Or should we just keep shrugging them off as we have always done...
I admit it is starting to really get on my nerves, and even though I am not the kind of person to confront others it has crossed my mind to make a snarky comment back to them.
Over the years different comments have been made, but now it seems like it is a monthly activity. The latest one came from both the husband and wife at different times, so I know it was talked about other than when it was mentioned to us. I guess that before I let them slide because I thought they just didn't know how to say things nicely, but since they both went out of their way to make sure we heard their latest comment I am thinking it is a lot more judgemental than I thought before. This is our next door neighbors.
Last comment: Oh, we are so glad you got a new lawn mower, it is so much quieter. Very nice, thank you for getting it. It is so much better than your old one.
From both if them, about a week apart
Our old lawn mower was no louder than any other in the neighborhood, including theirs.
Other comments from the past:
Oh thank you for trimming that bush, it looks so much nicer now. We really like it now, thank you.
We are so glad to see you replacing that corner bush, whatever you decide to replace it with will be so much better, thank you for doing this.
Oh, we are so glad to see you are putting up new Christmas lights this year, we didn't like the twinkling ones in the years past, thank you so much for getting new ones.
Oh we were so glad to see you didn't put up so many Halloween decorations this year. Thank you.
You get the idea... They really stress the thank you part, like we are doing them the biggest favor ever. Anyways, we live in a nice neighborhood, everyone takes beautiful care of their lawns. There was never a problem with our bushes, they just didn't like them personally I guess.
I feel like I could say plenty back to them, they have always used our back yard as an extension of theirs. Their family get-togethers are big and often, I can't tell you how many times I look out back and see football games and such going on across both our back yards. Our playset has always been used by them when they have company of any sort. Their son drives a horribly obnoxious and loud car and has been parking it in front of our house, not theirs. Their son also plays drums for the marching band, so we listen to him practice all the time... he also has a small band that practices at their house all the time, so we often have our own personal concert going on as they practice each song ten times over and over. Same with their daughter playing the piano, she practices alot... I mean a LOT! We get to hear all of it.
Their dog is rarely in their yard when she is outside, she prefers ours to do her dirty work. They only tie her up when they have company, so they are out back and she is out front barking her head off wanting to be with them. They never tell her to stop barking, but have told us that they had to shush Dash because he was barking. (We don't like a barking dog, so if Dash starts barking while outside he has to come inside and he is never outside when we aren't very close by to keep an ear out for him, so if he was barking it was only maybe 3 or 4 times before we brought him inside.)
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. Maybe I just needed to vent. These comments are coming more often now and I am really tired of them, they seem so judgemental of everything little thing we do and the best part is that the husband is a Pastor.
I admit it is starting to really get on my nerves, and even though I am not the kind of person to confront others it has crossed my mind to make a snarky comment back to them.
Over the years different comments have been made, but now it seems like it is a monthly activity. The latest one came from both the husband and wife at different times, so I know it was talked about other than when it was mentioned to us. I guess that before I let them slide because I thought they just didn't know how to say things nicely, but since they both went out of their way to make sure we heard their latest comment I am thinking it is a lot more judgemental than I thought before. This is our next door neighbors.
Last comment: Oh, we are so glad you got a new lawn mower, it is so much quieter. Very nice, thank you for getting it. It is so much better than your old one.
From both if them, about a week apart
Our old lawn mower was no louder than any other in the neighborhood, including theirs.
Other comments from the past:
Oh thank you for trimming that bush, it looks so much nicer now. We really like it now, thank you.
We are so glad to see you replacing that corner bush, whatever you decide to replace it with will be so much better, thank you for doing this.
Oh, we are so glad to see you are putting up new Christmas lights this year, we didn't like the twinkling ones in the years past, thank you so much for getting new ones.
Oh we were so glad to see you didn't put up so many Halloween decorations this year. Thank you.
You get the idea... They really stress the thank you part, like we are doing them the biggest favor ever. Anyways, we live in a nice neighborhood, everyone takes beautiful care of their lawns. There was never a problem with our bushes, they just didn't like them personally I guess.
I feel like I could say plenty back to them, they have always used our back yard as an extension of theirs. Their family get-togethers are big and often, I can't tell you how many times I look out back and see football games and such going on across both our back yards. Our playset has always been used by them when they have company of any sort. Their son drives a horribly obnoxious and loud car and has been parking it in front of our house, not theirs. Their son also plays drums for the marching band, so we listen to him practice all the time... he also has a small band that practices at their house all the time, so we often have our own personal concert going on as they practice each song ten times over and over. Same with their daughter playing the piano, she practices alot... I mean a LOT! We get to hear all of it.
Their dog is rarely in their yard when she is outside, she prefers ours to do her dirty work. They only tie her up when they have company, so they are out back and she is out front barking her head off wanting to be with them. They never tell her to stop barking, but have told us that they had to shush Dash because he was barking. (We don't like a barking dog, so if Dash starts barking while outside he has to come inside and he is never outside when we aren't very close by to keep an ear out for him, so if he was barking it was only maybe 3 or 4 times before we brought him inside.)
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. Maybe I just needed to vent. These comments are coming more often now and I am really tired of them, they seem so judgemental of everything little thing we do and the best part is that the husband is a Pastor.
How is Dash feeling these days? Did the skin problem clear up?
Whatever 
). This isn't an older couple either, maybe 5 to at the very, very most 10 years older than us (I'm a horrible judge of age), their kids are right in between our girls. 
