I Sometimes Wonder About People

@TerryZ (22076)
United States
April 22, 2007 3:24pm CST
I dont know if I ever told you that my neighbors are the rudest people that Ive known. LOL I was outside today doing some cleaning up on the front lawn. Well they were too. I think they coupied from me.LOL We have never said hi to each other and Ive been here for 4 years now. And they are across the street from me not next to me. I dont have anyone on the either side of me for about not for about 5or 6 blocks down. But these people wont even look at me. Because if they did I would certainly say Hi how are you? How would you deal with this?
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@mgmagana (3618)
• United States
23 Apr 07
maybe they're the same way. maybe they feel like u don't want to approach them. I'd say you break the ice and approach them. Make them cookies or next time u c them offer to help do yard work. my neighbors say hi, but they r pretty stuck up!
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@mgmagana (3618)
• United States
24 Apr 07
understandable, i wouldn't either.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Im not going that far. Please LOL
@ironstruck (2298)
• Canada
22 Apr 07
lazy cat - Hey!! wake up!!
I say live and let live. Especially if you have tried once to be friendly with them and have been ignored. If you have not said anything, then they might just think you are being rude as well.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Thanks for responding.
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
25 Apr 07
I agree. They could just be shy or they might not enjoy the company of others as much as some people do. Maybe you could bring over a nice treat or pick some flowers and take by if you really are interested in getting to know them. That might help :) Good luck!
@beckyomg1 (6756)
• United States
23 Apr 07
you would think that they would at least say to you, or at least a a smile nod.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Thats all I ask.LOL
• United States
24 Apr 07
Hummm, depends on how much you want to mend this. If you would like to be friendly, just send a nice "good morning" note, or bring a cake or cookies over their home. Or, if they are out there, say loudly, "hi." Maybe they are thinking the same thing, or shy, and waiting for you to make the first move.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
24 Apr 07
Im to the point I dont care anymore.LOL
@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
24 Apr 07
Just ignore them. Thats what I do with my new neighbors next to me. But they are right the opposite than your neighbors. They won't do anything outside if I am outside doing yardwork. Or if they are outside and I come outside with my kids to play they will go inside with in 5 minutes of us coming outside. I have gotten to the point that I don't care about them and I am not going to go out of my way for them if the occasion arises. But of course my neighbors are very stuck up and unsocial!
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
24 Apr 07
I dont know why people have to be so stuck up.
@us2owls (1681)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Whatever time of the day it was I would acknowledge them with "Good Morning" "Godd afternoon" or evenjust "Hi, How are you?" If they dont answer then I would just continue doing it - that way your concience is clear.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
And I will give it a try. Thanks
@icequeen (2840)
• Canada
23 Apr 07
I would just go about your business. Maybe they are just the kind of people that are not friendly...or they don't trust others...who knows. If they want to talk to you...they know where you live.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 07
Well fist of all Terry they do not know what they are missing out on not knowing you And If I where you I would not worry to much about it to be honest They are not worth it and obviously rude People I have one living like that upstairs to me
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Thanks Gabs I wish you were living next to me.
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
23 Apr 07
If that's the way they wanted to be, I'd just get on with things. If they won't take a minute to say hi than maybe they're not worth your time.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I think your right thanks
• Bangladesh
23 Apr 07
I would have treated according to their treatment towards me. There should be any inferiority complex regarding this issue. Take it as a fun. You woudnt know when you are entangled in talking with your neighbour initiating by a silly matter some day. so keep your hope up and lets see what happened...all the best
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I am a frindly person by nature and I am afraid taht I would have to yell and say "Hi, how are you today, itnt it a beautiful day. Good to see you outside enjoying the weather". I hate people who think they are better than everyone else and wont even be friendly. Maybe they will move soon. LOL
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
22 Apr 07
I know thats how I feel and I wish they would.LOL
@urbandekay (18278)
23 Apr 07
You think that's rude? My friend told me when she goes out her neighbours cheer! all the best urban
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Ha Ha good one I think thats a sin. Hey thanks for the laugh and dont tell your neighbor I laughed.LOL
@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
22 Apr 07
I have lived in this building since November of 1997, and there are some people I still do not know, the people who have the apartment next door never speak We share the same living room wall . Every time I pass them in the hall way i say hello or good morning, and they just stare at me, I used to get quite upset with this treatment, but They do not seem to want to be friendly and they now have friends moving in , who will live right across the hall from them. I can not be bothered to worry about them. I will always say hello, but anything else is not on my to do list.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
22 Apr 07
Well you sound like a nice person to me and thanks.
@alicebun (204)
• China
23 Apr 07
I think maybe you can say "hello" to them first,if you said that ,perharps they will also be kind for you.If you say "hello" to them,but they also treat you as that you said,then you can also ignore them too.
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Maybe some day they will say Hi and I will say HI.LOL
@stella1989 (2274)
• India
23 Apr 07
Even I have same neighbours. In my apartment! As being younger one I always greet them saying "namaste"(indian culture). I greeted them for a year ever crossing them around but they never replied!! So now I stopped greeting time..well atleast there is one satisfaction that I did my duty ..now its their turn...so I cannot help them in this. I followed my principles and I am all cool now. Now I don't even look at them..! Once for the first time they invited us in their marriage aniversary but we didn't show up..!! huh after all this kind of behaviour how can one make merry with them ..!!
@TriciaW (2441)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I really don't have this problem mine is the oppisite trying to make it to the car without somone stopping to chat. Bless my neighbors don't know what I would do without them. I used to live in the city where none of us in the same apartment really talked until one morning there was a fire and in the apartment next to me and I had to knock on everyone's doors to make them aware of the fire. It came to me then it is important to get to know your neighbors. Try something little like saying wow it is hot out here do you care for some tea I just made it. Something they can do outside to strike a conversation. You never know when an emergency will come up and you will need to depend on each other.
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• India
23 Apr 07
we can do nothing with this sort of neighbours. Live and Let Live is a good idea. there would be a day when they would ask us for help...then we can express our feelings. so don't worry about people as they are all kinds on the planet and we come across some kind in some situations. just go on with ur life!
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• India
23 Apr 07
we can do nothing with this sort of neighbours. Live and Let Live is a good idea. there would be a day when they would ask us for help...then we can express our feelings. so don't worry about people as they are all kinds on the planet and we come across some kind in some situations. just go on with ur life!
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@hkdgkurt (146)
• China
23 Apr 07
I have lived this building for 2 years,till now,you cant believe that i dont know my neighbors,sometime when i am outside,i really want to say hi,but everytime they always are cross the corridor quickly. some building like a birdcage,it makes us become strangers.
• Denmark
23 Apr 07
Well, my neighbor hate me lol, and i hate them :)
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