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^^^^^^ I was thinking the same thing...Sounds to me that Jo probably sees everyone as a threat to her.
I was wondering if Margaret brought up the issue or if you did..If she did then that is good as they had talked about it.
I am glad things worked out ok as it would be hard to be neighbors.
In the animal world a stare is looked upon as a challenge, a way of showing dominance. She is trying to intimidate you, sounds very juvenile, and well animal like.
I nodded and told her my husband's name was also Joe and we laughed a little over that. She asked me not to mind "her Jo" because she was really kind of jealous ever since the mother of the twins left her when they were babies.
Wow, thank you for all the great points of view. Because I work with the public as a receptionist I am basically very friendly and nice so someone being angry at me is very hard to take.
This week I am on vacation starting today so I have been gardening my backyard that borders theirs. The taller, younger lady came out with the two little boys and I saw the kids were twins.
I smiled at her and the kids ran to their swingset to side or swing. The lady said hi and I said my sisters are also twins. I complimented her children and said they were handsome boys (they are tow headed blonds).
She walked over and said her name was Margaret and that she was a stay home mom. She said the twins were Devon and Matthew and her wife was Jo.
I nodded and told her my husband's name was also Joe and we laughed a little over that. She asked me not to mind "her Jo" because she was really kind of jealous ever since the mother of the twins left her when they were babies.
I said you are not the real mother and she said no, she was only married to Jo for two and a half years. Their real mom was Jo's girlfriend who didn't want to be a mother but Jo pressured her to have kids after they were together a few years. The woman left a few months after the twins were born because Jo wanted her to get pregnant again.
Margaret siad Jo wanted a lot of kids and they'd take that step soon as they were settled. Up close I could see she was a bit younger than the other woman.
I remarked it was hard to have a baby with little ones around and she said she would do whatever made Jo happy and they married with the understanding they would live very openly and have as many children as "made Jo happy." Jo worked hard to support them and she believed her role was be a good housewife and bear the kids because that is what she was taught made a marriage happy.
Then those little boys cried for her and she waved and went to push them on the swings.
Good update Glad you took the high road, I bet things will improve going forward, though Jo sounds like the jealous distrustful type, so I hope you aren't Margaret's type, lol (in Jo's mind only of course!!)
I'm glad everything is going to work out. Congradulations on having a happy neighborhood.
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Glad you took the high road, I bet things will improve going forward, though Jo sounds like the jealous distrustful type, so I hope you aren't Margaret's type, lol 
