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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I might add that my neighbor is not the friendliest and never has been to me.  She has always been stand-offish and snooty to me. Maybe this is why I reacted that way. Rich people attitude. [/quote]

I have no way to judge tone, but from your description, it sounds like she was trying to make a friendly overture and you were stand-offish and snooty.  I would have assumed she was making small talk.  You turned it into the cat vs. dog issue.  I can see the conversation going the same way if you received TP, diapers, or (if you had a dog) poop bags.  Actually anything unpleasant like cleaning products, pest control, plumbing supplies, etc., might have prompted a similat response.

She may have been making a snooty dig at ypur pet choice, but with any chance of ambiguity, it's best to respond to the best case scenario.  You catch more flies with honey than vinegar, and by being the bigger person and being friendly to her, you might bring her around.[/quote]

We’ve been neighbors for years and she has NEVER been friendly. I’ve tried talking to her and she is very short with me. So in the last year I haven’t made any more efforts to be friendly and I pretty much ignore her now. [/quote]

Based on your wackadoo response to a totally banal comment, I don't know if I trust your impressions of her. You may have been coming across in a completely off-putting way the whole time (like the current situation) and not realized it and that has caused her reaction, or your perception of someone being "very short" is normal to everyone else, or something. This whole thing is beyond weird.[/quote]

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