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To feel dread?!!!

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SunsetOnTheHorizon · 27/10/2020 13:46

Right here goes! As the title suggests...I need some perspective here.

We sold and moved here 5 years ago, it's a nice location, a good distance away from my slightly mentally draining family and it's a lovely, quiet area with kind neighbours. Which is a huge contrast to my upbringing, where we lived was major crime area, poverty and future prospects weren't amazing for many.

Living sightly away from family means I can choose when I need to see them and I can stay away as long as I feel. I feel I'm emotionally a stable person and generally happy.

Cue younger (spoilt) sibling gets wed, has a baby and decides to purchase a house on the next street (bursting my bubble of peace)

It's all lovely and smiley for now but I know for a fact I'll be the unofficial dinner lady/restaurant as neither cook and rely on the parents to spoon feed them. They are a self-centered couple, lack basic manners as in they'll come into your house and ask/look for food. Turn up unannounced and regularly and aren't interested in anything unless it's of any benefit to them.

Albu to feel suffocated? I will be setting boundaries and will lay down the law that I won't be available to cook extra etc etc and they should learnt to feed themselves. On the odd occasion it's nice to pop over with a dish but on a regular basis where they expect to be fed is unacceptable.

How do I diplomatically handle this? Without being rude and remaining in control? Aibu to want to sell up and move ?!!

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Meowza74 · 27/10/2020 19:44

What did they do to your neighbours?

BrownOwlknowsbest · 27/10/2020 20:20

Sorry that link doesn't quite work. Let me try this one. www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Maintenance-Dummies-James-Carey/dp/047043063X?tag=mumsnetforu03-21 Yes, that is their ideal Christmas present Smile

SunsetOnTheHorizon · 27/10/2020 21:05

Meowza74

Parking issue. It was minor but enough for me to have to apologise for it!

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