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Neighbour being cheeky? Or AIBU?

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Motheringthrough · 25/06/2024 13:56

We moved in a couple of years back and as I am a keen gardener, I arranged for our house to have a green bin collection (not sure if this is the case everywhere but it’s a service you pay extra for with our council)

About a month after moving in our next door neighbour asked if it would be alright if he put his grass clippings in our green bin. Trying to be friendly and neighbourly and all that, I said yes, thinking it would be a one off. They’ve never had a green bin and prior to us moving in next door, he used to take his garden waste to the tip.

Every time he has mown his lawn since (every 1-2 months I’d say) he asks me if he can put his grass cuttings in our green bin.

It is now starting to bother me that he doesn’t pay for his own green bin when he clearly would get a lot of use out of it. I just think to keep asking each time now is being cheeky and almost overstepping with the favour.

Am I being silly? I realise this is probably the most silly and middle England issue to post but I need to put my mind at rest!

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bergamotorange · 25/06/2024 14:03

Not really cheeky because he asks and you say yes.

Tell him next time 'yes but this needs to be the last time because struggling to fit my own green waste in'. Offer to send the link to the page to order the bin.

Roseyjane · 25/06/2024 14:02

MoonStarsAndRainbows · 25/06/2024 13:59

It’s cheeky. You are paying for his garden waste to be taken away!

No she’s not, 😂 she’s paying for her bin to be taken away. Irrelevant of how full it is, it doesn’t cost more as his cuttings are in there, they don’t weight it.

DinnaeFashYersel · 25/06/2024 14:02

He is asking you every time so you need to say if it is.

Not fair to call him a CF when you keep telling him it's fine.

MoonStarsAndRainbows · 25/06/2024 13:59

It’s cheeky. You are paying for his garden waste to be taken away!

OhmygodDont · 25/06/2024 13:59

Definitely a bit cheeky. Round here is like £50 for the year for them to empty it. Can you move it somewhere he can’t just get to it? Then if he asks say it’s full 🤷🏻‍♀️

Roseyjane · 25/06/2024 13:58

Depends, if your bin isn’t full I can’t see the issue, if it is, just say no .

TwoThousandAcresofBlueSkyThinking · 25/06/2024 13:58

Is he contributing to the cost of your green bin? No? Then he is quite the cheeky fucker.

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 25/06/2024 13:57

If your bin isn't full, then it wouldn't bother me, especially as he asks.

Snowpaw · 25/06/2024 13:57

Definitely cheeky. I think it would be fair to approach him and say look, do you want to split the cost of the green bin given he has used it however many times.

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