So many of the neighbours in our street growing up were absolutely bizarre. The one facing us would copy everything we did. If she saw us redecorating, she'd do the same. If my mum put a new vase in the window, she'd have to go and find one as similar as possible. She even copied what I was wearing when I was in my late teens and bear in mind this woman was more than twice my age! For example I got a new jacket and she went and got one the same print and style. If me or my dad got a new car, she'd get a new one within a week. When we got our dog, she got one. Then she got rid of it a few weeks later cos she must have realised she'd have to get off her arse to look after it. She used to keep her blinds open til we all went to bed in case she missed something! She also had the most obnoxious Christmas decorations every bloody year that I could still see flashing through my blinds and curtains. Drove me nuts!
One of her relatives lived in the street too, a few doors up from us. He was a creepy bastard. He used to walk past and flick any dog
tit or litter in the street over to our gate with his walking stick. On bin day he would rummage through our bin to see what we had in it. Why? I do not know! He must have gotten a kick out of knowing what we'd had for our dinner. If any of us left the house he would open his window to let us know he was watching us. Then he'd close it once we got home again. He egged my little sister's bedroom window. He was never so brave when he came face to face with any of us though! He made our lives hell and really affected my mum's mental health.
Then this girl my age moved in right next door with her 3 young kids and she was a
bleeping nightmare too. She wouldn't speak to us at all, she'd just blank us. She got a dog and let it
tit all over the back garden and then her kids would go out and play amongst the dog
tit! It was a really small garden too. Her bin was always overflowing and instead of leaving it out to be emptied she would just throw full black bags of rubbish down in her garden which then attracted rats which was driving our dog mad cos he could smell them. She was an absolute dirty
witch, and she was terrible to her kids. We would hear her shouting and slamming doors. She used to lock them all in one bedroom so she could go to the local shop down the road on her own. We would hear them banging the door to get out. We also saw her smacking them when they were getting into the car on multiple occasions. One time she actually decided to drive off while the eldest was still trying to get into the car and he went flying off the kerb! I reported her cos I was concerned for the kids but I don't know if anything ever came of it. Although we did see the police at her door a few times.
Luckily I was on the brink of moving out so I didn't have to endure any of this bollocks for much longer and my parents moved out shortly after I did. Their new neighbours are okay, just an old woman on one side whose kettle you can hear boiling cos the walls are so thin.
The guy on the other side is a bit odd though. He brushes his garden almost daily but he waits til 9pm to do it! Even though he's home all day! He also ignored my 4yo the other day when she said hello to him and it pissed me off but he'll always grab my dad and try and talk to him when he sees him. But all in all, much better than the previous neighbours.