Different types of neighbors

[senior citizen]

Not necessarily in T.V., but where did you have strange neighbors? If ever.


Great neighbors? Big hearted but private neighbors? Salt of the earth neighbors?


Multi cultural neighbors that were fascinating and became great friends?


Nosy neighbors? Loud neighbors? Obnoxious neighbors? Crazy neighbors?


Totally opposite than yourselves neighbors who became close everlasting friends.....?


Holy roller neighbors? Those with a deep but private faith neighbors?


Loud neighbors who insisted their way was the only way; how to vote, etc. versus the "accepting of differences" type of neighbors?


New Englanders in general are private folks, but if an emergency or other "need" arises, they will be there for you in a heartbeat. But privacy is always respected. Roots go deep and memories remain.......so our dear New England friends who were at first strange to us (coming from New Jersey) will always remain our forever friends..........as we shared all of life's happy moments as well as sad moments together..........while watching the next generation grow up......followed by all of the grandchildren now.


1. Neighbor Type: The Curious Cat
This breed of neighbor is the curious cat. Rather than living their life, they are more interested in knowing what’s happening in your life and they leave no stones unturned to find out what’s up with you. Dealing with them can be quite a thing. If you decide to feed the curiosity by providing details, then it will be like adding fuel to the fire. They’ll persistently want to know more and more. So the best way to deal with them is to ignore them. To every glance and every irritating question about your private life, just smile and move on. If she still doesn’t budge, simply skirt the issue and throw the ball in her court by asking her all sorts of questions about her private life!


2. Neighbor Type: The Persistent Demander
Whether it’s for an ounce of milk or a cup of coffee, you find this persistent demander often standing at your door with a shameless smile on his/her face. They often seem to run out of things at the last moment and would come to you for ‘help’. If no subtle hints seem to be working with them, then turn the tables on her. Every other day, enact her role and become the persistent demander, asking things from her. Soon she’ll get fed up and stop pestering you.


3. Neighbor Type: The Free Advice Giver
For every problem and every incident, they seems to have an advice, obviously the free and the unsolicited one! They would ring your bell to provide solutions to problems that aren’t bothering you also. So how do you deal with her? Simply say something like ‘Thanks for your pearls of wisdom, but what works for you doesn’t work for me.’


4. Neighbor Type: The Noisy Neighbor
This breed loves to spread noise pollution. Be it unbearably loud music or late night parties, your ears are constantly tortured by this noisy neighbor and her lifestyle. So what do you do with her? Well, you need to directly confront her and explain how her noisy lifestyle is becoming a nightmare for you. Use gentle words but firm tone.




P.S. IN OUR TWILIGHT YEARS.......WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT ALL OF OUR PRESENT NEIGHBORS ARE GREAT.
MOST ARE OUR AGE AND HAVE RAISED THEIR FAMILIES.......ARE HAPPILY RETIRED, SHARING THE GOLDEN YEARS WITH OUR ORIGINAL SPOUSES............THE REST ARE VERY NICE MIDDLE AGED YOUNG FAMILIES WITH EITHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OR ELSE CHILDREN JUST GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND GOING OFF TO COLLEGE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AT THE MOMENT........THIS IS WHY IT WAS SO HARD TO DECIDE TO SELL OR NOT SELL OUR HOME...........OUR ROOTS GO VERY DEEP WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE OUR AGE.......LOTS OF MEMORIES.
　

[Taltarzac725]

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/892190-post55.html

We have had great neighbors here in the Villages but elsewhere not so much.

Not all of the tenants of the Clearwater, FL area Criminal Defense Lawyer mentioned in the link above were bad neighbors. Some were, some were not.

In Reno, we lived a few doors down from a lawyer/National Guard fighter pilot who was married to a beautiful stewardess. There were many wild stories about this man who later became a General at the Pentagon and is now a security consultant for the government. They were good neighbors though. I cut their lawn for a few years along with mine and another neighbors who was deeply into model trains. The model train enthusiast was across the street from the Washoe County Grand Jury Foreman who you did not want keeping an eye on you.

While I was in Dinkytown (near the U of MN Minneapolis campus) and living with Jennifer V. in 1989-1990 we lived next to a Fraternity which would get quite rowdy Friday and Saturday nights. Not too bad though as it was an Engineering Fraternity and these boys often had to study rather hard.

I lived next to a park in Minneapolis one summer of 1988 where you would often hear sirens, shots, and yelling. The lengths I sometimes went to find a cheap deal on rent while going to law school. I did not get to know the neighbors all that well wanting to stay indoors as much as possible and not mingle. You never knew who was involved with the drug deals across the street in the park. The US Mail would sometimes wind up torn up on the lawn from people looking for money or anything else they could use. I was renting from a false friend from the University of Minnesota Law School who thought he needed to be closer to "his people". This was a heavily African-American neighborhood at that time and my phony friend was African-American. He also turned out to be a rotten neighbor when he returned earlier than planned and wanted to stay with me for a while. I was not looking for companionship of that kind. And after that I would get quips from this man about his meeting my parents. You never know what some people are really like. He also ran the Computer Room at the University of Minnesota Law School which caused quite a problem with me as I needed to use it but wanted nothing to do with this man. I am not gay nor bi-sexual but would often get remarks about lover's tiffs because of rumors going around. This seemed to be this man's MO with getting dates. Manipulation and putting people into positions that they did not want to put in. I had heard that a woman in the First Year of Law School in 1986-1987 had encountered these kind of tricks done by him and was driven to drop out of the University of Minnesota Law School. So, I just told the story to my real friends at that time in Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) and they got me through that 3rd year of Law School with my using the Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners computer whenever I could. The fellow LAMP Stillwater Student Director (now a Judge in St. Paul) had told me about what had happened with this 1st Year Female Law Student and why she had suddenly dropped out.

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[Taltarzac725]

The bud-in-ski: Constantly interrupts someone or group while they are doing something else. Has to be the center of attention. Posts a steady stream of nonsensical information on message boards.

There seem to be a lot of these whom you find on another board that covers the Villages. I only go there when bored just to see what they are saying about various regular posters on TOTV.