Neighborly tensions can run high during normal times, but they can be especially bad now when everyone is home, all day, every day. You may find yourself arguing with neighbors to whom you’ve peacefully lived next door for years. Here's how to peacefully co-exist, according to a conflict resolution expert.
Most of the time, you'll find that your neighbors are extremely sweet, kind, and helpful. But there is almost always a wild card in the bunch who will have you ready to put your home back on the market within a couple of years of purchasing it. Here are the top 10 worst neighbors ranked.
There may be times she tries to text you and say she just had some recent drama (a fight with her mom? A coworker?) and really needs to talk. She’ll ask if you can come over, right then. Don’t go. Don’t set up a precedent by which she feels at any time she can demand you come over. You can’t have that kind of pressure on you from someone who lives literally fifty feet away. It will get out of hand.
In the event of a disaster like an earthquake or blackout, you’ll be very grateful to have relationships with your neighbors. You can go to them for supplies or protection. It can be very scary to live alone when events like that occur.
Speaking of dating someone else, even if your next man doesn’t live in the neighborhood, there will be a next man. And with that man on your arm, you’ll run into your ex several times because he’s your neighbor. And future boyfriends won’t love that an ex lives so close by.