Have lived in the same house for ten years+, same neighbours next door. About 12 months ago, the husband appeared to be upset with us about something. My DH said “XX was a bit off with me this morning” and I said “yeah, totally ignored me when I came back from my run and I waved. He saw me, and just went in the house, shutting the front door. Really strange”.
Now, we were never neighbours in the sense of barbecues and nipping in and out of each other’s houses but, we’d chat....pass the time of day....ask about the kids....I’d have a laught with Mrs XX about my lack of green fingers in the garden.
We’ve NO idea what happened but now, it’s total blanking by them and I’m too embarrassed to speak to them as it’s clear, they don’t want to. However, in the past few weeks, they’ve started the chit chat up again with DH. Over the weekend, I smiled, said “hi” and MrXX looked me full in the face, with real disdain and carried on walking. I’m now starting to feel really upset. I genuinely have no idea what I have done. And it must be about me as my DH appears to be worth talking to.
I feel annoyed with DH. I’d expect him to not go out of his way to stand there chatting without a) slipping it into the conversation “is everything OK XX? We seem to have had a problem of some sort of late?” or b) just keeping it to a brief nod hello. And here’s a really petty thing. For years, I’d put their bins out on bin day. No skin off my nose, if I was putting mine out. Now, I notice they purposely leave ours out in the road and bring theirs in (if I’m at work). I’d never do that and certainly, DH wouldn’t.
It’s pathetic really but it’s upsetting me.
What would you do? And would you expect your DH to not (now) be chatty with them after they’ve suddenly decided to bring him back from “Coventry” as it were?