I have nc for obvious reasons cue chicken noises
A brief bit if background(I'll try). We had next door neighbours move in about two years ago. They were very different to our previous neighbours who were eldery and very quiet. Having been burnt before by previous neighbours who took advantage when I got friendly and close to them- dropping their kids off regularly when I said I was busy etc, borrowing stuff and not returning it- I have ever since remained civil and friendly with neighbours but kept it at that.
The mum was very chatty, it was a wreck of a house that they were remodeling and she’d tell me snippets whilst we got kids into our houses from school etc- She kept asking me for my opinion and questions like where I’d gotten my curtains from, and wallpaper in the bedroom she could see when it was night time and she had driven past etc.
A few weeks later I found out we had a mutual friend who was at my house for dinner and she had mentioned that my NDN was dying for an invite to my house, she wanted to see what we had done etc, which I found weird, I guess because I don’t want someone I live next door to me making like tricky like before-
Anyway, I started to get pissed off a few months ago when they had something done to the exterior of our house which is identical to ours, in fact she made a point of telling me hers cost a fortune and were custom made- then our mutual friend said NDN had seen a photo of children at a party at my house on social media (uploaded by my friend) and my NDN had mentioned liking some interior features of our home- NDN has done the exact same things to her lounge which are VERY unusual and very home made (out of necessity, we don’t have much spare cash so I make –bodge—most things- and I started to feel a bit uncomfortable -if I am honest, I shook it off and just told myself it didn’t matter until yesterday. She has bought a replica of my brand new car. I’ve never had a new car and it took me ages to choose it and get excited about owning something from new (took 7 years to save for it) NDN even has the same model and identical colour- everything- the same.
I KNOW this is going to seem like petty first world problems but having brushed so much off, thinking about it yesterday and going over stuff that’s happened over the last year she has, got her hair cut like mine, wears almost identical coats/scarfs- had her DS’s hair cut like mine/dressed like mine, bought a dog similar to ours and called it a name with one letter out- think Kookie/Kiki. It’s so weird and creepy and right here and constant reminder. I’m a grown woman- if it were anyone else I’d tell them to be flattered but I am feeling suffocated.
Can anyone kick my arse? DH thinks I shoud get a Mohawk and get the car covered in leopardskin vinyl and I have to say I am tempted.