Neighbours

[thebigman]

It's terrible how many folk seem to be having problems with neighbours these days. I for one cant think of a reason for this happening so much compared with 20 years ago.

Any ideas?

[DarkAngel]

I think people have less respect these days and some people are just darn rude..Ive moved twice in the past two years..And my 1st neighbour had absolutly no Respect for Me and My partner, They played "LOUD" music til all hours of the morning and partied Non-stop..It would be more hassle than it was worth to phone the police. I was pregnant at the time aswell.
We then moved house again and the Neighbours that lived next door were moving so we had no neighbours for weeks, Until this couple moved in next door, Well they moved in, In December and have never spoken to me or My partner..They take up more than their fair share of the parking in the street aswell, With work vans a car and a truck..Grr.....Rant over!!!:roll:

[North Rhins]

We have new neighbours, they have moved up from an industrial part of the north of England to try and give their young son a better environment in which to grow up in. Nothing wrong with that at all. Since they moved in wifie and I have tried everything to welcome them. Result? Blanked at every opportunity. The best we can hope for is a begrudging grunt now and again. What we have said or done to them is a mystery, but when your only other neighbour is over a mile away makes it very difficult.

[Fran]

I sympathise with you. I am very lucky, I have great neighbours, all sides, front and back and down the road but a few years ago we had neighbours from hell which made all our lives a misery. I had never experienced anything like it in my life before.Now we are back to normal and we are all very happy.

[mums angels]

We generally have great neighbours we all say hi whenever we see each other and a handful of them we get on really well with, have a cuppa etc.

The ones that we did have a few problems with trowards the end..moved away :lol:

[riggerboy]

i have only 1 complaint about our neighbours and that is the parking, they park straight across from our drive (milk float) i wouldnt mind it so much but he parks about 1 foot from the side of the road and this makes it almost impossible to get out,

[dozerboy]

I have neighbours which cause me no problems, apart from the parking issues. My drive is on a narrow one way street, and people accross the road park opposite my drive every day. I have to go over the pavement and drop off the high kerb to get out. I think they have maybe forgotten what it says in the highway code! But hey, if that's the only problem I have with neighbours then I count myself very fortunate!

[squidge]

No one talks to each other these days, we are all so busy that a passing hi is more than one can hope for sometimes. No one asks neighbours in for coffee or a drink much either. People are quick to complain that others are nosey or stand offish but do we actually make an effort? Gone are the days of popping over with a pan of soup or a nice cake we have baked to welcome newcomers, we are all too busy and thats a shame.

[sweetpea]

My neighbour is a pram face, popping them out faster than you can blink an eye. All she does is scream at them all the time and bang cupboard doors. I work but can't get a long lie at weekends cause she is up and down her carpetless stairs at all hours. Scum of the earth, makes me sick looking at her. Normally I have a lot of patience for people but she goes about hand out expecting the world to owe her a living. The rest of my neighbours are lovely, hard working people and speak to each other.

[emszxr]

we only have one close by neighbour who is still far enough away that we can play music at any volume and have as many parties as we want. they are good neighbours, that i can pop in any time and borrow some milk or an onion or even plates and cutlery.

[bobsgirl]

Our neighbours are really nice, we do have a problem with most, but one of the kids pick on our kids. I have brought this up with the parents before and ended up not talking for a wee while but now we are back to the 'Hi' stage.
As for the rest of the neighbours, we do have a few that we would happily chat to any time. One couple dont really know us well but as the kids are friendly and talk to them, they go to the effort of giving the kids Christmas Pressies. Not sure why but it is a really lovely gesture, even if I do feel guilty taking it and the kids saying thanks to them.
In the summer, all the kids go out playing together and we do invite some neighbours for a BBQ. Great when they have had few drinks and the Adults end up on the trampoline!!!! Myself included!!! Lol!!

[golach]

we are all too busy and thats a shame.
Squidge, how true, we all live such busy lives, and have no time to stop and have a blether, I wish it were not so.

[Angela]

It's sad :( the most a lot of us can hope for is neighbours that don't give us any trouble -we had to move a few years ago because of the Neighbour from Hell [evil] ,loud music & partying till all hours and drunk & abusive if you tried to do anything about it. We couldn't get any sleep & it really was a nightmare.
My neighbours now are no trouble, but they don't say more than Hi! in passing.

We'd great neighbours when the kids were growing up - not all that long ago! We'd all try to help each other out as much as we could & socialised a lot together. Sometimes there would be a bit of a coolness for a while if there was trouble between your kids -but it would blow over, and if you didn't have family close by it was a real support.

Is it just easier to make friends when most of you have young families? Or is it just that nobody has the time to make new friends any more?

[henry20]

We have an old wifie living next door - some day she speaks some days she doesn't, so some days we speak, others we don't. We were out cleaning the channel in front of our garage and chapped on her door and asked if she wanted us to do hers and she gratefully accepted our offer. Shame her gratitude ran out when my hubby went to fix tv aerial and set ladder on her house to access roof as her side is lower and got gurned at by her. Nothing like a bit of give & take :roll:

[Gleber2]

How wonderful to have no neighbours but the birds.

[cuddlepop]

Sounds like you've got my old wee wife.s twin next door to you Henry 20.
My partner moved in two years ago and she completely ignores him.Must admit she distanced herself from me too then.
We're not married,maybe thats it.;)
Otherside's lovely though.:D

[jay]

My mum lost her neighbour of 52 years during Christmas week, they brought up their families together, shared workloads, helped each other out without being asked and were just generally the best of friends - not many like that around anymore unfortunately

[obiron]

when we moved in our house we got on really well with the neighbours sadly one moved away and the other passed away last year. the new ones are nice thou which is good.

[the charlatans]

since i left Wick when i left school i've moved 12 times about Scotland, finally landing back up here. And in all the neighbours i've had the ones in Oban and Dunnet are the best. You get a chat when you want, privacy when you want and a helping hand most of all.

We've had Henry20's triplet wifie live below us, "its not like the old days, its a disgrace, a darn disgrace", we've lived in Trumen Show Street where they all tried to keep up with the Jones' and we've lived where you didn't look your neighbour in the eye for your own safety.

its one thing i really appreciate is good neighbours and you can count on Caithness for them.