Redditors Dish Out Smart Moves To Lady Who Wants To Stop Answering The Door Whenever Her Nosy Old Neighbor Knocks

"After some time, he began to annoy me with his behavior"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• August 17, 2023

There will be a variety of people in your area, but which one will quickly become a close friend of yours, and which one will make you feel intolerable? Normally, people dislike noisy and nosy neighbors the most.

It's not always simple to come up with strategies for dealing with nosy neighbors, but you can deal with noisy motorcycles on your street and kids selling everything under the sun at your door. Nobody should ever feel uneasy in their own house, especially one they spent a lot of money on.

It is undeniable that even if nosy neighbors don't infringe on the law, they nonetheless bother you and interfere with your daily life. Neighbors who are nosy seem to know everything about everyone.

They have the ability and desire to inform you about every local resident. They spend a lot of time observing your behavior when they find you extremely interesting.

You'll likely think their attention is unwanted if you end up being their unhappy target. The OP of today's story has a history of bad neighbors, so she was quite happy when she met her recent neighbor.

But her happiness soon turned sour when the 63-year-old neighbor's behavior started annoying her. He rang her bell for different reasons, which weren't necessary.

And mind you, he has a wife and multiple grandchildren who visit him very often.

Now, the OP is asking the community saying...

The neighbor welcomed the OP and explained that the neighbors in that street helped each other out

The OP can't avoid him when he rings his doorbell and asks her if she recently cleaned her dryer

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

Would I be the AH I would stop answering my door if it was my neighbor because I would come off rude.

The Reddit post got more than two hundred comments and here are a bunch of them below

The OP should knock and ask to speak to his wife

This Redditor wants to know if he does this to other neighbors as well

The OP should tell him she was listening to music in her headphones

This Redditor suggests the OP should get a video doorbell

The OP can state her boundary with a smile and neutral wordings

Text beforehand and make you get a reply that's it's okay to answer the door

It seems to be an older man who grew up in a different time

The OP is free to engage with him as much or as little as she likes

Nosy neighbors may not be as disruptive as the infamous "neighbors from hell," but when you are unaware of their presence, it can be challenging to realize that they are watching you. When you find yourself under their surveillance, your life will become miserable.

Some redditors say that just because the doorbell rings doesn’t mean you have to answer it. The OP was declared not the AH, and that's a wrap!

Maryjane