‘My neighbour wants to sit with her dog in my garden – even though we live near a park’

A woman has voiced her rage online after her next-door neighbour asked to sit in her garden with her dog for an hour, when there’s an estate agent round – despite them living near a ‘large park’

Befriending our neighbours may result in awkward circumstances that we accidentally bring ourselves into – from conversations whilst we’re in a rush to even being invited over a tea. Taking uncomfortable scenarios to a new level, a woman online has voiced her frustration over her neighbour who keeps sitting in her garden.

The neighbour is attempting to sell her home, and whenever an estate agent comes over with potential buyers, she wants to sit in the woman’s garden with her dog to keep herself out of the way. However, the woman revealed on a Mumsnet post that she wasn’t keen to have the garden constantly occupied by the next-door neighbour and her pet.

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In the post on Mumsnet, the woman fumed over the audacity of the neighbour’s actions, considering they live right near a “huge leafy park”.

She captioned the post: “Neighbour wants to sit in my garden.”

Filing the post in the ‘am I being unreasonable’ section, the woman detailed her visit from the neighbour in question this afternoon.

“Not sure if I am being unreasonable or just curmudgeonly,” she admitted.

“My Neighbour is selling her house and had a visit this afternoon.

“She wants to sit in our garden in the shade (hot here today) for one hour with her dog whilst the estate agent shows the house.

“We live near a huge, leafy park with benches.

“Not sure why this has p***** me off really as it doesn’t affect me, but why can’t she just sit in the park for an hour?

“Am I being unreasonable?” She questioned.

Fellow users of the online forum took to the comment section to share their thoughts.

Some users were keen to share essential ways to rid of the awkward situation, whilst others openly agreed that the woman was being unreasonable.

One user suggested: “‘I’m sorry but that doesn’t work for me. Why not take a quick stroll around the park instead?’ Should cover it.”

“I would let either of mine. I don’t see the issue she just wants to sit there with her dog,” a second admitted.

A third agree: “I would absolutely let our neighbours do this but we regard them as good friends and we socialise together a lot.”

“Personally I wouldn’t have a problem with this,” a fourth added.

“If for whatever reason you don’t want her to, it’s quite easy to say no. I wouldn’t ever expect any favours if you need them though.”

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