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Anonymous
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Do you have neighbors that just can't mind their business? They always have to be minding what you are doing? Even if you do NOTHING to disturb them? No noise, nothing toward their property, nothing.......
Our neighbors think they own the neighborhood and have strong animosity toward the newer (not large) homes. It is bordering on harassment, and our lawyer is encouraging us to file a complaint. I don't know how long we have to stay here (we've owned many houses, but really, it's not the time to sell). I don't want to go onto detail in case she is on this board. (I don't want to give away our strategy.) Maybe it's worth a complaint it to live in peace while we are here? |
Anonymous
| Without details, I don't know how helpful anyone here can be. You already have the advice of a lawyer. What are you looking for here? |
Anonymous
| Is your situation like the TV show "Desparate Housewives", where the moms have a catfight ? |
Anonymous
Or is it more like Mrs. Kravitz on "Bewitched", where there is something going on at your house? Sorry, just couldn't resist. 
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Anonymous
| Don't answer the door or phone. |
Anonymous
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how can you expect advise if you don't want to explain?
the other day a mother was saying her child was assaulted at school and blah blah blah... when she finally explained, the child got involved in a game and got hurt. I don't think your situation is that serious. |
Anonymous
| I think anytime you "go legal," you have to be totally invested in that strategy. Be ready to fight it out completely on a legal level or not at all. In other words, they may lawyer up too and fight back with petty legal complaints about you. Is that what you really want? Are you prepared for that financially, time-wise, spirit-wise, and energy-wise. Because very few people are. Frankly -- and I'm a lawyer -- I would advise you NOT to take this to a legal level unless their behavior is endangering you. From the very little you have shared, they sound like snoopy, hassly neighbors, and I'm not sure what the law can do about that. A restraining order cannot stop prying eyes or ears, and it cannot turn them into likeable people. Getting lawyer(s) involved will just escalate this into total neighborhood nastiness which can last for years. I would think carefully about that. |
Anonymous
| you are wise not to reveal the details. Considering how unstable your neighbors are, the sound like typical posters to DCUM. |
Anonymous
I'd stick your child's shovel up her ass and see if that solves the problem. |
Anonymous
| My parents maintained a petty feud with neighbors on the other side of the cul-de-sac for more than a decade. Occasionally, their "enemies" raised the stakes by phoning in fake child abuse allegations about my family. My parents installed 24-hour surveillance cameras which caught the neighbors sabotaging our flower beds at night. The whole deal became so surreal even I have a hard time believing it. There were numerous legal actions undertaken by both sides, as well as lots of nonsense petitions that dragged neighbors in to support either faction. Don't go there-- these things can escalate. Life is too short. |
Anonymous
| OP here - we can afford it, thankfully. They are not so lucky. Consequently, I don't think they are in a position to be aggravating the wrong people....... |
Anonymous
| Convince your children to poop in neighbor's yard. (Uh oh, will that mean your kids are sociopaths and future murderers?!?) |
Anonymous
| From your last post, it sounds like maybe there are issues on both sides. "We can afford it. They are not so lucky." You may not mean it, but it makes you sound like a rich b****. We have some neighbors who were somewhat hostile to the family who did a tear down and built a new (not ridiculously large) house. Not all your neighbors care. Just let it blow over. Take the high road and try to be friendly and extend yourself. The worst thing you can do is further alienate the rest of your neighbors. |
Anonymous
| Whether you can afford it is hardly the point. It's not effective. |
Anonymous
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to the OP - the fact that they can afford it is the point....
there were some interesting comments that the OP made and it appears that there is an entitlement that comes with greater wealth than your neighbors. I am glad she is not on my block. |