I love meeting people--I visit with all my neighbors when I am working in the yard and I like them...well most of them anyway. But-one of the things I dislike is nosey neighbors. Most of my neighbors are friendly, but we respect one another's privacy. We help one another in a pinch-jump starting cars, chasing down wind blown garbage cans, shoveling snow. We have a gal who lives across the street. She is older than most of us--she is 75 while I am 48. She never worked and is a meticulous housewife. As for me, I work-alot! I don't have alot of time where I am at home and when I am home, I like to get things done on my own terms.
Any time she sees me, she comes up and complains about the neighbors who live around us. She says that the neighborhood is different from the way it used to be. She tells me things about the other neighbors that aren't any of my concern-and I always try to defend the other neighbors and change the subject. I can only imagine what this gal says about me. LOL!
Anyway, this gal makes remarks about not being able to see in our neighbors homes. That to me is a bit strange. I don't make it a habit to look in my neighbor's windows, but she does. She is mad because my one neighbor keeps their shades closed. I had never noticed that they do nor do I care. I mean-what is the big deal? Then she will tell me that she can't see into my house-but that it is her husband who sits in front of their door and watches the neighbors. Ummmm-ok!
She complains about everybody's yards. Most of us work so our yards are not perfect. Hers is because she and her hubby are retired and they spend their time perfecting their yard. Mine gets mowed once a week and I have flowers, but it could use a full time gardener, I admit.
Well, anyway-this gal makes me uncomfortable. And I really do try to be nice but distance myself from her because she is so crabby about the other neighbors who I really like.
The other night she came up to me when I was getting out of the car. She said that her hubby and mine had made plans for us to all go to dinner next week. I about fell over because my hubby never said a word about this to me. I was polite-but I feel bad because I really don't want to start socializing with this gal. We have nothing in common-except that we are neighbors. Anyway, I guess we are going to a restaurant for dinner next week. I just hope that we can end the evening at the restaurant because I don't want this woman coming into my house. Is that bad of me? My house isn't dirty-but I have some unfinished projects and I don't need her telling all my neighbors how cluttered everything is. Anyway-if this gal should try to invite herself in, what do I do?
My one neighbor JoAnn told me that one day while I was at work, this gal Mona took JoAnn around my yard and showed her around-commenting on the creeping charlie I had growing by the fence. So you see-this gal is just not the type I want to consider a friend. What do you all think? Do any of you have a problem with a Gladys Cravitts type? Any advice?
Any time she sees me, she comes up and complains about the neighbors who live around us. She says that the neighborhood is different from the way it used to be. She tells me things about the other neighbors that aren't any of my concern-and I always try to defend the other neighbors and change the subject. I can only imagine what this gal says about me. LOL!
Anyway, this gal makes remarks about not being able to see in our neighbors homes. That to me is a bit strange. I don't make it a habit to look in my neighbor's windows, but she does. She is mad because my one neighbor keeps their shades closed. I had never noticed that they do nor do I care. I mean-what is the big deal? Then she will tell me that she can't see into my house-but that it is her husband who sits in front of their door and watches the neighbors. Ummmm-ok!
She complains about everybody's yards. Most of us work so our yards are not perfect. Hers is because she and her hubby are retired and they spend their time perfecting their yard. Mine gets mowed once a week and I have flowers, but it could use a full time gardener, I admit.
Well, anyway-this gal makes me uncomfortable. And I really do try to be nice but distance myself from her because she is so crabby about the other neighbors who I really like.
The other night she came up to me when I was getting out of the car. She said that her hubby and mine had made plans for us to all go to dinner next week. I about fell over because my hubby never said a word about this to me. I was polite-but I feel bad because I really don't want to start socializing with this gal. We have nothing in common-except that we are neighbors. Anyway, I guess we are going to a restaurant for dinner next week. I just hope that we can end the evening at the restaurant because I don't want this woman coming into my house. Is that bad of me? My house isn't dirty-but I have some unfinished projects and I don't need her telling all my neighbors how cluttered everything is. Anyway-if this gal should try to invite herself in, what do I do?
My one neighbor JoAnn told me that one day while I was at work, this gal Mona took JoAnn around my yard and showed her around-commenting on the creeping charlie I had growing by the fence. So you see-this gal is just not the type I want to consider a friend. What do you all think? Do any of you have a problem with a Gladys Cravitts type? Any advice?
