To think my neighbour fancies me

[Choopa]

Im having a day dream about my handsome neighbour (and would never act on it under these circumstances).. but do you think my neighbour fancies me?

Basically I got home late tonight and my next door neighbour was raking up all the fallen leaves outside my house in the dark. Apparently everyone who lives in these terraces (we have a green area right outside before road starts) had collectively decided that everyone will do the bit outside their own house and sort out the waste. I had no idea. Its been very busy at work, and Im a single mum of 2 dc.
This neighbour has a drive..No leaves. Yet he was raking mine and carrying huge bags of green waste away. I offered to help and he told me not to worry about it..

Whilst im single, he is not. He is late 40s, married, but no kids. His wife is not a pleasant person at all. Actually quite the opposite. Shouts horrid things at my dc and pets sometimes, never says hello to anyone (not just me) maybe some mh issues who knows.. He is super nice and helpful. Chats and jokes with all neigbours including my dc. I see him all the time. Sometimes twice or three times a day. We dont flirt at all. At all. But he is hot.

I would never get myself involved in something this messy, but im allowed to day dream.. so do you think he fancies me or is he just being friendly?

Ps I'm a single mum working full time. I have amazing neighbours, bring in my wheelie bins, sometimes clear my drive if there has been snow if they're out doing there on. I also have a joined on front garden with NDN and he always cuts the whole lot.

None of them fancy me, all happily married with wives I'm also friends with. It's just being neighbourly, in the same way they'd help elderly neighbours.

@truthhurts23 no! Think of the poor leaves! Won't somebody think of the leaves?? 😂😁

@HenryCavillsWife but is it a gooseberry muller lite and is she going to start making owl noises??

Leaf-raking is a well-known sign of romantic interest. There are poems and songs about it. Juliet first met Romeo when he raked her driveway, same way Anthony introduced himself to Cleopatra.

@MaudGone 😅😅😅

@MaudGone may be both of those couples would have had happier endings if they had met that way! Shakespeare missed a trick there!

Yeah, do that @Choopa , then you could have another baby and call it Rustle!

But surely his wife would twig?

Hmm, true. I don't think he wood leaf his wife anyway.

I do lots of favours for my neighbours - I don't fancy any of them. Nothing wrong with an unrequited sexual fantasy though OP. Enjoy it. I might add that my neighbours definitely fancy me, but then they're only human 😄

I personally think the O P is absolutely barking and quite possibly out of her tree!

Oh I don't know, he might branch out a bit 😁

He's married. That means you have to keep it to daydreaming. Or writing a series of lurid short stories about someone who has an affair with their handsome neighbour. Apparently that's how some people deal with unattainable crushes.

Op, we know you have the absolute hornbeam for your neighbour but I think maybe you need to go do something to distract yourself from your mad passion. Yew might want to go to the beech instead. It will be chilly so don't forget your fir coat.

Taking your mind off him will help you not to pine. Go somewhere far off so your crush isn't in plane sight.

Maple this will help you feel better. Don't give up oak. It will be ok.

A couple months ago I had insanely hot thoughts about my (young) neighbour and I did feel he suddenly showed me a certain amount of extra interest.
nothjng was going to happen but it was a nice thought for a few weeks.

harmless fun when it stays in your thoughts, some people are a bit overly judgmental towards you OP

Although a sapling thread I've nominated for classics for when it gets to be a mighty oak full of acorns of humorous comments.

P.S. Enjoy your romantic daydreams. It's tough being a single mum and your daydreams can't be policed and do no harm. That's why we were given the gift of imagination.

Good idea! It's been fun oaking around

I think the wife fancies you but is treating you mean to keep you keen.

Just ask him : do you like leaves or me? then awkward laugh, just joking.

I don’t think your neighbour fancies you. On the evidence you have given on this thread I would say he was fed up that you do not clear leaves to his satisfaction so does it himself. Simples.

This is genius, OP. I'd go with this.

Mybetsonleaves.

@ShermansSherberts Respect 😆