Long story short.. I had a maintenence issue with my rented property. My landlord lives next door (his sister also). I heard my landlord and his sister talking about me outside my house, the sister blamed my child for the issue and also made a comment ref my parenting skills.
I actually get on well with the sister. I was a bit upset.
The next day I went to my landlord and asked to talk to him. I explained that I heard the conversation between the two of them. I told him that it upset me, and that I wanted to reiterate again how the issue was no fault of mine or my families (it was an ongoing issue so I needed him to know that blaming me wouldnt solve it). He apologised for talking outside my house and was glad that I'd approached him to clear the air.
All good.. except now the sister is absolutely livid at me. Saying that I should have come to her if I had problem with her and not spoken to my landlord. She has sent me really hostile messages and keeps trying to argue with me. I have apologised for upsetting her just to try and keep the peace.
I have explained that I don't actually have a problem with her, I was just talking to my landlord to speak up about what I'd heard and let him know that we were not responsible for the maintenance issue.
But she's furious with me.
It's very awkward as obviously she lives next door and now I feel like I want to move as it's just uncomfortable.
So.. am I being unreasonable? Did I handle the situation incorrectly? What would you have done?
I personally feel like the whole thing has massively been blown out of proportion 🤷♀️
Thank you!