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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I'm in my 50's and my kids are about raised. I never had a neighbor try to tell me how to tend to my yard or raise my kids. And no way do I have any interest in telling younger women how to raise their kids or keep their homes. Not my monkeys, not my circus.

The only time I would notice is if your yard had become an eyesore or your kids were doing something that affected me/my family/my property in a negative way."

DP here.  Now that you mention it, I have definitely seen women of a certain age try to tell younger neighbors how to do things.  I guess the neighbors they were talking to might have looked young for their age, but they were not stupid, so I could see how that would rub someone the wrong way.  They already have parents!

The best/most entertaining happening was when the neighborhood kids (not my neighborhood, a nearby one) were playing what used to be known as "ding dong ditch".  The older women neighbors were positively furious!  I do think some people try to exacerbate a situation - they just like drama.  Not too many younger women have time for that busy body crap.[/quote]

I’m another middle aged woman who has never seen older women in the neighborhood telling younger ones what to do. I do notice that it is the middle aged and older women who volunteer for the community positions that involve planning neighborhood activities such as the Halloween parade and the end of school party and so forth- maybe there’s a perception of being told what to do in those situations? But I have never had a neighbor, male or female, tell me how to take care of my lawn or my children. That would be pretty odd.

And what is “ding dong ditch”? Is it ringing a doorbell and running away, by any chance? Because if that’s the case, I can’t imagine anyone enjoying going to the door to find no one there, especially if you are busy in another part of the house. Are you saying young women enjoy answering the door to find no one there but older women do not? What does being a busybody have to do with being annoyed at answering your door when no one is there? And did you really find it entertaining to watch kids do this? I’m surprised an adult would find that “the best/most entertaining happening.”

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