OH and I at the beginning of this year relocated 200 miles away with 3 year old DS.
I soon fell pregnant with our second - and I am due next week.
I am always friendly with our neighbours and was open for conversation, however the household directly opposite us has taken a particular liking to us.
Their son is the same age as ours but is raised very differently. He is fully aware of how babies are made and has a colourful vocabulary. Including a word that is racist.
I try so hard too separate ourselves from them, ignoring her messages, pretending we aren't in, just smiling and waving rather than hanging about too chat but NOTHING works. If I do not answer a text within 10 minutes I get another one following very quickly after, a phone call, a door knock and often a Facebook message also - OH let slip I had Facebook so that's how I ended up with her on that.
When OH pulls up from work very late at night they come out to chat to him and then she will knock on the door until I speak to her also.
She has asked to borrow things numerous times and if I am going to the shop 'can I grab her ....' All of which I say I can't for whatever excuse.
I understand she maybe slightly lonely and I do 100% understand that as I have found maternity leave quite lonely but I can't stand her views or lack of respect for my privacy.
She knocked the other day and I told her I would really like some space as baby will be here soon and due to a complicated pregnancy (true) I needed to be fully recuperated before birth. She just nodded and left. Half an hour later she returned to ask if I had ever seen that Tesco sells orange peppers.
When her son is here to play he breaks my sons toys/ruins his pictures/etc and she never pulls him up on it. She often tries to guilt trip me into having her 6 month old as she 'gets no time too herself.'
I really seriously do not want to have maintain this level of relationship with her, she texts me as soon as she wakes up in the morning and is at the door half an hour after that. She then sends her DS over to shout for my DS - which obviously then DS doesn't understand why he can't answer the door to his friend.
Please any advice would be great, I feel so so trapped.
I have tried - what feels like - everything!!
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Rinmybell · 17/11/2016 19:04
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