Really dislike talking to my neighbour

YADNBU to feel put upon. Neighbours who enjoy knowing the details of my life are off my Christmas list, I'm afraid. You might live next door but this isn't a commune. If we are friends, then that's different, but simply living near someone doesn't give you the right to pump them for information about their lives.

I would be tempted to talk to them about putting up a 6' trellis fence, then get a nice evergreen climber. Just say you want more growing space.

In addition, big headphones. Definitely.

I completely ignore my next door neighbour. I have my reasons for this.

You can do the same? It's really easy.

This. And change your story each time.

‘Hot tub? No, you must have misunderstood me. I’ve just started a cult. Those were my first recruits. We’re going to do primal screaming in the back garden on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Very good for the mind.’

’Cult? Where did you get that idea? I run swingers’ parties!’

Just googled shoebill, what a looker ! 😍

@JudgeBread the SHOEBILL STORK!!! 😱😍

Maybe start cutting her off and telling her that you don’t have time to chat?

We also have a neighbour who’s very chatty and likes to gossip - he’s retired, lives alone and his health isn’t great, so in his case I think it’s more about loneliness than about nosiness, but unfortunately I don’t always have time to stand there chatting for hours. Sometimes you just have to be blunt and say that you can’t stop because you’re on your way somewhere, or you’ve got to get this job finished before xyz.

Our neighbours are nosey gits.
To prevent them from thinking they can pry, I'm afraid I've had to stick to just saying morning/evening if I pass them, and never indulge them more than that.

Well she kind of does have a free pass to walk out her front door, stand on her own driveway and talk to whoever she wishes to

the ball is in OP’s court re how she responds!

So what if she is. It’s not a free pass to being a pain in the arse.

So it’s a very small open patch of green at the front of a row of properties where the drive ways are.

I am guessing you don’t actually sit and sunbathe out there! So you pop out to water a few pot plants and she keeps you talking for 20-30 mins? In that case, water your pot plants early (you’re meant to anyway) OR pop your headphones on OR just say “sorry no time to chat, just watering the plants quickly”

If you're not brave enough to be blunt "Susan I'm just trying to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet in my garden right now so I'd rather not chat" you need to do what I do - cultivate an air of general fuck offness. Embody the expression of a Cassowary or a Shoebill Stork, invest in some nice big obvious over ear headphones, and pretend you can't see or hear her.

The driveway? So this is a front garden we’re talking about?

Are you allowed to put up a fence, or a hedge or something?
You'll have years of this.
The neighbour out the back of ours when I was growing up was fucking annoying. Everytime I went out to play she'd come out and start talking to me. When my Mam went out to garden she'd come out asking questions and fishing for gossip which meant my Mam couldn't get on with the gardening. We couldn't enjoy the garden because every fucking time we went out the neighbour would appear.
My parents put up some trellises inside our garden to shield our garden from hers and also planted some fast growing conifers to shield the lawn area from view which meant we could all go out without having her appear any more.

If you can't do that any more you'll have to just cut her off, just exchange a few words and then say, "Anyway, nice chatting but I must get on now, so much to do in the garden" and turn away, head down, headphones in, music on etc.

OMG stop. Maybe she’s a just a nosey mare and not everything is an autism stereotype?

Another option would be to make up hilarious stories in response to her questions and hope you can put her off you.
Her "Is everything was OK as I noticed that a lot of people visited yesterday".
You "Yes it went brilliant. They were the people quoting for the new massive hot tub and sound system. They start work on Friday"

Maybe she’s ND.

I have a neighbour like this. I've now got a stock set of phrases I use to cut her off. 'Sorry Gloria, I'm up to my ears.' 'Lovely weather, can't stop' or 'Hello, must dash, the oven pinger is going'. Then I turn my back and get on.

It felt rude at first but she honestly wants to know the ins and outs of a cat's backside and has no shame about prying.

I would make it clear that you find her questions intrusive - when she questions you say 'Gosh, aren't you nosy? And then change the subject or say 'Got to go now!' and walk away.

Time for a fence :)

Wow OP, if it wasn't for the fact that my neighbour doesn't have anyone on the other side I'd have thought we had the same neighbour!

She knows everything about everyone and even knows what shift I'm working each day. She has zero social awareness when it comes to asking personal questions and openly admits that she has seen who was visiting etc etc.

No advice OP, just solidarity

Sounds like absolute hell I wouldn’t give engaging wirh her as much just give one word answers or infact just tell her it’s none of your business