Avoiding Neighbors

[TonyG]

I have a neighbor who is genuinely a nice person but who can also lock me up in boring conversation for an hour. He is retired and doesn't have much to do but sit outside and wait for people to wal on by. I have found myself sometimes using different exterior doors of my house just to avoid him. I realize that I make it harder for myself by doing this but I don't have the heart to say "Shut up and leave me be".


What methods have you employed to get away from these types of situations?

 

[DannyBoyUK]

I have got out of similar situations by pretending that my pager has just gone off !

Vibrate mode (of course) which covers why the neighbour didn't hear it go off !

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[Weird Harold]

What methods have you employed to get away from these types of situations?

I just wave, "hi," to my talkative neighbor lady and go about my business. (she's one of those people who can't use one word where ten will do and has an eight-track mind.)

I do stop and chat (read let her talk at me) when I don't have anything else to do.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I moved. My nearest neighbor is 1/4 of a mile away from me now. Cuts down on lots or 'neighborly annoyances'.

 

[sacremento]

Aww, I have an elderly neighbor next door, but he just likes to wave usually.

When I have time I go over there and talk with him for a bit, and he loves to see my kids.

Maybe you should go talk to him when you have the time so you won't feel guilty dodging him otherwise.

 

[Dougy]

There are several people in my building that are the same way. They will talk as long as you let them. I have never had a complaint from them when I just said "I've really got something I have to do this evening" when I didn't want to talk. I am sure that as long as you do still bandy some words about with him for a minute or two before finding a space to make your exit your neighbour will be fine with that.

 

[markb325]

That is one problem I don't have here since I can't understand a word they say (spanish). My neighbor back in Tennessee though I couldn't shut her up. Sheesh A mile a minute and nothing of interest.

 

[The Squid King]

When I moved in I met my next door neighbors, a young couple who seemed nice. They gave me a bottle of wine for the wine celler as a house warming gift. When I tried to return the favor by giving them a gift, they were always dodging me. It turns out he was running a multi million dollar ponzi scheme. So much for moving into a nice neighborhood.

The moral of the story is this, if you're gonna dodge your neighbors, don't be too obvious, they might just be trying to give you a gift.