Neighbour asking us not to buy takeaways

[Ribrabrob]

Very recently moved house and have no working oven (should be ready by Friday) so we’ve unfortunately been relying on takeaways/eating out. We are also still sorting things out and kitchen is one of the last things to do. Not ideal but the end is in sight.

Neighbour introduced themselves on the first day, seemed very nice and friendly.

Today I came home, coffee and sandwich in hand, to him calling me over and saying he’s noticed we’ve had a lot of takeaways since we’ve moved and could we not do so. Apparently his 8 year old daughter sees and asks why she can’t have one.

I explained the above and said we don’t really have much choice right now, but that from the weekend we should have an oven etc. he seemed ok about it.

He wasn’t rude when asking but aibu to think he’s very nosey? And that he can’t dictate what we eat?! For info, none of the takeaways have been delivered, all collected by us so it’s not like a delivery driver is knocking on his door or anything.

Tell him to stop his daughter from watching you out the window... bit weird.

He's a loon. If he can't say no to his daughter that's his bloody problem!

If he mentions it again - I presume, like most people, you'll still have takeaways - I'd say "I'm sorry but it's not reasonable of you to ask this".

Why can't his daughter have one?

Jesus, I'm half thinking this has to be a wind up? If not, it's hilarious and clearly very, very fucking weird of him

Maybe see if you can get a local ice-cream van to visit you daily too.

he seemed ok about it.

You what now?

In "Never Happened World", this is headline news

@Iputthetrampintrampoline

OMG...I would have take a ways forever more just to stick two fingers up this sad arsehole!

I imagined that too vividly

Come on now OP

More like he doesn't order takeaways himself and begrudges other people them.

You were very unreasonable to bother explaining your lack of oven.

He must be related to the folk who cut down their hedge and want their new view of a neighbour's garden made presentable by neighbours clearing a few things from THEIR own garden.

I'd laugh in his face too. Never explain, never apologise, just say - it is what it is, lovely to meet you, bye now.

Whether your take aways are being delivered or not is completely irrelevant, your neighbour gets no say on where you choose to eat or how you source your food.

I think it’s more worrying that he knows where you get all of your food, he must literally be sitting at his window watching you. Sounds a bit stalkerish to me, be careful OP.

That’s ridiculous. Tell him to mind his own business, but use slightly more polite language if you can. You do have to live next door to him, after all.

Please keep ordering takeaway at least weekly, oven or no oven.

Oh dear I'd have to buy them everyday from now on then 🤦‍♀️

I would assume he had an unusual sense of humour and was joking.

I thought this was going to be noisy late night delivery drivers! I'd be telling him to do one...like when my neighbours I share a drive with asked me to have less grocery deliveries because it wears out the drive

Surely he was kidding and something was lost in translation?!

Wut?

Jesus Christ. This is ridiculous!

Yabu for even accommodating him!

No way is this real!

Funds permitting, I would be having a nightly takeaway for at least a week. Rude fucker, is he such an ineffective parent he couldn't possibly tell his child "no"?

Offer to pick some up for his dd too 😝