Dear Prudence,
My new house faces the local playground. With the weather being so nice, I would take my laptop and go work on my front porch. Last week, I got a nasty anonymous note basically accusing me of being a pervert because I will watch the kids playing sometimes. My doorbell camera caught the lady who put the note in my mailbox, and I have seen her around the neighborhood but I don’t know exactly where she lives. I really have no clue about what to do here. I don’t want to start a feud, but being accused like this when I have done nothing but stayed on my own front porch pisses me off. What do I do here?
—Across the Playground
Re: Wait for her to come around again and flip her the bird.
If you're just sitting there outside and not leering I think the lady needs to let it go.
But....do you have a back porch you can use from time to time? I guess I wonder if there's a way to do what you want but avoid the confrontation.
The LW needs to let this go and stop letting it bother them. They aren't doing anything wrong. Nobody but a nutcase would think they are. The fact of the matter is there is a lot of stuff people do that make no sense. She also might be one of those people who think the worst of everybody and everything.