Well this might be a first. Twice in one day. But I need to vent…
It’s my ridiculous neighbors, again. I think I posted once before about this problem but I have never, ever, had neighbors that are so nosey, bitchy, and catty as these neighbors are. The men (their husbands) are fine. They are friendly but keep to themselves and don’t get into our business and watch everything we do and every move we make. Though the two husbands have stopped saying hello to us as I’m sure they have been instructed by their witchy wives to not speak a word to us. The two ladies, I’ll call them Henny and Penny (perfect!) are stuck like glue to each other and yak and gossip continually in their same stance, hands on hips, heads up and mouths going 100 miles an hour. I feel SORRY for them. My husband laughs and tells me they are jealous. Jealous? Jealous of what?! The hubby just looks me up and down and smiles. Funny. So tonight the hubby and I are outside in our drive talking and what do we see? Henny and Penny outside yakking to someone in a car and they are whispering and staring over at us. WTF?!! Mind your own GD business. For those who know me, I am a very soft-spoken and kind person. I don’t butt into anyone’s business as I don’t care to. WHY would these hags care to butt into our business? When we first moved here I was pleasant and kind and they were , well, just nosey and loud. I could only put up with that crap for so long. I really have no clue how their husbands can live with them. So of course tonight the hubby and I just ignored them, the hubby laughed it off and I – well, I’m here venting.
Next time this happens I will be speaking my mind directly to them. Henny and Penny, don’t mess with me! Hmpfff.
Posted by: Paula on September 24th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
8 Comments »
Oh I have someone else that went through the same horrible thing that I’m going through! Thank you for commenting. Happy for you that you moved away from all of that. We are out of here next summer hopefully. It is so hard to just ignore this but I understand what you mean. It is the Mean Girls syndrome – I have read a book on it to try and understand these types of women. Very sad.
And you are absolutely right – these women do have way too much time on their hands! Maybe I should kindly suggest something creative for them to do in our community ;)
Dear Paula,
Can you stop TALKING ABOUT US??! Don’t you know we READ YOUR BLOG?!
We are SO getting together to talk about you more.
Love,
Henny and Penny
P.S. We are putting Roundup in your rose bushes too! Take THAT!
Hey Mary! (oops, Henny and Penny) :)
A little Roundup won’t hurt! hehe Afterwards, why don’t you stop over for some hot tea and good conversation?
My friend! Welcome to my world! I live on a military base where my business is everyone’s business and vice versa. I’ve learned to just ignore the nastiness of the ladies who haven’t bothered to grow up, and stick with the ladies who are genuinly really great people.
Luv the blog!
Vanessa
Wonderful advice Vanessa and good luck to you on your military base! And, thanks for the kind words on my blog :)
We have nosey people in our area too. Gossip !!!! gossip!!!!
Shut up!!!!
Comment by Anonymous — October 16, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
Dee,
Yay! I love your way of thinking!
Thanks for the support :)
Paula
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Ugh, I hear you. I befriended a neighbor (in my old ‘hood) & got to hear all the gossip. “Did you hear what Ms X did yesterday? Oh, Mrs Y is such a…” Every time I tried to change the subject, she’d revert back to the gossip. & of course when we moved, I found out that we were the new subject of gossip with Ms Neighbor. “Did you hear why A moved?” (Uh, cuz we found a house with more room?)
It’s Mean Girls circa the middle-age group. Don’t bother speaking your mind, they’ll just have more gossip fodder. Ignore them. Lather, rinse, repeat. They’ll still b**** & moan about you but oh, well, less to gripe at if you haven’t given the hags fodder. Smile & be as pleasant as you always are, and others will get the hint. We encountered a former neighbor @ Costco about 6 months after we moved, and she said, “Just so you know, I don’t listen that garbage from the corner. I like you guys and she has too much time on her hands.”
Comment by Ange — September 25, 2009 @ 12:59 am