I just discovered I like tormenting my neighbour

My neighbour always had a face like a smacked bottom but I greeted her the same as everyone else each time I saw her, with a smile and and a cheery hello.
Now after many years she actually smiles back with a brief wave. Result!

Be very careful. Difficulties with neighbours can escalate way out of control with the simplest of things. Disputes can also go òn for years. Given we are all on Lockdown and tolerance will be at low levels, I wouldn't be going out of my way to be awkward. Please just ignore your neighbour.

I agree I'd just ignore her and not give her the time of day. Just take the moral high ground and dont provoke her. What does it actually matter if she ignores you. Her type will just try to wind you up a different way. Just because they think they can.
Remember it's her shame the way she behaves not yours

Perfect response Vampirequeen it is very hard for angry people when someone treats them nicely. They are just trying to push you buttons to see how far they can go. If another person says something rude to me I usually say thank you very much how kind! that usually floors them.

But isn't that rather provocative Judy54?

That’s the way to do it. Vampire queen says punch or is it Judy

Well done vampirequeen!

I insist you carry on killing her with kindness and civility.

If you get the chance pot these up near the birdbath and scatter these seeds where you think it might make her smile........................... ..........................

Bless you

Let’s hope she hurry's up and sells her place - for your sake. You might get a very nice new neighbour

My thoughts for today ( a good day so far )

Cut everyone a bit of slack. You don’t know what’s going on in someone else’s life.

Now if you had asked me yesterday ......?

This is what happens when boredom sets in, tread carefully lest it escalates. Keep yourself busy with other things and don't concern yourself with her.

Thank you for sharing this, it makes me feel so much better. I am in a social housing property and my neighbour who owns hers has made numerous complaints about me, for having bird feeders in the garden, which is true but it’s not excessive and is allowed but apparently the birds then pop in her garden, damaging the fence, the HA have been out and can’t see any damage at all, having the shed too close to the fence, it’s been in that position since these houses were built and suddenly bothers her now, fortunately I took photos when I moved in which proves the shed was there before I was, all the other peoples sheds on the street are in the same position to their fences. The HA have been very good and can’t see what her problem is but it makes me very anxious as being a tenant I could get evicted if she kicks off, although they’ve said she has no grounds to do so.
She has also regularly blocked my drive despite having a double drive herself but as she owns her house apparently there is nothing I can do about that!
Rant over hope you’re all keeping well x

My OH doest his to any one he knows doesn't speak to him. He will go out if his way to talk to them, as you say the look on their faces.... Priceless

On a sort of different theme but similar , at a church I go to on a Tuesday morning, the then vicar used to sidle in, ignoring the group of women at the back of church, which I thought was quite rude - so I made a point of saying 'morning's to him when he came in! After a few weeks of this, he starting acknowledging us. It wasn't that we wanted a long conversation with him, just a brief 'groom's - so I see where you are coming from.

Keep being nice. Don't let her take away your humanity.

That was supposed to say a brief 'hello' - that's the problem with predictive text! It comes out with weird and wonderful things sometimes if it thinks you've made a mistske. And my mistake in not checking the post before I posted it!

Oh, I loved this post! Our neighbour objected to my daughters fiance parking his perfectly nice car outside in our shared layby, (we don't have a car). I took great pleasure in telling her we were putting our house up for sale due to the bad feeling, & that we already had interest from a family who competed in Banger Racing & Demolition Derby as they wanted to be near our local Race Track. Amazingly by shifting their car up a bit there was plenty of room for our one visitor.

Sorry VampireQueen, I just come here, got my first coffee of the day,, and started to read your post.

only read the first couple of sentences,, your neighbour thinks YOU lower the tone, price,, as you are council tenants

oh my! I nearly, not quite spilt my coffee with sniggering

does that attitude really still exist.. oh my! oh my! you have really made my day... I woke feeling a bit down, to be honest..
and now I am smiling all over and giggling inside

now I have to go back and read the rest of your post, and hope you are , indeed, tormenting her!

VAMPIREQUEEN
It was HER choice to buy a council leasehold flat.No doubt her asking price is more than what potential buyers are prepared to pay. No worries bide your time as you will I am sure have the last laugh /once she sees the light and forced to reduce her price.

I remember reading about a man in New York who went to the same grumpy newspaper vendor each morning on his street and he always returned his grumpiness with a beaming smile and a positive word. When asked why he did this he replied that he wasn’t going to let someone else decide what day he was going to have ?

Thumbs up vampirequeen ... that's the way to do it. She may even become a nicer person because it's hard to be sour when confronted with someone being pleasant.

I don’t think I could be faffed to take any notice of the neighbour who seems a bit of a daft cow. Just leave her to her misery. If it makes you personally feel better however then it’s up to you but I wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of knowing she had got to me. But that’s me. Why are you moving your tulips around anyway?Put them where you want them.

Love it! love you vampirequeen.. that`s the way to do it!

Keep us up to date please, I love your story

Well you know what they say, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"!

We bought an ex council house here and have lovely neighbours. Came with a card, wine and chocolates when we moved in. Don't know if it's council house or bought but don't really care. Second excouncil house we've bought over the years. Our last house was private and had lovely neighbours one side and a miserable old lady the other. She complained about our dog barking, said she was going to make an official complaint then saw our dog was sat quietly next to me.and it was the dog 2 doors up. I told her go and complain to them. Rough family whose dog it was, bet she didnt say anything to them.

You’re a woman after my own heart ! Inverted snobbery for no reason whatsoever on her part. She’s a sad person and you’re lovely vampire queen ?