I hate talking to or being involved with neighbors in any way

Someday I will live in the country with no neighbors around at all, but for now I live in the city. Why does everyone think you have to talk to your neighbors? Why is that so widely accepted? Why can't I just live here and you leave me alone? I have a great new apartment, unfortunately it's in what I call a "nosey neighbor neighborhood". Is it normal that I want to be able to go out in my backyard without having to engage in small talk with the people over the fence?

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  • barter1

    totally know what you mean. some neighbours like ones I have, are competitive and always set on keeping up with the Jones's. I feel like smashing them down and saying that "you ain't all that"
    they're loud and rude. blimmin idiots.ye don't talk to your neighbours if you don't want to. no rule saying you have to

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  • CarolM

    send ur comment as an annonimous letter to all of ur neighbours.

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  • BlueWolf

    I'm exactly the same way. I can't stand having to talk to my neighbors and I hate when I'm just walking out of my house and the freaking neighbor just walks right up to me and wants to start a conversation, I cringe. Just stay the heck out of my business and I'll stay out of yours.

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  • ladygabba12

    I cant stand my neighbours either they have nothing better than to do than poke there nose into my business, I wish I could move to a island on my own with no one to bother me, one is a pure bitch troll from hell, Im pretty sure she is related to satin she plays her music really loud all the the time but when the shoe is on the other foot like when Im playing my Piano or I have one of my friends in she throws things such as stones at my window one time it was a her broom/brush :O like a old witch, and she was swearing and everything, it was only 7:30pm, but the other neighbour isn't much older than me and she has 2 horrible kids one is a teenager he is a little shit!!! but this neighbour is in cahoots with this wicked witch at the other side of me, they think Im weird because I don't engage in any conversation with them because they are a pair nosy interfering BEE's and I got a fence built around my house to keep them out my garden and there noses where put out of joint all they seem to do is gossip all day I have no time for it so I would agree that its normal to feel this way

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  • WickedLazers

    Ah, I know how you feel exactly. I hate small talk with neighbors, I just want them to mind their own damn business. Its not that that I'm antisocial or anything, I just like my privacy and quiet. The second apartment I lived in was mostly full of older people who constantly wanted to talk to you. This chatty woman in her 60's a few doors down was always in the hallway for some unexplainable reason. I can't wait to get out of the city. As soon as I graduate and I'm able start my career, I'm heading for the country.

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  • sharmilamumbai

    Are my neighbors nosy? How do I find out? Whenever I get parcels for which the payment option is Cash on Delivery, my neighbors (returned from Dubai to Mumbai) come out and ask the courier person where they are from, how they can order the same stuff, etc. Once they event went to the extent of calling the courier person inside their house after I had shut the door and asked for my order history and that even they would like to order stuff for themselves. I found out they did this, when I was going toward the tower elevator and saw and heard them talking about my orders to the courier person and was extremely shocked. This is clearly an invasion of my privacy for me, even if my mother does not agree, saying that they are only asking for themselves. Furthermore, they once wanted to "see" the dryer supplied by our tower office, whereas the same item is supplied to all the flats in our towers. I did not allow her to step inside my house for 2 valid reasons: Firstly, I do not want people snooping around my house. Secondly, if the manufacturer of the dryer has given us a defective piece, then he will not dispute with us, stating that we opened the package and that he will not replace it. My neighbor then asked me whether she can "measure" our door video phone. They are also going to get the exact same piece. Then why "measure" ours? I do not understand what the deal is with my neighbors. She gets angry and the next day on, we get letters in my name, but with our flat number canceled and theirs written on my letters till I wrote an online review. My neighbors never even invited us for their housewarming party, but they sure know where to go for "help" or "information" when they need them - to our door. What kind of neighbors are these? Are they dangerous? One night, I was about to sleep. There was a lot of noise outside our house. I switched on the door camera to see who is there at 11:00 p.m. - an unearthly hour. Our neighbor, who is dressed like a terrorist in white cloth, covering her face comes out and peeps into our video camera. It was ridiculous. We do not know what the deal with these people really is. Then yesterday, another neighbor asks us about why the head of my family is not staying here for very long, to which my father replied that he has to take care of his sick sister and is staying away for sometime. How did they come to know that the head of the family is not around? Do they keep spying on us all the time? We do not even know what our neighbors are like, what their lifestyle is, etc. We do not even bother to find out, because we are not nosy and we do not like nosy people. How did this happen then? Questions cloaked as concerns - one of the signs mentioned in articles that give signs of how to detect a nosy neighbor that is spying on us. How do we solve this problem? Do we approach the police? Why do I get the feeling that I am being watched over all the time? Furthermore, my father told me yesterday when I asked him who had come inquiring about why he is not around. My dad says it's not nice to ask that and that we have to be "sociable." I mean what are the limits to being sociable? Isn't this question from my other neighbor invasive? I do not understand how to tackle this and am at my wits ends. Trust me, I am. Not only are my neighbors nosy, but difficult to handle. They know I do not like their snooping on me, but they continue to ignore me and do it like I am crazy or something. Even my parents defend my neighbors saying we have to be sociable or we cannot live here and stuff like that. It just drives me nuts. I need solutions. I am just tired.

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  • whatthefuc

    I totaly understand you.Their freakin nosey and fake.U shouldn't feel obligated to talk to them.I don't say shit to my neighbors!

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  • Trekster37

    I like to know who my neighbors are but only talk to maybe one or two. It's good to have some old lady always watching the place, they got nothing better to do. One old bag was actually spying in my window though so I called her a commie spy and she disappeared right away.

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  • Yeah sometimes u need a little u time it's normal

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  • hotchickie81

    I like privacy, and I hate how open my yard is. If I win the lottery, I am going to build a house way back in the woods! No more stupid Welfare neighbours!!!!!

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  • Freddiethegiantspider

    I feel your pain. Small talk with neighbors makes me want to punch something. Preferably them.

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  • I feel your pain, but you'll just have to tolerate it until you can afford to live in the country.

    I think only the super-social people and the busy-bodies are the ones who actually ENJOY mingling with neighbors.

    On the bright side, at least nosy neighbors make a safer neighborhood.

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  • tori

    Sometimes it's best. You can look out for each other. You don't have to be chummy but atleast wave or something. It's up to you though.

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