Woman fumes as 'entitled' neighbour demands she dig up her plants for odd reason
A woman has been left stunned after her 'entitled' neighbour demanded she dig up all her plants for an odd reason. She has gone online to see people's advice on the situation
A woman has been left utterly astounded after her 'entitled' neighbour demanded she uproot all of her garden plants for a bizarre reason. She shared on Reddit how she had purchased a property last year and dedicated an entire year to refurbishing it, with the goal of moving in by this summer.
Fortunately, she managed to stick to her timeline and settled into her new home last month, eager to put the finishing touches on her abode, including planting flowers in her front garden. But her horticultural efforts led to a surprising dispute with her neighbour, who took a strong dislike to the choice of blooms.
On Red dit, she recounted: "Up until now, we've had, or thought we had, a good relationship with the neighbour on the side of our house whose driveway is next to our house. We even bought them a gift basket when we closed on the house.
"Last week, we planted small compact hollies to create a tiny hedge in our front garden that is well within our own property line, not even the edge of the property line.
"Karen and her husband decide to come out today to curse us out and name calling us (b****, witch, s****y neighbour, telling us to f*** ourselves, etc) for planting the hollies in our garden as it interferes with them opening their car door into our garden, walking well inside our garden to get in and out of their car."
The disgruntled neighbours have complained that the plants are making their "lives miserable" and pose a "dangerous tripping hazard" that they have to contend with every day.
She exclaimed: "I am beyond myself at how people like this exists, the entitlement and unreasonableness. Originally we wanted to add height to the garden when we first purchased it but Karen told us not to because they need to open their car door.
"We decided to be nice neighbours to keep peace so we didn't. Now few months later we moved in, planted small compacta holly bushes around the garden, Karen said we are the worse neighbours ever and hope all our plants die.
"Even went as far as threatening us, stating that we will be miserable living here - like seriously."
Perplexed, the woman couldn't fathom why her 69 year old neighbour would take such offence at a bit of greenery - taking to Reddit to see if the fault lay with her.
She continued: "She demands we remove all the bushes along the side of our garden because they need to step into our garden to open their car doors to get in and out.
"Her screaming got so bad that even our nice neighbour from across the street came to defend us and try to deescalate the situation, calming her down.
"Of course she yelled at him to leave and mind his own business because she's 'been living on the block for 30 years'."
The majority of Reddit users were stunned by the tale, with some advising her to erect a fence and install cameras as a defence against her unhinged neighbours.
One user advised in the comments: "With this information in mind I'd be building a fence, specifically to inconvenience the awful neighbours."
One commenter suggested a mischievous defence, saying: "Cameras - likely they will poison the plants. Pink Flamingos lined up in the garden looking at them. Bonus points if you put glow-in-the-dark googly eyes on them."
Another recommended a charming deterrent, proposing: "Time for a cute picket fence or landscape boulders on the property line."
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