NeighboursI used to live next door to a pair of elderly naturists, only finding out about their hobby when they bade me a cheerful, saggy 'Hello' while I was 25 feet up a ladder repairing the chimney. Luckily, a bush broke my fall, but the memory of a fat, naked man in an ill-fitting wig will live with me forever.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 12:41)
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Sounds familiarThat feeling of despair when you hear the key scratch in the door... yep. Grim. Been there, done that.
Trouble is there are only two options - ask them to stop doing the things that annoy you, or move out yourself. There is a third option, to leave things unchanged, but you will only get more and more unhappy if you do that.
So go for the first option. You might well find that they didn't even realise it was upsetting you. Even if she gets in a strop - and she may well, because most people don't like being told off! - things might improve afterwards. At least you'll have said your piece. When I was in your position, I chose the third option for too long. Once I raised the grievances it really did change things and it did all work out.
Don't let this make you any more unhappy than it needs to, though. This is just a short, difficult phase of your life and you *can* get out of it!
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