The Free Spirit
By bettymarie
@bettymarie (125)
United States
July 25, 2012 3:23pm CST
Have you ever met someone who was so free spirited that it actually bothered you? I know a man who lives next door with his dog. This man is so free spirited, he started using things in our yard to tie his dog up. Now, at first my husband and I had no idea this was going on, until one day when we caught our neighbor doing this. He decided to use our ladder to tie his dog up, he said it was too keep the dog from running away. It's fine if you need to tie him up but do me a favor and stay out of my yard, and stop using my things if you do.
He's a harmelss man, however he does things that urk us. There was that time he moved around our plants in our garden because he was afraid his dog would mess with them. We appreciated the gesture but at least ask first, and please don't do it at 2AM. That's the time our other neighbor claimed the guy next door was moving are plants. His dog was fine by then.
That dog almost attacked us. Well we told him and he stopped using our things, however now he lets his dog sleep on our side of the house. People often think the dog is ours, and that's not good either because that dog can get vicious. I don't care how free spirited one is, don't take advantage of other peoples things.
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
25 Jul 12
i tend to be somewhat free spirited because i dress how i want and don't follow trends. i think most artists (like myself) are free spirited but i work in a fairly conservative office so i guess i am a bit of both.
this guy sure sounds a little over the top and the dog sounds downright dangerous. is there an animal bylaw officer that you can call or would you call the police?
@bettymarie (125)
• United States
25 Jul 12
I know what you mean. I'm a free spirit myself and have my own way of doing things, but this man is over and beyond the limit. We called the police but they said since his yard and our yard are so close together, that it's ok for his dog to be there. He has the dog tied up but it's just having that dog so close by.
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
28 Jul 12
Yes, you are a Kind and Understanding Soul. Who better to teach your free spirited friend than you? Make him your best friend. It will be easier to reach and teach him then. The people in our lives are always there for a reason. We teach each other. Who knows. That free spirited man might just have something you need to hear too.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
26 Jul 12
Maybe you just need to be as free spirited as he is & tell him you really don't appreciate his actions!!! How is he to know he needs to change his ways, if he doesn't know he's creating a problem??? 
@samson1 (738)
• Jamaica
25 Jul 12
In your correspondence, you have discribed your neighbor as 'harmless', and he is 'free spirited, but some of the things he does urks you. The truth is, I do not know how being 'free spirited' is defined. However, I do not think that your neighbor is free spirited...
Instead, I think this person is reckless, may have malicious intent,and is using the opportunity to interfere with your space. Moreover, I think that this individual is doing his antics under the 'disguise' of stating he is preventing his dog from invading your 'living space'.
I think you should be more careful 'functioning' around this neighbor, and to monitor your belongings; while insisting that he 'takes charge' of the affairs of his dog, without invading your space!
