Fairly early this morning, my neighbour knocked on my door and without any chitchat asked if she could come in. She’s never been inside and we’ve lived here several years. We don’t really know her or her family that well. I must have looked confused as she then said ‘I want to see your dog’ and kept trying to look past me into the hall.
We brought home a puppy yesterday and so she is still very much settling in and rather nervous. None of our family or friends have seen her yet. Also, I work from home and was right in the middle of doing stuff when the doorbell went plus I’m following a puppy schedule so she’d just had a play and was having a sleep. I told the neighbour now wasn’t a good time as I was really busy and the puppy was sleeping but I’d let her know when she could visit.
She looked really put out and now I’m wondering if I was unreasonable to not let her in. I just don’t think turning up and inviting yourself in is very polite. Also, I don’t want her telling her three children that they can just knock and ask to play with the puppy either. But then she’s my neighbour...
If she calls again and I’m busy, should I just let her in?
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MooseHoose · 08/04/2019 22:39
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