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  • novella1186novella1186 member
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    PrettyGirlLost said:
    novella1186 said:
    PrettyGirlLost said:
    Stop answering the door?

    Are you able to look out of a window discreetly to see who is at your door without that person knowing you are looking?  If so, just stop answering the door when you see that it's her.
    That's definitely my plan. The problem is, we have HUGE living room windows, and the window treatments are gone since we're painting all the walls. So if I'm anywhere in that area of the house, she can see me from a mile away. 

    Last night I went there and purposely only painted the hallway so I wouldn't be in her sight. I just did not feel like dealing with her. 
    Even if she can see you and starts banging on the windows, you can still just ignore her. . . it could be a fun game!
    Haha I'll just smile and wave :P 
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    novella1186 said:
    PrettyGirlLost said:
    novella1186 said:
    PrettyGirlLost said:
    Stop answering the door?

    Are you able to look out of a window discreetly to see who is at your door without that person knowing you are looking?  If so, just stop answering the door when you see that it's her.
    That's definitely my plan. The problem is, we have HUGE living room windows, and the window treatments are gone since we're painting all the walls. So if I'm anywhere in that area of the house, she can see me from a mile away. 

    Last night I went there and purposely only painted the hallway so I wouldn't be in her sight. I just did not feel like dealing with her. 
    Even if she can see you and starts banging on the windows, you can still just ignore her. . . it could be a fun game!
    Haha I'll just smile and wave :P 
    No don't!  It will drive her nuts, especially if she's drunk, if you just don't even acknowledge her.  I know I'd think "WTF is up with this chic, I *know* see can see me!!!"

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    novella1186 said:
    PrettyGirlLost said:
    Stop answering the door?

    Are you able to look out of a window discreetly to see who is at your door without that person knowing you are looking?  If so, just stop answering the door when you see that it's her.
    That's definitely my plan. The problem is, we have HUGE living room windows, and the window treatments are gone since we're painting all the walls. So if I'm anywhere in that area of the house, she can see me from a mile away. 

    Last night I went there and purposely only painted the hallway so I wouldn't be in her sight. I just did not feel like dealing with her. 
    Headphones; even if you have nothing playing in them, put them in.  (Works at work many times too.)

    That way when she confronts you a few hours later about how she was pounding on your door for 2 minutes you can just say, "oh, sorry, had my music blasting and didn't hear you."


    ETA:  To be honest, I just might not answer the door- even if she sees me and I'm doing nothing.  She'd (possibly?) get the hint a lot faster.
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  • julieanne912julieanne912 member
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    Get yourself the temporary paper shades!  Our temporary rental didn't have window treatments and I wasn't about to put in the effort of putting up curtains in a short term place.  You can stick them right onto the glass so they don't have to affect the painting.


    They also sell them at Home Depot or Lowe's.  
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    julieanne912 said:
    Get yourself the temporary paper shades!  Our temporary rental didn't have window treatments and I wasn't about to put in the effort of putting up curtains in a short term place.  You can stick them right onto the glass so they don't have to affect the painting.


    They also sell them at Home Depot or Lowe's.  
    I think we'd have to order a ton of them cuz it's a whole wall of windows :S 
    I should probably just set a better precedent with her that she's not welcome to drop by all the damn time. This is the ONLY time I wish I were more like my sister-- when it would be helpful if I could just be a bitch. 
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    novella1186 said:
    julieanne912 said:
    Get yourself the temporary paper shades!  Our temporary rental didn't have window treatments and I wasn't about to put in the effort of putting up curtains in a short term place.  You can stick them right onto the glass so they don't have to affect the painting.


    They also sell them at Home Depot or Lowe's.  
    I think we'd have to order a ton of them cuz it's a whole wall of windows :S 
    I should probably just set a better precedent with her that she's not welcome to drop by all the damn time. This is the ONLY time I wish I were more like my sister-- when it would be helpful if I could just be a bitch. 
    Maybe have your sister talk to her? Or get her to give you options on what to say?
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    MissKittyDanger said:
    novella1186 said:
    julieanne912 said:
    Get yourself the temporary paper shades!  Our temporary rental didn't have window treatments and I wasn't about to put in the effort of putting up curtains in a short term place.  You can stick them right onto the glass so they don't have to affect the painting.


    They also sell them at Home Depot or Lowe's.  
    I think we'd have to order a ton of them cuz it's a whole wall of windows :S 
    I should probably just set a better precedent with her that she's not welcome to drop by all the damn time. This is the ONLY time I wish I were more like my sister-- when it would be helpful if I could just be a bitch. 
    Maybe have your sister talk to her? Or get her to give you options on what to say?
    My sister doesn't really talk to me anymore lol. We had a bit of a falling out, and when she decides to hate someone she hates them for eternity. 
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    novella1186 said:


    MissKittyDanger said:


    novella1186 said:


    julieanne912 said:

    Get yourself the temporary paper shades!  Our temporary rental didn't have window treatments and I wasn't about to put in the effort of putting up curtains in a short term place.  You can stick them right onto the glass so they don't have to affect the painting.


    They also sell them at Home Depot or Lowe's.  

    I think we'd have to order a ton of them cuz it's a whole wall of windows :S 
    I should probably just set a better precedent with her that she's not welcome to drop by all the damn time. This is the ONLY time I wish I were more like my sister-- when it would be helpful if I could just be a bitch. 

    Maybe have your sister talk to her? Or get her to give you options on what to say?


    My sister doesn't really talk to me anymore lol. We had a bit of a falling out, and when she decides to hate someone she hates them for eternity. 

    ***NEVER used to have box problems- all the damn time now.***

    Yay! One less dramatic person in your life. Forgive me but this seems like a win given her antics.
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    I want you to hand your neighbor a brochure for Alcoholics Anonymous. 


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  • kaos16kaos16 member
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    OP, i'm sorry you have to deal with this level of craziness!  Hopefully she gets the picture soon.

    The craziest neighbor I had was while in law school in Queens, NY.  I lived in an apartment a few miles from school on the border between a decent and slightly less than decent neighborhood.  I had the upstairs of a 2 family, while a woman and her two kids how the downstairs.  We had a joint mailbox on the front of the house.  Every few days she would receive a letter from a correctional facility.  Then one day after 8-9 months of living there without incident the letters stopped coming. . . . a few days later her boyfriend (?) moved in with her.

    I would see them and the kids coming or going and would always wave and say hello.  Other than that, we didn't interact.  All of a sudden, one afternoon I got a knock at my door.  It was the boyfriend.  He was strange and weird and kept saying he wanted to "talk" and that maybe he could visit sometime when his girl wasn't around and we could "talk".  I politely declined and went back inside where I locked the door.  He knocked a few more times over the next 48 hours. . . .  .until I hightailed my butt back to nice safe farm country.  I commuted close to 2 hours for the final few weeks of law school after that!
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  • novella1186novella1186 member
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    kaos16 said:
    OP, i'm sorry you have to deal with this level of craziness!  Hopefully she gets the picture soon.

    The craziest neighbor I had was while in law school in Queens, NY.  I lived in an apartment a few miles from school on the border between a decent and slightly less than decent neighborhood.  I had the upstairs of a 2 family, while a woman and her two kids how the downstairs.  We had a joint mailbox on the front of the house.  Every few days she would receive a letter from a correctional facility.  Then one day after 8-9 months of living there without incident the letters stopped coming. . . . a few days later her boyfriend (?) moved in with her.

    I would see them and the kids coming or going and would always wave and say hello.  Other than that, we didn't interact.  All of a sudden, one afternoon I got a knock at my door.  It was the boyfriend.  He was strange and weird and kept saying he wanted to "talk" and that maybe he could visit sometime when his girl wasn't around and we could "talk".  I politely declined and went back inside where I locked the door.  He knocked a few more times over the next 48 hours. . . .  .until I hightailed my butt back to nice safe farm country.  I commuted close to 2 hours for the final few weeks of law school after that!
    Damn that would be so creepy! Creepy neighbors are definitely way worse than annoying neighbors. 

    I lived in a really shady neighborhood in an old mansion that had been split into 4 apartments right after I graduated college. I remember one day I was walking my big dog (who was just a tiny puppy back then) and didn't have beagle with me. A guy literally stepped out of the bushes and said, "Hey, where's your other dog today?!" It freaked me out cuz I had no idea who this guy was; had never seen him before, and I got the distinct impression that he'd been watching me or just paying a bit too much attention to me without me even realizing it. 

    I was beyond happy to move out of that place. I broke my lease like 8 months early and ran. 
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    Both FI and I come from small, close-knit neighborhoods. When I was a kid, people would drop by unannounced all the time, but if my mom or dad said that we had somewhere to be, whoever was over said their goodbyes and left quickly. Personally, I got a little annoyed with it all and I didn't continue that "tradition" when I moved out. Not necessarily a neighbor, but I do have a guy that lives across the street from the firehouse and he always drops by at the most inconvenient times, especially when we're changing out of our gear. I think it was like two weeks ago, he rolled underneath of the engine bay door in order to get in (all of the entry doors have combination locks).

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    ericasm0703 said:
    Both FI and I come from small, close-knit neighborhoods. When I was a kid, people would drop by unannounced all the time, but if my mom or dad said that we had somewhere to be, whoever was over said their goodbyes and left quickly. Personally, I got a little annoyed with it all and I didn't continue that "tradition" when I moved out. Not necessarily a neighbor, but I do have a guy that lives across the street from the firehouse and he always drops by at the most inconvenient times, especially when we're changing out of our gear. I think it was like two weeks ago, he rolled underneath of the engine bay door in order to get in (all of the entry doors have combination locks).
    Whaaaat?!! Now that's just too much! 
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    novella1186 said:
    ericasm0703 said:
    Both FI and I come from small, close-knit neighborhoods. When I was a kid, people would drop by unannounced all the time, but if my mom or dad said that we had somewhere to be, whoever was over said their goodbyes and left quickly. Personally, I got a little annoyed with it all and I didn't continue that "tradition" when I moved out. Not necessarily a neighbor, but I do have a guy that lives across the street from the firehouse and he always drops by at the most inconvenient times, especially when we're changing out of our gear. I think it was like two weeks ago, he rolled underneath of the engine bay door in order to get in (all of the entry doors have combination locks).
    Whaaaat?!! Now that's just too much! 
    Shit you not, he rolled underneath of the door as it was closing when we came back from a call. I can only speak for myself, but if I'm dealing with turnout gear, I don't want to be bothered by someone who feels the need to invade a fire station. We used to leave the engine bay open and would hang out on the front of the fire engines or bring out some lawn chairs and enjoy the fresh air but he takes that as an invitation to come over (and overstay his welcome). It really became a huge deal after one of the fire engines was backed into the station and knocked part of the wall down. Now he really never leaves. Don't know what all of the fascination is about; excluding the volunteers, we're just 16 normal people who work in a firehouse and rotate duty at shift change. There's not too many exciting things about us or the station that warrant a 007 style invasion of the engine bay.

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