Moved into our house a few years ago to find that the family of one of ds school friends lived next door. Very pleasant to begin with, lots of chats over the fence and they brought us a welcome gift etc.
They seemed very interested in our lives in a bit of a nosey/competitive way. Always asking about ds grades, what we were doing to the house, once even asked about dh salary!
Out of the blue the woman just started ignoring me one day. I could literally be out in the yard and she would look away whereas previously she'd always make a point of chatting. The husband was still friendly but by this point I'd started finding them a bit odd and hard work so I distanced myself a bit.
Found out that the husband had called dh over for a 'private word' to discuss what's wrong with me. Long story short he insinuated that I'd been flirting with him (absolutely untrue!) and that he hopes he hasn't given me the wrong idea.
Thankfully dh and I had a good laugh about it as he thinks they are as bonkers as I do but I'm actually starting to get pissed off now. Had dh been a different man a comment like that could have caused a lot of trouble between us as well as being a total lie. I've only ever tried to be pleasant and neighbourly, nothing else.
Between that, the rude wife and the competitive nosiness I just don't want anything to do with them now. But obviously living next door and having kids at the same school means I'm going to bump into them a lot.
How would you deal with them?