Quarrelsome neighbor

[Alexandoy]

When we moved in this house in 2001, our neighbor at the back seemed to be quarrelsome. I would hear him say threats about me for our noise. But mind you, we are not really noisy, we were just having our house repaired. And then it came to a point that the neighbor confronted me. Out of my fear, I challenged him to a fist fight (that is my defense mechanism) and fortunately the guy looked scared. He hastily had a change of tone and tried to befriend me. Fine. That was a long time ago. But from time to time, we would hear that neighbor issuing a sort of blank threat (no name) but obviously trying to bully us. Our housemaid said that the guy didn't know I was here so he had the temerity to issue empty threats. This quarrelsome attitude of our neighbor is getting to my nerves. What if we had another confrontation?

 

[Alex]

We have a tv show called 'Nightmare Neighbors' and some incidents get nasty as in hospital visits and the police called. Maybe it's better to bury the hatchet and make peace? If you make an effort then you won't be worried. It was a long time ago and I think you must admit challenging him to a fist fight wasn't the best idea, and not one you would encourage to your children.

Try it, and if it doesn't work at least you know you have tried. As it's Christmas make a peace offering and take over a cake or mince pies as a gesture?

 

[to7update]

Don't get me started about neighbors as they are one the things that makes me more nervous and anxious. I live in a building with really old people and they can be terrible with the remotes from their TVs, to a point where I feel the floor from my house vibrating. I had to call the police a number of times to make them silent as talking to them didn't solve anything!

 

[fuzyon]

If he was afraid of a fist fight it means he's all talk and nothing else, I wouldn't be too worried about him. Let your neighbor talk as much as he wants, he'll probably get bored after a while. Focus on energy on doing something greater than talking crap and holding a grudge to the person next door, I know how annoying neighbors can get but you need to come out as the better man.

 

[AngelaMc]

It sounds to me like the neighbor is starving for some drama or attention, some people love to make others miserable because they are. My advice is to ignore the guy because he wants your reaction. Simply act like you don't hear him and tell your family to do the same. Maybe in this case no response is a good response.