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Unfriendly Neighbours
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19-08-2017 01:28PM#1we have a new family just moved in next door to us (God help em
) - been there a couple of weeks. If we are are the front on the drive we have been saying a friendly "Hi, how are ye" or nodding our heads or smiling towards them .. but we are getting no recognition back , no smiles, no hellos - nothing. Feels very one sided and weird.
With the previous neighbours there we were always saying hi to eachother and chatting over the wall about this and that and smiled at each other if anyone was out there.
How do we play it now? - its a bit silly being friendly to them and getting no kind of feedback whatsover. Do we take it from this that they want to be left alone and not even try anymore? - maybe they are just private people and want their privacy?Tagged:0
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Andy From Sligo wrote: »we have a new family just moved in next door to us (God help em ) - been there a couple of weeks. If we are are the front on the drive we have been saying a friendly "Hi, how are ye" or nodding our heads or smiling towards them .. but we are getting no recognition back , no smiles, no hellos - nothing. Feels very one sided and weird.
With the previous neighbours there we were always saying hi to eachother and chatting over the wall about this and that and smiled at each other if anyone was out there.
How do we play it now? - its a bit silly being friendly to them and getting no kind of feedback whatsover. Do we take it from this that they want to be left alone and not even try anymore? - maybe they are just private people and want their privacy?
As long as they are quiet then you are lucky as the 7th son of a 7th son. Bonus that they don't want to talk. Cuts out the inane chitchat...0 -
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Andy From Sligo wrote: »we have a new family just moved in next door to us (God help em ) - been there a couple of weeks. If we are are the front on the drive we have been saying a friendly "Hi, how are ye" or nodding our heads or smiling towards them .. but we are getting no recognition back , no smiles, no hellos - nothing. Feels very one sided and weird.
With the previous neighbours there we were always saying hi to eachother and chatting over the wall about this and that and smiled at each other if anyone was out there.
How do we play it now? - its a bit silly being friendly to them and getting no kind of feedback whatsover. Do we take it from this that they want to be left alone and not even try anymore? - maybe they are just private people and want their privacy?
Andy , my own two cents my give you some perspective, I'm also going to call you Dave in my post .
You'll see why later.
I live in a fairly well to do area on a road with largish sized three bed houses and directly across from my house is a development of four bed houses , part of the same estate.Are you with me , Dave ?
Anyhow I'm the type of guy who one day might drive to work or another day might bus it , as it happened one day I said hello to one of four bed neighbours at the bus stop and he blanked me completely despite living across from me for 10 plus years.
Ok says I , bad night maybe or his wife in the blob, who knows .
Happened a few more times that spring top.
Time passed , the swallows swooped and summer arrived and one evening my doorbell rang.
I answered my door and there was **** Andy my crossroad neighbour and fellow commuter.
Off he went on a spiel about wanting to develop a community spirit and his plan was to have a collection for a barbecue, I loudly announced I'd never seen him before and closed the door.
Most likely its not you Dave , you're probably fairly decent but unfortunately there's knobs everywhere.0 -
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I make sure to waive at everyone on the road. But the sad truth is I never even bothered to remember how some of the next door neighbors look like. I might be polite in the neighborhood but if I met them in the town I wouldn't even recognize them.
But I also remember when I was younger wondering where an elderly neighbor is. She was dead for couple of years and I must have gone at least to wake if not to funeral. Country life is great for community spirit. 0 -
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And heres me thinking the dog had done it.hope that new sitting room carpet of yours doesnt stain easyPoor Uncle Tom wrote: »Wait till they're all home, let yourself in, drop the kaks and plant a log in in the centre of the living room floor, guaranteed to get a reaction then Andy...
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Not Your Ornery OnagerJoin Date:Posts: 22894
Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »Maybe they know you from here OP.
Yeah, maybe they heard you had a rep for starting long, boring conversations. They have you on Ignore. Not your ornery onager
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corner of hells wrote: »We're you clearing the rubbish from her car ?
Sh!t I WAS :eek: - are you my neighbours? - er welcome to the area!
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Andy From Sligo wrote: »corner of hells wrote: »We're you clearing the rubbish from her car ?
Sh!t I WAS :eek: - are you my neighbours? - er welcome to the area!
Dave, see what happens when you confuse boards with make believe .0 -
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