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I have the worst neighbors - well, if not THE worst, not "neighborly" in the least.
I just purchased a mailbox for one of my neighbors, complete with special artistic treatment - I told them I was going to do this (we share a two-mailbox thing-y) - it turned out amazing - very beautiful. We had been emailing back and forth as it was being designed - she did not have five minutes to consult on the design - was "too busy" but acted like she loved what I was proposing.
Now it is done and installed - I spent hundreds of dollars on the project. Someone asked me how they like it - the husband said it was cool, but she has not said one word (no email "thanks"), nothing . . .
The rest of the neighbors are standoffish and unfriendly, as well (and it's not a big loss, as they seem like boring people, but if they had been friendly at all, I would have liked them but now that they have shown how unfriendly they are, I don't).
And no, I am not a bad neighbor - au contraire - I am a great neighbor - house and yard upkeep, check, have done many favors for these ingrates over the years - have given pies and cookies to some of them, have watched their homes, reported weird things I have seen to them (one water damage issue, one potential crime invitation, etc., etc.)
They are just not supportive neighbors - not like the ones featured on "Extreme Makeovers" back in the day when the entire neighborhood would come together to celebrate someone's house getting remodeled.
They are just not supportive neighbors - not like the ones featured on "Extreme Makeovers" back in the day when the entire neighborhood would come together to celebrate someone's house getting remodeled.
Are you really comparing your neighbors to a TV "reality" show?
Are you really comparing your neighbors to a TV "reality" show?
Yes!
Because on that show (whatever it was called), entire neighborhoods came together and cheered for the family that had been selected to have their home remodeled!
This thread isn't a complaint about one or two problematic neighbors (I have a couple of those) - but about an ENTIRE NEIGBORHOOD of unfriendly, unhelpful people . . . I just think that is not the norm . . .
I have read excerpts, over the years - of neighborhoods where people check up on old people, basically support each other and are friendly year-round . . . in my neighborhood, it's "every man for himself."
I am used to it, but it just came to my attention because I spent so much money on the mailboxes and didn't even get a simple "thank you."
This is called hyperbole. OP, you don't have the worst neighbors in the world, much less the "WORST" ones. You have neighbors who don't attach much importance to mailboxes, an opinion I share. Would an acknowledgement of your beautification have been nice? Of course. But you should have been clued in by the neighbor's lack of interest in the design.
You wanted the mail box. You share a mail box. A mail box is a recepticle for bills and junk mail. You have what you wanted and she has not asked you to take it down.
Because on that show (whatever it was called), entire neighborhoods came together and cheered for the family that had been selected to have their home remodeled!
No, people from all over the area heard that they had an opportunity to be seen on TV. Extreme Makeover did a house nearby a number of years back, and the local news covered the reveal event. Most of the people in the crowd had never met the homeowners and didn't live in the neighborhood.
You have an expectation that your neighbors are going to be great friends. In actuality, they aren't particularly interested. Trust me, they are far from "the worst."
And no, I am not a bad neighbor - au contraire - I am a great neighbor - house and yard upkeep, check, have done many favors for these ingrates over the years - have given pies and cookies to some of them, have watched their homes, reported weird things I have seen to them (one water damage issue, one potential crime invitation, etc., etc.) .
I'd stop doing nice things for them, since they don't show gratitude and don't reciprocate.
I question the why of hundreds of dollars for a mailbox.
If I could do it, I would. Hate the mailbox I have now, just sitting on a spike. I'd like a brick mailbox.
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