Being a “Good” Neighbor

[cycloner29]

So my eccentric neighbor mulched his leaves between our houses yesterday. I had mulched and bagged the leaves a couple of times the last couple of weeks in the same area.

After it rains last night, he decides this morning to rake the leaves away from his house and mulch them and left me with this, which doesn’t cover all his mess. He made no effort to clean up after his mess. The property line is where the white fence and chain link fence meet. Do I have a right to be upset? The guy is a social introvert. He will never look at you when he talks to you. I took my leaf blower and blew the wet mess he left me back at his house. I’ve helped he and his wife countless times and he never says thanks or anything. She does, but he won’t. I mow a few yards during the summer and I’ll always blow the grass off their sidewalks and driveways. Rant over!

 

[Clonehomer]

Trees are the #1 ruiner of neighborly relationships.

 

[Cyhig]

Trees are the #1 ruiner of neighborly relationships.

Trees and fences

 

[clone4life82]

So my eccentric neighbor mulched his leaves between our houses yesterday. I had mulched and bagged the leaves a couple of times the last couple of weeks in the same area.

After it rains last night, he decides this morning to rake the leaves away from his house and mulch them and left me with this, which doesn’t cover all his mess. He made no effort to clean up after his mess. The property line is where the white fence and chain link fence meet. Do I have a right to be upset? The guy is a social introvert. He will never look at you when he talks to you. I took my leaf blower and blew the wet mess he left me back at his house. I’ve helped he and his wife countless times and he never says thanks or anything. She does, but he won’t. I mow a few yards during the summer and I’ll always blow the grass off their sidewalks and driveways. Rant over!

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Dude- why’d you blow those leaves back into my yard?????

 

[mj4cy]

I'd just keep blowing it back to his house and try to keep the peace. Luckily leaves fall only once a year.

I feel your pain though, I had a neighbor at my old house that thought he was "helping me" by mowing part of my side yard so he could make less turns on his....problem is i had to mow it anyways because we never moved at the same time. Then he'd just blow the extra grass clippings into my drive way by accident but never noticed it.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

It's not like he's ******* your wife.

 

[Cyched]

It's not like he's ******* your wife.

You don’t know that

 

[Clonehomer]

It's not like he's ******* your wife.

This is a good point. You should keep the mulched leaves there to see how often she goes over there. Cause if he’s that brazen about the leaves, who knows how often he’s ******* your wife.

 

[cycloner29]

Trees are the #1 ruiner of neighborly relationships.

His huge Ash tree fell down during the derecho and blocked the end our driveway. I even let him run a line from our generator after the derecho to his house. Part of his maple tree also ended up on our roof, but didn’t damage it during the same storm.

 

[kkise]

I'd just keep blowing it back to his house and try to keep the peace. Luckily leaves fall only once a year.

I feel your pain though, I had a neighbor at my old house that thought he was "helping me" by mowing part of my side yard so he could make less turns on his....problem is i had to mow it anyways because we never moved at the same time. Then he'd just blow the extra grass clippings into my drive way by accident but never noticed it.

I agree on keeping the peace. Even if he is anti-social.

 

[Peter]

I’m trying mulching this year for the first time but not sure the etiquette. Definitely trying to mulch toward my house and rake everything back into my side of the yard that goes astray.

 

[cycloner29]

It's not like he's ******* your wife.

I think my wife just threw up in her mouth.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

This reminds me of something that happened a few years ago with the lady that rented the house next to mine.

I have zero trees in my front yard and one maple in my back yard. Regardless, my front yard gets a ton of leaves from the neighborhood. Irritating, but whatever.

One Saturday, I had just spent 4+ hours doing yard work and raking and bagging leaves (18 bags of mulched leaves in all). I was nursing a bad shoulder at the time and was spent. I got done and went inside to shower so I could catch the ISU football game that was getting ready to start. I was upstairs with my shirt off and I hear a leaf blower that seemed unusually loud. I looked through my bedroom blinds and there's my neighbor, blowing the leaves from her driveway OVER her lawn and into mine.

I swear I've never gotten that angry that quickly in my life. I didn't even bother to put my shirt back on, went downstairs and stood in my driveway staring death at my neighbor. After a few seconds, she looked up at me, turned her leaf blower off and just walked back into her garage and shut the door, without saying a word.

I'm a very chill guy that has helped this same neighbor repair her fence, clean gutters shovel snow from her driveway, etc, but she pushed a button that day. I immediately went into my garage and blew that **** back into her yard. I don't think I spoke another word to her for the following year before she moved out.

 

[JP4CY]

This reminds me of something that happened a few years ago with the lady that rented the house next to mine.

I have zero trees in my front yard and one maple in my back yard. Regardless, my front yard gets a ton of leaves from the neighborhood. Irritating, but whatever.

One Saturday, I had just spent 4+ hours doing yard work and raking and bagging leaves (18 bags of mulched leaves in all). I was nursing a bad shoulder at the time and was spent. I got done and went inside to shower so I could catch the ISU football game that was getting ready to start. I was upstairs with my shirt off and I hear a leaf blower that seemed unusually loud. I looked through my bedroom blinds and there's my neighbor, blowing the leaves from her driveway OVER her lawn and into mine.

I swear I've never gotten that angry that quickly in my life. I didn't even bother to put my shirt back on, went downstairs and stood in my driveway staring death at my neighbor. After a few seconds, she looked up at me, turned her leaf blower off and just walked back into her garage and shut the door, without saying a word.

I'm a very chill guy that has helped this same neighbor repair her fence, clean gutters shovel snow from her driveway, etc, but she pushed a button that day. I immediately went into my garage and blew that **** back into her yard. I don't think I spoke another word to her for the following year before she moved out.

Were you wearing pants?

 

[FallOf81]

Why do I sense this thread is going to turn into the my neighbor is shi**ier than yours thread. Get out the lawn chair and popcorn.

 

[VeloClone]

I think my wife just threw up in her mouth.

Hey, no kink shaming on CF...

 

[jcf817]

I didn't know people were still bagging and sending away free mulch/fertilizer.

 

[cycloner29]

Maybe I’ll just blow all my snow off my driveway onto his sidewalk. He has a snowblower but never uses it as he shovels all the time. Guy’s two grown sons don’t even lift a finger to help outside. He also cleans snow off all four of their vehicles in the winter.

 

[VeloClone]

I didn't know people were still bagging and sending away free mulch/fertilizer.

Realistically how much can you mulch in your yard? I have been dealing with a lawn fully covered with leaves for a month and a half at least once if not twice a week. If I mulched all of that I would have 3 inches or more of chopped leaves over my entire lawn for the entire winter. That doesn't seem healthy.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Were you wearing pants?

Unless it's specifically noted in the terms of my restraining order, I live my life how I live my life.