I have just been accused in a backward sort of way of not giving the next door neighbours kids footballs back when they land in our garden. He got right stroppy. Except no footballs have landed here! We are surrounded by gardens and they must have landed in another one. He wouldn’t have it and he won’t go and ask them…because according to him, they wouldn’t have been kicked so hard they would have gon over our garden into another one. Well they must have been!
I am in no physical state to be going down the garden picking up footballs anyway!
I reckon if any neighbour has got the ache about the balls it’s the fella at the back of mine who has his car there and a greenhouse.
Dont these things cause blasted stress we don’t need?
XX made me smile I can remember back when our son was in the garden always loosing footballs. He got married this week and is away in Prague as I type. Time flies
Years ago I got so hacked off with my former neighbours kids footballs and all sorts of other toys landing in our garden that I refused to give them back unless one of the parents came and asked. I wouldn’t even give them to the kids because they were so rude. Never said sorry, never said please, just demanded…sod off was my reaction! The parents attitude was ‘Theyre only kids, they’re only playing’…‘What’s the problem?’ In the end anything that landed in my garden was immediately thrown in the bin.
I don’t want to fall out with this one because we have always been friendly.
I would definitely give them back. They are only children and it’s good that they are getting away from the TV, phones, etc and doing something healthy. I agree with you about saying please, manners cost nothing.
Well, I would give them back if I had them, the balls he is moaning about never landed in my garden so I can’t.
That is the current problem, the balls have been kicked so hard they’ve travelled a few gardens. I think if you play football in a small garden, that is the risk you take…the trouble is his little darlings wouldn’t kick the balls that hard so they can only be in my garden.
Can we have a friendly disagreement on one of your points, that they are only children…they are not ONLY children, they are also pests! If they admitted they belted the footballs and stop making me out to be a liar then I might concur.
But the little darlings didn’t belt the footballs, they wouldn’t do that!
I did have this problem and my German shepherd had a nice collection of balls, the kids used to kick them over on purpose, you’d hear them arguing about who’s turn it was!..they also used to torment my dog when he was a puppy,caught one on our drive poking a sharpened stick at him could have taken his eye out! however puppies grow don’t they? he grew to 48kilos and never ever forgot that particular boy, he knew his voice! we moved overseas for 3 years, and he still knew when we came back! they did stop climbing over the fence though.
God Florence, I’m sorry but I’m glad you’re not MY neighbor! Kids are kids the world over. Why not just try to have a little light conversation with your neighbor, or maybe get your hubby to. Explain you’re not able to go searching for the kid’s ball in your garden but if said child comes and asks, he can get the ball himself. You could be neighbors for a long time and it could make life a lot less stressful for you! Happy summer days.
