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To lose it over a garden

31 replies

Peanutmandm · 07/01/2018 16:44

My next door neighbour of 6 years has recently started to cut back bushes etc in our front garden without asking or saying anything to myself and my husband.
So far we have let things go as he is elderly but have been annoyed behind closed doors as we are perfectly able to do this ourselves but have chose not too at the moment as No 1 it's winter and No 2 the garden isn't overgrown, doesn't need doing.
This morning whilst home alone I noticed that said neighbour had brought his lawn mower into the garden so asked him politely not to mow as we would do it when ready and also that the lawn was very wet at the moment.
He went on to say that we wouldn't do it and that in his eyes it needed doing to which I replied that I wasn't going to argue just please leave it.
Came back into the house and he started to mow so went back out asked him to stop and was ignored so took the lawnmower from him and told him again to stop to which he replied that I was a crazy woman and that he wasn't going to speak to me.
AIBU to be fuming that he thinks I am in the wrong when I had repeatedly asked him not to do it
Been raging all day !!!!

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Charolais · 07/01/2018 17:39

Let him do it if he’s not doing any harm. Poor man needs something to do because he feels useless. If he doesn’t have a dog, suggest he gets one to take for walks and care for.

DoinItForTheKids · 07/01/2018 17:39

Or he could just be a cantankerous, nosy, overbearing git with no boundaries....

diddl · 07/01/2018 17:41

"Let him do it if he’s not doing any harm. Poor man needs something to do because he feels useless."
Hmm

Why doesn't he do the gardens of people who actually want them doing then?

CruCru · 07/01/2018 17:44

I would go a bit loopy if someone insisted on cutting my grass at the moment. My back lawn is so waterlogged, it’s like a swimming pool (clay soil - the water goes over my ankles).

You are going to have to be assertive. Tell him that you don’t want him doing anything in or to your garden. If he carries on, write him a letter (keep a copy).

thequeenoftarts · 07/01/2018 18:41

Send him here lol, He can cut the 4 acres to his hearts content haha. That might make him think

Jux · 11/02/2018 19:13

You feel sorry for him because he is alone; now you know why he's alone.

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