My neigbor is a moron aka: please remind me to be tolerant - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Hello I know where your comin from I have a child with special need and everybody and there brother thought they knew what was best for my son. Just take a deep breath and just remember not very one can be as kind and respectful as you. Know matter what anyone tells you, you are the childs parent and you are the only one who know best for him or her........ Good luck.....PS when you come home from the gym run really fast into the house if she stops you tell her your going to bathroom before you wet your pants!!!! LOL
AHHH sounds just like my sister in law My kids had lots of learning disabilities and yes I jumped on them early with all kinds of help and Yes of course her kids were perfect and why didn't I just wait blah blah blah,
Well 20 yrs later my kids are doing great , happy in their lives and doing well and oh wait her kids are struggling with various problems While I love and support my nieces and nephews I have put up with a lot of opinions over the years on what I should do and I have bitten my tongue so many times but in the end MY kids are happy well adjusted fully productive individuals. So as long as you feel what you are doing for your kids is right let them talk and tune them out blah blah blah
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What luck to live next door to someone who knows EVERYTHING!!! That'll come in handy the next time you're not sure of something, you can just ask her! And when she doesn't know the answer, you can say "well, I thought you knew everything! I mean, you know all the answers to my children's issues, don't you know it all??"
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You could go the other route, and when she asks how the kids are doing you can say that they're digressing and going backwards in their therapy and if only you had listened to her in the first place.....
OK, so I tend to be sarcastic. Seriously, that is tough to deal with every day. So kudos to you for not being in jail yet.
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Ewww, she sounds pretty gross! You're doing a fabulous job being a classy broad - I'd try to avoid her as much as possible. (move down here and I'll be your neighbor!!! )
Maybe you could have a friend come home with you sometime and when the
witchy neighbor comes out and starts something...you friend can smack her
around for you. That way the neighbor can be mad at the friend but not
cause problems for you.
I admire your restraint....I live in the south and I tend to tell it like it is with
some witchy people.
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Welcome to the world of the over-informed baby mama! I bet that lady asked her pediatrician, a day after the book said her kid would roll over, why the kid hadn't yet - and the Dr. responded with that "Everyone developes at their own speed." stuff.
I admire your restraint up until now. If you feel the need to respond to any of her comments in the future - you could try the retort - "Yes, the therapist still comes. The kids are still possessed. The voices are on their way out soon, we hope." Okay - I save that kind of stuff for my family - maybe just let her know you're happy she has received her Master's in Speech Therapy, and now she has you're sure she now understands the need for intervention.
We had a neighbor for awhile like that. She would constantly make remarks - "why is your daughter not wearing socks, it's cold outside?" - like ok she does not even have a coat on, maybe we are going to get the mail?
Or one day she saw my daughter coughing which meant that she had to give me a speech as to the cold weather and tht maybe I should not have my kids outside - ok the children are asthmatic - they cough in every season...
I could go on...she acutally pushed a book under my door about the implications there are about raising children in the city - then she stopped me to ask me if I have considered buying a house and moving to the country - that was the last straw, I told her I am considering it and that as soon as she buys me the house and cuts me a check I will be packed and out of her hair.
That shut her up....she moved down the block, I guess seeing my kids coughing and not wearing socks bothered her immensly....yet when she sees me in the store she talks to me and the kids like she is an old family friend...
for patience but unfortunetly people like that never give up...maybe a good pair of ear plugs might help. Then you can just smile and pretend you don't hear her.
Or when you build a wall she might finally get an idea....sorry that she is driving you so crazy.
Argh, I'm sorry. I would be uber-annoyed at that as well and try to avoid talking to her at all costs. BTW, the house on my corner is for sale . . . . . I'm just sayin'
Many many tolerance pixies headed your way. I agree that she is just one of "those" people who will always, always be right no matter what so it's really a waste of your time to try to change that. My neighbor is sort of like that and she is constantly trapping us outside so she can ask us questions to find out what's going on. We give her very very minimal info. and just move on - it's really amazing how I'm always in a hurry when I see her (Oops, gotta go, expecting a call : oops, look at the time, I better get going, etc.).
You were nicer than I would have been to even tell her who the person is that comes to your house. Frankly it is none of her business. She is just being a nosy neighbor and trying to assert some sort of feeling of superiority over you. I think I would have cut the conversation short and said "I don't feel comfortable discussing this with you as this is a personal matter." Then I would have walked back into the house. I used to work with people like that who were always trying to get the lowdown on everyone's private business. They never talked to me unless they wanted to know something personal about one of my friends. They were always quite disappointed because I would never divulge anything that my friends would tell me.
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Many many tolerance pixies headed your way. I agree that she is just one of "those" people who will always, always be right no matter what so it's really a waste of your time to try to change that. My neighbor is sort of like that and she is constantly trapping us outside so she can ask us questions to find out what's going on. We give her very very minimal info. and just move on - it's really amazing how I'm always in a hurry when I see her (Oops, gotta go, expecting a call : oops, look at the time, I better get going, etc.). 
She is just being a nosy neighbor and trying to assert some sort of feeling of superiority over you. I think I would have cut the conversation short and said "I don't feel comfortable discussing this with you as this is a personal matter." Then I would have walked back into the house. I used to work with people like that who were always trying to get the lowdown on everyone's private business. They never talked to me unless they wanted to know something personal about one of my friends. They were always quite disappointed because I would never divulge anything that my friends would tell me.
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