More backyard drama...

[MaumeeMom]

I haven't read this whole thread but do know that it bothers me when there are kids that I don't know running around in my yard. I had that problem yesterday. There were two young boys who obviously used our yard as a cut through to the sledding hill a block away. On their way back, they stopped and started playing on our swing set. They were climbing all over it and going up and down the slide. I opened the window and asked if they needed anything and they ran away. I was worried because if one of them got hurt we could be in trouble. Also, they messed up my pretty snow. It was so nice to look out and see the pristine white blanket of snow - now it is a mess. I wish I knew where they lived, I would call and ask their parents to have them stay out of my yard. Cutting through on the common right of way is one thing (that they can do) but I want them to stay off my swing set.

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

I think people should be able to voice their opinions without being reported. I didn't think the post was that bad....certainly not "very rude" or reportable. But eh, I'm a libertarian, what can I say?

When you post a thread, you should expect those who agree with you and those who don't....and those who don't may not post with warm fuzzies.

Let's see...insulting someone's sanity, insulting someone else's grammar, and a mean comment towards me....I guess you and I have very different opinions on what is rude.

 

[tiggger1]

Call the cops on kids playing tag? REALLY? REALLY?

I can't even imagine anyone doing that. I would find that so beyond "out of control" that I would probably call to have a "well check" done on the person's sanity and insist that my neighbor was crazy and needed a 72 hour check.

Also, after reading this thread, I really think that some people should go back to school and learn the difference between "to, two, and too" and "they're, their and there" before resorting to calling the po-po on some kids for playing tag.

To the OP. This is the 2nd thread you've started about this in a couple of weeks. Build a fence or quit whining. It's not rocket science.

Its not about playing tag, its about people feeling entitled to do whatever they want because they feel they have the right. Its the OP's property. She paid for it. Her property, her rules. END OF STORY. she shouldn't have to put up a fence jus because a 13 year old girl doesn't have any respect for private property.She has asked the girl not to go in her yard once before. She didn't listen. I wonder where she got that from..maybe someone should have taught her to respect private property...

 

[Youarehere]

My response was only offering you solutions. BUILD A FENCE AN QUIT WHINING. PROBLEM SOLVED!

Otherwise, you are forced to a life of starting threads on a Disney message board complaining about your lack of action on how to correct what you see as a problem. Many people would not have a problem with kids playing tag in their yard. YOU do. SO BUILD A FENCE or build a bridge and get over it. It's your choice.

Did you read the OP?

 

[Robinrs]

If that one got ugly, what makes you think THIS one won't?

Give it time grasshopper, give it time...

agnes!

Oh bother....here we go, now it is starting to turn.

 

[Had2stopLurking]

Its not about playing tag, its about people feeling entitled to do whatever they want because they feel they have the right. Its the OP's property. She paid for it. Her property, her rules. END OF STORY. she shouldn't have to put up a fence jus because a 13 year old girl doesn't have any respect for private property.She has asked the girl not to go in her yard once before. She didn't listen. I wonder where she got that from..maybe someone should have taught her to respect private property...

Can you please point me to the post where it was stated she asked this girl to NOT play within her general area?

Thanks in advance

 

[mjkacmom]

I grew up in a small town as well and we didn't go into anyones yard without permission.

I wonder -for those people who think that it's okay for the girls to be running around the yard- at what age is it not okay? Would it be okay for an adult to be wandering around the yard? And if its okay for the girls to be in someone elses yard without permission then is it okay for them to walk into the house, or an open garage, play in the car or play with toys outside? At what point is a person's personal property personal?

Amy

My parents have been allowing friends, neighbors, and strangers use their long driveway as a cut-through to another street for 45 years now. Several people use it every day. They just want to be neighborly, and it doesn't harm them in the least.

 

[Scurvy]

Can you please point me to the post where it was stated she asked this girl to NOT play within her general area?

Thanks in advance

It was not a one time incident. This has happened before, and I forgot to mention that I believe the girl was the same one who was on my property the first time (with the younger girl). If it is the same girl, she's clearly being defiant, as she was already told once to stay out of our yard.

 

[Had2stopLurking]

I didn't see that post Scurvy, but I hardly think walking to a dock or playing tag between cars constitutes bad behavior. I seriously hope the OP NEVER has kids. She'll be the "dare to touch the front door" lady on the street who always has their house egged on Halloween.

 

[KirstenB]

Ummm...

'Let's eat Grandma!' or, 'Let's eat, Grandma!'

Heh, heh Reminds me of the book titled Eats Shoots Leaves (or something like that)

 

[sunnyday123]

My response was only offering you solutions. BUILD A FENCE AN QUIT WHINING. PROBLEM SOLVED!

Otherwise, you are forced to a life of starting threads on a Disney message board complaining about your lack of action on how to correct what you see as a problem. Many people would not have a problem with kids playing tag in their yard. YOU do. SO BUILD A FENCE or build a bridge and get over it. It's your choice.

Now that's funny!! My 12 year old used to say that. When she was 8.

Seriously, are you only allowed to ask one time about something? Better tell all those people who ask how hot June is every February.

 

[tiggger1]

Can you please point me to the post where it was stated she asked this girl to NOT play within her general area?

Thanks in advance

She said it was the same girl that there in last thread,

 

[Had2stopLurking]

Heh, heh Reminds me of the book titled Eats Shoots Leaves (or something like that)

Eats shoots and Leaves is one of the funniest books ever. I think Lynne Truss wrote it.

 

[Scurvy]

Eats shoots and Leaves is one of the funniest books ever. I think Lynne Truss wrote it.

Sorry to be off topic, but that and "Anguished English" are two of my favorite books. They are hilarious!

 

[Had2stopLurking]

Now that's funny!! My 12 year old used to say that. When she was 8.

Seriously, are you only allowed to ask one time about something? Better tell all those people who ask how hot June is every February.

I'm glad your 12 year old has a sense of humor. I don't think people asking what the weather will be like 6 months from now equates though. Could you explain?

I think the OP is totally overreacting and needs to either build a fence or quit whining every couple of weeks about it. I got bored with her first whine about it, and, now, I am just stating that her constant whining is ridiculous. Just build a dang fence.

 

[mjkacmom]

She said it was the same girl that there in last thread,

Actually, she said she may be the same girl. I can't imagine not being able to recognize a neighbor after living in a neighborhood for four years, and the OP seemed to think the children who walked on her dock were guests at a party of a neighbor. Of course, now she thinks the dock walker was indeed her neighbor..

 

[Had2stopLurking]

Sorry to be off topic, but that and "Anguished English" are two of my favorite books. They are hilarious!

I'm going to have to check out Anguished English. Is that by Lynne Truss as well?

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

Actually, she said she may be the same girl. I can't imagine not being able to recognize a neighbor after living in a neighborhood for four years, and the OP seemed to think the children who walked on her dock were guests at a party of a neighbor. Of course, now she thinks the dock walker was indeed her neighbor..

Yes, because a couple of days ago I saw them down at the end of the street playing.

No need to be snarky.

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

I didn't see that post Scurvy, but I hardly think walking to a dock or playing tag between cars constitutes bad behavior. I seriously hope the OP NEVER has kids. She'll be the "dare to touch the front door" lady on the street who always has their house egged on Halloween.

I seriously hope you never have kids either. Your frightening lack of respect for other people would surely be passed down to your offspring.

 

[Southerngirl71]

I grew up in the country where we all had huge yards and we played football and tag in other's yards so I probably would not mind it. That was over 30 years ago. I think I would be leary if I were a parent about allowing my child to go on other's property more for their safety. I have a 13 year old niece and my SIL drives her the two blocks to our house. It is just a different world we live in and you can never be too safe.

Totally off topic - While I don't mind the kids, I do mind my neighbor who allows her dog to use my front lawn as a bathroom. She walks the dog on a leash but allows the dog to lead where ever he wants to go. I have literally walked out of my house and her dog was in my garden. Yes she did pick it up with a plastic bag but I suspect that was because I saw her. My own dog does not go on my front lawn yet we often see evidence of a dog being on the lawn. I just laugh and shake my head. I will not say anything to her because she is elderly and lost her husband last year and her dog is her baby. We also have another neighbor who lets his dog roam the neighborhood but I have never seen this dog on my lawn but yet I really can't tell which dog is the true culprit.