Post by pantsparty on Dec 19, 2014 17:37:21 GMT -5
I hate surprise gifts this time of year! I'm talking mainly from my neighbors. One of our neighbors just dropped off a large bottle of wine. JERKS, AMIRITE? No really, it was very nice, but now this creates an obligatory return gift from us, and I'm up to my elbows in baking obligatory gifts this weekend ANYWAY.
We have really good neighbors, so I just want to say to them, "Hey - your non-offensive neighborship is our present." LOL.
We also got elfed (like booed) earlier this month and I've made no attempt to elf anyone else. IDGAF.
Your neighbors are too neighborly, I'm being serious. lol. LEAVE ME ALONE!
I know. Why can't we all wave to each other from our driveways and keep a polite distance???
Another one of our neighbors has a projection screen and is playing Home Alone in his driveway tomorrow. Ordering pizza for everyone, hot chocolate for the kids and booze for the adults.
I know. Why can't we all wave to each other from our driveways and keep a polite distance???
Another one of our neighbors has a projection screen and is playing Home Alone in his driveway tomorrow. Ordering pizza for everyone, hot chocolate for the kids and booze for the adults.
JERKS, RIGHT?
Ugh, what kind of neighborhood do you live in?! Next they'll be calling you a puta.
I know. Why can't we all wave to each other from our driveways and keep a polite distance???
Another one of our neighbors has a projection screen and is playing Home Alone in his driveway tomorrow. Ordering pizza for everyone, hot chocolate for the kids and booze for the adults.
JERKS, RIGHT?
Ugh, what kind of neighborhood do you live in?! Next they'll be calling you a puta.
One of our neighbors invited us over to watch some fight and we didn't want to go. So we were all strategically turning off lights and moving to the other side of the house so they couldn't tell we were home. Then we wanted to watch TV so we're like, "Okay - but we need to be quiet!" Tip-toeing around our house like goddamn fools and mixing our drinks quietly.
We're going to be THE BEST old people. We're halfway there.
Um, I was planning to bake cookies for all my neighbours after the holidays as a gtky kinda move. Bad idea?
I think baked goods is always safe, it’s a nice gesture and people won’t necessarily feel compelled to reciprocate.
Actually, I think it's okay after the holidays. But RIGHT NOW any surprise gift I receive, I feel, MUST be reciprocated by Christmas. I wouldn't feel compelled to reciprocate if I received something after the holidays.
Um, I was planning to bake cookies for all my neighbours after the holidays as a gtky kinda move. Bad idea?
I think baked goods is always safe, it’s a nice gesture and people won’t necessarily feel compelled to reciprocate.
I'm so confused though. Should I ask them about dietary restrictions and stuff? It seems silly to go and introduce myself and then go, um, mrs.jones, do you have any allergies? lol. All four houses have 1-2 year old dogs and they play together with maddie all the time, so maybe we are already introduced? I'm complicating things for sure, lol.
Ugh, what kind of neighborhood do you live in?! Next they'll be calling you a puta.
One of our neighbors invited us over to watch some fight and we didn't want to go. So we were all strategically turning off lights and moving to the other side of the house so they couldn't tell we were home. Then we wanted to watch TV so we're like, "Okay - but we need to be quiet!" Tip-toeing around our house like goddamn fools and mixing our drinks quietly.
We're going to be THE BEST old people. We're halfway there.
LOLOL. We're so much like this. I closed all the shades and have been hiding out in a non neighbor facing room this week. Then my mom and MIL were like - you are adults now. You should go out and socialize. Which resulted in the cookies idea. Also I wanted to use my new kitchenaid, lol.
Do you live in a townhouse too? I feel like everyone is so close by!!
I hate surprise gifts this time of year! I'm talking mainly from my neighbors. One of our neighbors just dropped off a large bottle of wine. JERKS, AMIRITE? No really, it was very nice, but now this creates an obligatory return gift from us, and I'm up to my elbows in baking obligatory gifts this weekend ANYWAY.
We have really good neighbors, so I just want to say to them, "Hey - your non-offensive neighborship is our present." LOL.
We also got elfed (like booed) earlier this month and I've made no attempt to elf anyone else. IDGAF.
Don't do it! Take a stand! THE MADNESS STOPS HERE, FOLKS!
Did your former neighborhood engage in this level of madness pantsparty*? I thought you moved hoping to avoid this ish. Makes me glad that my neighborhood is mostly made up of super quiet barely-neighborly curmudgeons. Well aside from the trashy family who likes to speak at one million decibels and take their phone calls outside and such and lets their small children ride their bikes at night where they're technically not supposed to. Yeah, I won't be sad when we move away from those people. lol
*autocorrect tried to make your name Farnsworth. /dying
Growing up we had a neighbor who made us a Jamaican rum cake EVERY Christmas. My mom had a "gift closet" AKA regifted shit and she would just grab something from it and give to our neighbor.
Did your former neighborhood engage in this level of madness pantsparty*? I thought you moved hoping to avoid this ish. Makes me glad that my neighborhood is mostly made up of super quiet barely-neighborly curmudgeons. Well aside from the trashy family who likes to speak at one million decibels and take their phone calls outside and such and lets their small children ride their bikes at night where they're technically not supposed to. Yeah, I won't be sad when we move away from those people. lol
*autocorrect tried to make your name Farnsworth. /dying
We used to live in a condo mainly next to olds and moved to a neighborhood with, like, families and shit. We are actually pretty lucky with our neighbors but we had to intentionally be a little distant because some of our neighbors started wanting to spend EVERY WEEKEND with us. Get a life, losers! We are also the only people, it seems, who park our cars in our garage, and we've had more than one comment that, "Geez, we never know if you're home!" I usually say we work from home and are most likely there, but in my mind, I'm all, "...it's WORKING."
Omg. I'd feel the exact same way. The car comment thing would concern me. Definitely do not encourage too much interaction or else people will start dropping by unannounced! Don't become a prisoner in your own home Farnsworth.
Your neighbors are too neighborly, I'm being serious. lol. LEAVE ME ALONE!
I know. Why can't we all wave to each other from our driveways and keep a polite distance???
Another one of our neighbors has a projection screen and is playing Home Alone in his driveway tomorrow. Ordering pizza for everyone, hot chocolate for the kids and booze for the adults.
JERKS, RIGHT?
A part of me wants to be those people now that we have kids.
Another (bigger) part wants to never leave the city where neighbors barely say hi to each other in our own building.
Post by cheeseandcrackers on Dec 19, 2014 18:49:08 GMT -5
My neighbors present to us is leaving their dog outside to bark at 6 every morning. Is the wine good? I'd love some homemade baked goods too. No friendly neighbors around here, ha.