Soldato
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So we've got a slightly crazy neighbour and she saw fit to write us a letter in our Christmas card 
confused, the contents of which are in the spoiler below.
Now she makes our party and sex life sound MUCH better than it is. I'm jealous of her representation if anything. Bit of background for the rest: moved in 2 years ago, Victorian terrace, replaced a single 70yo alcoholic, did the house up all kosher, live a normal ordinary life for a couple in their late 20s.
She's been a lunatic, bordering bipolar, from day one, literally. The day we got our keys we tried to drop a bottle of wine round to both neighbours, she wasn't in all day, then first time we met was at 10pm when she was screaming at one of our friends at the front door for making noise.
We hear nothing from either side apart from her screaming at her daughter - she lives alone with her (16-18?). Sometimes so bad we've contemplated calling social services, but even that's relatively faint and only just audible above a normal TV volume, so unless she's got supersonic hearing I can't see how much gets through the other way.
In two years we've had two parties because we've been doing the house up. The last we gave both our neighbours over a month's notice (not that we even have to), and invited 8 neighbouring houses round in the afternoon for drinks and food to see what we've had done etc. She snubbed the invite and was the only one not to pop in. She still ruined our party by shouting over the garden fence at about 9pm at our friends with a head torch on.
Other than that we have the usual dinner party like any normal, sane couple does. All the other neighbours are absolutely lovely, just sod's law we're next to the lunatic of the street. She's clearly got issues and I think she's just using us as a release alongside/instead of her daughter, and there's probably a bit of jealously there too.
I'm in two minds with how to 'deal' with her. One, completely ignore, make a note of any crazy encounters like this letter but otherwise make use as a fire lighter. Two, reply nicely but make her aware how lucky she is to live next to two ordinary people, without children, and not a student let or an Airbnb. I don't want to stoke the flame or give her any release but equally I don't want to have to put up with her **** or have her feel like she's getting her way somehow.
So other than pooing through the letterbox, WWGDD?
confused, the contents of which are in the spoiler below.Now she makes our party and sex life sound MUCH better than it is. I'm jealous of her representation if anything. Bit of background for the rest: moved in 2 years ago, Victorian terrace, replaced a single 70yo alcoholic, did the house up all kosher, live a normal ordinary life for a couple in their late 20s.
She's been a lunatic, bordering bipolar, from day one, literally. The day we got our keys we tried to drop a bottle of wine round to both neighbours, she wasn't in all day, then first time we met was at 10pm when she was screaming at one of our friends at the front door for making noise.
We hear nothing from either side apart from her screaming at her daughter - she lives alone with her (16-18?). Sometimes so bad we've contemplated calling social services, but even that's relatively faint and only just audible above a normal TV volume, so unless she's got supersonic hearing I can't see how much gets through the other way.
In two years we've had two parties because we've been doing the house up. The last we gave both our neighbours over a month's notice (not that we even have to), and invited 8 neighbouring houses round in the afternoon for drinks and food to see what we've had done etc. She snubbed the invite and was the only one not to pop in. She still ruined our party by shouting over the garden fence at about 9pm at our friends with a head torch on.
Other than that we have the usual dinner party like any normal, sane couple does. All the other neighbours are absolutely lovely, just sod's law we're next to the lunatic of the street. She's clearly got issues and I think she's just using us as a release alongside/instead of her daughter, and there's probably a bit of jealously there too.
I'm in two minds with how to 'deal' with her. One, completely ignore, make a note of any crazy encounters like this letter but otherwise make use as a fire lighter. Two, reply nicely but make her aware how lucky she is to live next to two ordinary people, without children, and not a student let or an Airbnb. I don't want to stoke the flame or give her any release but equally I don't want to have to put up with her **** or have her feel like she's getting her way somehow.
So other than pooing through the letterbox, WWGDD?
