We purchased our "old" home in four hours...start to finish with the sellers coming down significantly on the price and offering to pay fees and points. We thought we had a good deal...a great location (new part but still in same neighborhood as we had rented in for 6 years so no change in schools for the kids), excellent price from the original owner, etc. Our "first" home rather than renting....we should have wondered why the owners made so many concessions and so quickly. Now after 13 years, we know why they were so eager to sell and why we are so eager to sell this albatross and move on with our lives in a different neighborhood. In a word...NEIGHBORS. We had wonderful neighbors on one side and when they moved, wonderful people moved in, but those people are now long gone and while I speak to several of the neighbors who live further down the street, the glow of home ownership is long gone. We have a neighbor...I know a lot of people have one of these but I honestly think that John and I could get along with just about anyone except the guy across the street and his wife. They have mistreated and disrespected us from the day we moved in and, quite frankly, I can't take it any more.
He considers himself the "Sidewalk Mayor"...if you want to do something, you have to run it by him first. Well, that didn't fly with us because WE pay the taxes on our home and WE pay the bills at our home. His constant harassment has really taken a toll on our health. He is a coward....he never comes right out and says or does it to our face, he goes behind our backs or cons someone else into doing something. He says he is "afraid of him (John) because he is in the military and has a gun"...well, guns aren't standard issue for periodontists as far I am aware. The police have become regular visitors to our home because he continues to "Nuisance" calls about us. This summer alone, he has called the police about an "abandoned vehicle" in our driveway...a car that we don't drive often. After proving that the license, registration, and insurance is current, the police apologize and leave. Not getting what he wanted, he called the township zoning office and reported the "abandoned vehicle" again. We received a letter from the township and after I called and explained the situation AGAIN, the guy apologized and the situation was over....or so we thought. It turns out that our lovely neighbor called the County Board of Health concerning our "abandoned vehicle" and voiced his concern about his "Elderly Neighbors"....given that this guy graduated from high school before John and I were even IN high school, I find the call ironic. The inspector came, I explained the situation, let him into our home with all the packing boxes and associated mess, and AGAIN received an apology with a statement that the case was considered closed. I have to wonder what he will do now...Homeland Security??? State of New Jersey Health Department??? How many times does he get to call without being charged with false reporting??? How many times do I have to stop packing, or fixing a meal, or taking care of my family so that I can deal with these people by phone or in person???
I used to get really, really angry but I have meditated and prayed about this situation and I decided not to let my anger show because that is what he wants. He is a bully....you play by his rules or he makes your life as miserable as he can. No one in the neighborhood wants to be his next victim, so they either go along or try not to commit one way or another. He must be a miserable person if all that he can find time to do is try to make us miserable. Well, he gets his way....we are moving, but Mom always said, "Be careful what you wish for because you might just get it"....the next people may be harder for him to bully....maybe not, but karma has a way of evening things out.
As for me, I'm just going to pray for him and his family...they obviously need all the positive thoughts and energy they can get..........
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