Neighbours

[Mermaidsinthesand]

Ok first post here goes

I been living where I do for last 5 years, no trouble until a week ago. My parents who own the place said they were selling few months back, my neighbours best friend came in her working hours approached my parents and asked to buy this place. My parents declined and said they decided not to sell

Ever since then my neighbours over the last week are coming passed looking in making snide comments about my children who play outside. It's gotten out of hand

My parents are late 60s early 70s one in good health the other not so. I feel this woman was trying to take advantage of them too thinking she could get a bargain, her and my neighbour being besties over the fence but since told no, I'm suffering now with the neighbours as they see me as the hurdle that's why it isnt for sale. How can I handle these neighbours?

I don’t understand what your neighbour is doing. Are they looking over their fence and making comments to your kids? Or complaining to you about your kids? Do your parents live there too?
I’m not sure what you can do but if they are making comments about your kids and you hear them you should speak up and ask them what the problem is as their remarks are upsetting your children (or something like that).

Yes my parents live here too, they are constantly walking passed the front, looking in the back. Making comments to each other about my children, staring in, letting their dog mess on my drive petty stuff really bit it grates and getting worse. Need to know how to nip this in the bud before things get unbearable here as they clearly want to force us to leave, given the fact the neighbours best friend said this is her ideal location and desperate for this house I'm in

Can you water the plants with the hose but "accidentally" get them

I think as much as it would pain you, kill them with kindness and approach it head on. Make it so they feel foolish for being so unkind and can't wriggle out of it without looking like absolute idiots. Go round with a small token gift - plant for the garden etc, ask if you can have five minutes of their time, ask if everything is ok as you used to get on and have heard them saying things, ask if there's something you or your family are doing that is upsetting them and say you'd like to clear the air so you can continue to live well alongside each other etc etc. Remain really calm, don't mention the house (not) sale and see if they raise it, play dumb. Just be really sweet and nice so they appear unreasonable and will even think it of themselves.

It will probably sit uncomfortably with you to do this, but neighbour disputes can just make your life hell, so I think it would be worth it to get it resolved, at least to the point where they stop making remarks outside, they can bitch as much as they like behind closed doors when you can't hear them.

I’d confront them every time. I just couldn’t handle that

@AnyoneElseSharingThisBoat this, most definitely