My Next Door Neighbor

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I know he was probably joking, but my Next Door Neighbor Jeff, was collecting up leaves in his garden and saw me hanging out the washing and shouted across the fence, “it’s a hard life, a man’s work is never done!” I laughed of course but felt incredibly irritated by the joke not least because hanging out the washing isn’t my only household chore - AIBU? What irritates you?

Behave

You clearly don't have enough to do, given that you have time to care about this

YABU

If he had said a woman's work is never done you would have been annoyed cuz he was implying that hanging out washing is woman's work. He was making a joke, nothing more than that. Chill

He was on about him, not you. It was a joke.

Still waiting for the punchline. What did he do that was unteasonable? Do you prefer him not to rake leaves?

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Eh?

He was joking that he was doing ‘man’s work’ and he had loads of jobs to do. So yes YABU.

What irritates me? People who can’t spell neighbour.

Maybe she's American? Maybe her phone changed it and she didn't change it back? Why does it really matter?

Pack it in

That’s a really silly thing to get worked up about. I though you were going to say that he lobbed leaves at you!

Fuck me, unclench.

It wasn't about you.

But that's the phrase, isn't it? I would have assumed he was commenting on the fact that you were both outside in the garden but neither of you were outside for leisure.....

I'm with you on this one OP. It's irritating.

I thought it was quite funny

I’m guessing he has form for not very amusing jokes and so you are sensitised to anything he says…. It wasn’t funny, to my ear, either.

What irritates me? People who can’t spell neighbour.

And if she isn’t from the UK? Don’t be a dick!!!

Its more than likely OP he isn’t even think of him collecting leaves be you hanging the washing out, he’s likely just trying to be friendly neighbour starting friendly brief conversation.

If this is the worst that Jeff does, I’m sure there are lots of people on the worst neighbour thread that would do a swap with you

Ye Gods and little fishes woman, get a grip!!

I doubt collecting leaves is his only job either…. But what annoys me is every bugger that says “say one for me while you’re down there” when I’m on my knees. Which in my line of work is often

Yes YABU. Get a grip.

I don't get that 'say one for me while you're down there...'

Do you mean when you're on your knees, a man says 'while you're down there...' (Hinting you can give him a blowjob?)

But what annoys me is every bugger that says “say one for me while you’re down there” when I’m on my knees. Which in my line of work is often

Oh that could be so much worse...

What now?