Mind your business!
It can be both a blessing and a curse to have neighbours.
It's great when you are reminded to take the bins out because all your neighbours have.
But, with neighbours, it's not all sunshine and roses, is it?
Well, according to a Reddit thread, no, it most certainly is not always happy-days-all-the-neighbours-get-along.
And, unsurprisingly, most people have beef with their neighbours over nosey-ness.
(Image: canva)One story on the forum just sounds like this fella is bored out of his mind:
"I have a neighbour he is a nosey b****d, wants to know everyone Bussiness, he looks out his top window all day, if your going on holiday he starts shouting "Are you going on holidays?" Where are you going" the whole street hears him"
Yikes. But not quite as bad as this next one...
"I live in the last house in a cul de sac and my neighbour is very nosy, he got rid of his blinds so he could see everything that's going on. If we have visitors and he doesn't recognise their car he will walk down by our house and look in their cars and then come to the door to ask who it was when they leave."
They continue, "If you're doing any outside work he will just stand there watching you, in dead silence, just staring."
While another story shows how little privacy they feel they have:
"My neighbour's kids have no curtains and spend their time peering out into my back garden and into my bedroom. The houses are extremely close together, so it really does away with any privacy."
While a lot were complaining, some people said there can be a benefit to nosey-neighbours.
One such person said it can just show a level of care, and could come in useful if anything bad happened you.
"I find with the nosey-ness there’s also a certain sense of care, if that makes any sense…it can seem judgemental but often it’s more about curiosity I find, with no nasty intentions, although that would depend on the individual."
They added, "Some of those same nosey neighbours were the most helpful and kind when my dad suddenly died."
