“Former Homeowners Arrive for a Trip Down Memory Lane, but a Surprising Lockout Reveals a Shocking Twist!”
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“Privacy is something very important to me,” the Redditor admits. “My first reaction was really simple; it [has been] OUR house for the last 30 years. My mother, my father, and I can decide if we want someone in our house [and] yard.”
“Sometimes, you are not in a good mood, sometimes, your house is messy, or you have a lot to do that day. I thought, ‘I have every right to say no to visitors. Especially someone I personally don’t know.’
“I get it that people sometimes want to reminisce, they have memories, good or bad. But look at the house from the street, tell a story or two, and move on.”
“I posted on Reddit because [the] reaction from my neighbor surprised me and made me feel like an a**. So mixed emotions and thoughts led me to Reddit. And as far as I have seen, 98% of Redditors agreed with me. It is creepy and weird, especially after I found out they were here before.”
“I am from a small town in Croatia, where thoughts of other people matter,” the Redditor opens up. She says that might make her more inclined to people-pleasing. “Sometimes, we go really far to make other people satisfied just because we are scared to take action ourselves, and we are scared that other people are going to talk about us badly.”
The Redditor says that’s a whole other story — what people in small towns do to stay in their neighbors’ good graces. She thinks this is probably the reason the neighbor now smiles and chats with them as if nothing happened — to keep the ‘peace’ with the neighbors.
Most commenters backed the author for doing the right thing
