This viral Reddit post is about a doctor and member of a home ownerโs association, but it sounds more like itโs about a bunch of middle schoolers.
Yes, the story you are about to read is about grown adults.
No one said that getting along with your neighbors is always going to be easy. But this story has people criticizing this โMean Girlsโ momโs tactics.
The Reddit post was made by a 30-something dermatologist who purchased a new home so that his two dogs could have a yard to play in instead of being cooped up in an apartment while dad is at the office all day.
โI searched for quite a while before I found a house that I liked (had a big lawn) and ended up buying it. Itโs in a very tiny neighborhood in my city and quite a calm one which is always great,โ the doctor explained.
โIโve moved to this house about a week ago and havenโt had any real troubles at all. Everyone seemed friendly enough.โ
Including one of his neighborโs, who is a member of the local neighborhood association, that knocked on his door.
โIโm not and I have no plans of ever joining them [the neighborhood association], but they donโt harm me, so itโs fine,โ the doctor, who goes by FaultFabulous on Reddit, I went to answer the door and see what did she need. She was pretty nice at first, welcoming me to the neighborhood and all that.โ
And thatโs when things when south. His neighbor decided that it was within her right to ask him to keep his dogs inside when he isnโt home.
Even though his yard is fenced in. But the best part is the reason why.
โThe kids like to play on the housesโ lawns and they are afraid of your dogs. So, you need to put them inside when youโre not at home,โ she told him.
Iโm guessing what threw him off from compromising with the woman or at least trying to have a civilized conversation is the fact that at the end she TOLD him what he had to do instead of ASKING him.
โFor a moment I didnโt quite believe what I heard and asked her to repeat, and she indulged me like this was a common occurrence. I just told her flat out, โNo, the lawn is for the dogs. Your kids have no business going to my property, nor do you have any ground to make that demand,'โ the doctor explained in his post.
Well, she was not pleased that this man had the audacity to stand up for himself and assert his rights as a property owner and taxpayer.
She went on to threaten to call the association and a bunch of other people she seemed to think were important.
โI just told her flat out that she could call the pope for all I cared. It was my property and my say in it stays,โ he said.
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The woman left in a tizzy and went into full โMean Girlsโ mode.
She apparently went on to spread rumors about him to the other neighbors.
โPeople who would smile at me or say โgood morningโ no longer even look at my face,โ he explained.
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This woman actually spread rumors like a child so no one will talk to the person you donโt like. And her neighbors actually treated this poor man a certain way based on what someone else told them and without making up their own minds.
Again, this story is about adults.
This kind of weird toxic pack behavior actually made this poor man question himself. So, they gaslighted this poor man who was only standing up for himself. Most of the Redditors seemed to recognize this and back him up. Some people still know how to stand up for themselves and ignore this kind of sad, outdated behavior of people with too much time on their hands. Check out the original post below.
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AITA for not letting my neighbors kids play on my lawn?
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