks off the river bank and putting them in our yard (oh no!), 2) our kids were "burning down trees" (they made a bonfire correctly; the fire department came out and checked), 3) the boys were throwing a football in the cul-de-sac and drinking (Mountain Dew) ... etc, etc, etc. The police agreed with us that our neighbor was clearly a pain, but they still had to come and check out his complaints.0
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I have awesome neighbors around me. Most of them are the kind of people who would give you the shirt off their back without your asking. I appreciate them even more after the experience I had with a next door neighbor who recently moved.
My previous neighbors had a son who dealt drugs, smoked pot, cigarettes and drank all day next to a common wall between our houses. Since he was troubled I tried to get to know him and be a positive influence. He paid back my attempts by breaking and entering my house several times, stealing alcohol and cans of food. The last time I saw him was through the back window of a police cruiser after I walked in on him helping himself to my stuff. Hope he bounces he's a nice kid with a wacko family.
His brother was arrested twice for assault and battery. His mother was an alcoholic who peeped men in the neighborhood. They also had five dogs. I have compassion for these people but at the same time I'm glad they're gone.0 -
I used to have a neighbor that I hated. She was all sorts of crack head!!! Thought she had mice in her attic so shoved the hose up there, turned the water on and left it on for like 2 days which flooded into our yard.
I had very strong words with her one day. It started raining really bad, and I had to go move some boards on the side of our house, I go to the side and there are like 30 trash bags filled there! So I start throwing them in her yard (she didnt pay the trash bill so I guess she ran out of room in her own yard). She came out screaming at me not to throw MY trash in her yard! I hopped that little fence so fast, grabbed a bag, said you see those Marlboro cigarettes in there, we dont smoke those and ripped that bag all over her yard! *****! She was arrested on drug charges 2 days later lol.0 -
I would have to agree to move it to another room.
I have been listening for years and it is kind of yuck iii.
Sorry but sound proof does wonders.0 -
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.
Upstairs neighbor in an apartment: insomniac, drunk, bipolar, suicidal, 50+ year old woman. Screaming, fighting, loud tv, loud music, door slamming. Dirty nasty balcony to the point it made mine horrible. Did I mention she had a talking bird? 24/7/365 it never ended (except for brief 72-hour windows).
Absolutely NO help from management whatsoever. Verbal complaints. Written complaints. Nothing. Wait, I lied. They made her clean my balcony once.
I've lived through A LOT (and I mean A LOT) in my life and I think that year had to be one of the worst in my life.
I mentioned the bird, right?0 -
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
^This.....was awesome! Thanks Bryan!0 -
Our old neighbours were nice and quiet, it was a good neighbourhood, kept to themselves, until one night they had a home invasion because the house was actually a giant grow house! We had a machete left at our front door...so we decided to move! Love our new building, it is pet friendly, everyone here has at least 1 pet and no problems. My only complaint is the guy upstairs gets home from work around 11:30 every night and it sounds like he is going to come through our ceiling, and, he just bought himself new surround sound and an electric guitar. I have been woken up (I sleep with earplugs in and the fan on) at 1:30am, 2:30, 3:30 and 4:00. Awesome when I have to be at work for 7. I started ringing his front entry buzzer in the mornings when I leave, just because who doesn't like being woken up by inconsiderate neighbours? It doesn't stop the noise he makes, but it makes me happy!0
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Currently, all my neighbors are pretty great. We live in a 4 plex, in the ghetto. So it hasn't always been this way...
We've lived here 2 years, so far the unit beside us has had 4 different tenants in those 2 years.
Currently, there is a young couple and their toddler next door. They're lovely. I just had the little girl over for the afternoon to play with my kid and my hisband and the man of the house are good friends, he comes over to play video games a couple times a month and we socialize on the balcony.
The man that lived there before them was an old alcoholic who smoked so much I could smell it in my bathroom and daughters room and a dog that barked all day. This is a non smoking no pets allowed building. On top of that he would watch tv or listen to the radio so loud I could hear it through my walls at like 6am and often had "old people parties" late into the night. Think lots of eagles songs and "whoooo"ing from women who could be your mother. He would also try to talk to me ALL the time and let his dog out on the balcony while my kids were outside. Which just made them upset that they couldn't play with the dog, who also snapped at them more than once. We just stopped seeing him one day and then about 2 weeks later some men from the rental company came and moved all of his stuff out. By throwing it off the balcony, into a pile in the yard. They told me it was so bad in there they had to replace the fridge. Classy. I guess he just stopped paying rent and took off.
The people that lived there before him were a young couple with twin 2 year old boys. They were really nice people but terrible neighbors. They always had music blaring, witha subwoofer that shook my entire house. Constant fights, always had people over drinking. Had CRAZY loud parties (with the kids home?) and were just generally inconsiderate and freakin dramatic. I still really liked them I just hated living beside them. They also didn't pay rent for about 2 months, or any other bills apparently. Then dramatically moved out, seperately, after he found out she was cheating. They both took their stuff seperately, left behind so many household items as well as a lot of their kids' toys/furniture. Whatever we didn't scavange, was moved out off the balcony, by you guessed it, some men from the rental company.
The people who lived there when we first moved in were awesome. I miss them. My only complaint about them would be that from time to time my daughter would be outside playing, as would their daughter and I would go to like the bathroom or something, come back and my kid would be over on their side of the balcony (the mom would lift her over) or in their house. The only issue I had with that is that she didn't always ask me or let me know, my husband or I would have to go knock on their door to find our kid playing with like 5 other little kids stuffing her face with naan.0 -
Hey Brian.....
My sermon was much shorter. LOL.
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I liked my neighbors but I rescued an 80 pound German Boxer. I have had these dogs before and they can be a handful. So for 2 weeks i had him in the yard early in the morning and late at night because the neighbor had an aggressive yappy chow. I wanted to make sure he felt safe and I also wanted to see how he reacted vs what I was told. Stormy and I came to an agreement that barking was not an option. So, one day I decided to let him encounter the neighbors dog in person (a fence separated the properties). Well the chow went nuts barking and growling, Stormy walked over to the fence and I swear he smiled when he lifted his leg and pissed all over the chow. Try explaining that to your neighbor, it took over a month to get him to stop, lol. They handled it well.0
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I am in an apartment complex.
Currently we don't have a lot of neighbors. We have chinese families above and across from us, they actually take up 6 of the 8 apartments in the building across from us. I don't normally have a problem with them except on friday and saturday night. They ALWAYS have crazy loud parties.
I am young and don't normally mind, I mean heck we have some parites our selves on weekends. What really throws me though is that on sunday morning say 6am. They start to build things and give one another hair cuts.
They built a table last sunday when we were all hungover. It was unpleasent for us. They try to act nicely though, they offer us food and invite us to their parties, but alas we have a language barrier. Maybe I should learn mandarin.0 -
Yes. Our neighbors across the street are so obnoxious. It's a dad, his daughter, his girlfriend, his ex-wife, and her daughter. Yes, weird I know.
They bought this horrible trashed needs to be ripped down place we thought they would fix up.
They are like hoarders, and the garage is piled high with boxes of stuff.
He has come over and asked to borrow our motorcycle, money, sleds, and way more. His daughter and her friends constantly come over uninvited to play with our dogs.
They then decided to put their garbage And recycling out with ours so they wouldn't have to pay. We had to tell them no more, because we could get in big trouble from the garbage company.
He also has a jeep with a muffler problem that sounds like the mail truck. Instead of parking it in the driveway with his other 3 cars that are broken down, he pulls it right up to the house, on the grass.0 -
Yes our neighbors have stolen things from us and apparently teaching their children to steal too as Ive seen their kid with my kids toys when he thought no one was looking...and hide it when he realized he'd been caught....:grumble: :noway:0
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We used to live on the third floor and on the first floor was a family of 5 adults and a baby living in a one bedroom apartment. I think it's fairly common for one person to clean the stairways and for other tenants to give them a few £ once a month or something but they used to mop the stairs everyday and then ask for money. We would try to sneak up the stairs quietly because they would come out as soon as they heard anyone. They also used the water left over from hand washing clothes with washing powder to mop the stairs so they were always really slippery. One night I couldn't sleep because there was a bunch of noise on the stairs and when I got up to go to work at 6am they had mopped and I ended up falling down the stairs and hurting my tailbone which hurt for 2 months. I realise that they were poor and have no issue with that.. I do have an issue with not being comfortable in my own apartment complex because I get asked for money constantly! I hated them.0
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I just bought a house in a wonderful neighborhood with a yard big enough to not ever be bothered by a neighbor. Moving in a few weeks!
I don't hate my current neighbors, but they can be pretty loud in odd short bursts. When they got their second dog, they weren't cleaning the bombs, and we share a backyard. I was carrying groceries in from he car, slipped in a turd and twisted my ankle - dropped and broke some groceries. That day I was flaming pissed and complained to the landlord when I probably should have told them about it instead.0 -
Most of the neighbors I've ever had have been meh. However, I like my neighbors at this house so much that I'm afraid I will annoy them!0
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I have awesome neighbors, the one next door even came and plowed my driveway when I was at work during a snow storm. We watched his house while he was in Europe for a month, the neighbors across the street are awesome. Never really had a problem0
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Me! I hate my neighbour because I strongly suspect he killed some of my cats. We live out in the country, surrounded by farms and a river, so plenty of mice and rats in the vicinity - where there's rats, there's cats.
Now, we have a few kitties - 10, currently - and they're all neutered, and totally pampered - most of the time they're in the house. Early one Sunday morning, this asshat of a neighbour comes to the door, complaining that our cats have been peeing in his tractor cab (which he leaves open) and pooping in his kids' sand pit (it's not a sand pit, it's left over builders sand from when he built his house). Ours are not the only cats in the neighbourhood, his parents (who live on the other side of us) have lots of feral cats around their farm, and they're only one small field away, the mammy said so herself.
Fast forward a month and 4 of my cats, who never strayed far from home, disappear within a week of each other. Then at Christmas time, he sent us a Christmas present...a box of chocolate biscuits, a brand called 'Catago'.
I feel like he's mocking us :-(0 -
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Actually, I find my neighbors quite entertaining.
See, we as a neighborhood have a collective problem of buzzards. They swarm all the trees, crap over EVERYTHING, and over time cause large branches from the trees to fall off due to the sheer weight of all of them.
So we have this system/game we do every afternoon once everyone gets off work. We take whatever tools we have to drive the buzzards off for the night, because for some reason they don't fly around when the sun goes down (I think someone said they're basically blind at night, but who knows). My father takes the big trash can, grabs two planks of wood, and bashes the hell out of it, and immediately the birds scatter.
My neighbor on the left has cymbals. She'll go out and bang them together with all her might. My neighbor on the right, well he uses poppers and other loud non-firework fireworks. So its like a symphony of sorts!0 -
the neighbors know my name0
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I love my neighbours
they are all amazing, both sides and they don't have any kids so it's really nice and quiet they do bang their door really loud really early in the morning but other than that, never had any problems:D 0 -
I remember growing up and having these neighbors around the same age as us and they made living where we lived a nightmare. We use to have rocks rotten food random nasty things thrown at us sometimes as we walked home from the school bus stop. They'd scream obsenities at us calling us scumb and trash and all kinds of bad things.Idk I just remember being a little girl, they just scared the P outta me. Ill never forget them
.this thread made me think of them. That was california now we live in montana and thats like 2 decades ago. 0 -
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My neighbours are fat.
They are lazy, noisy and smelly.
On a summer day their smell permeates every inch of our house.
And I swear there must be 50 of them.
My neighbours are diary cows.
My nearest human neighbor is a half mile away.
Nice and quiet. :happy:0
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