There's something strange about my neighbours!

[Still Kate]

This couple live about 6 houses away and I have known them for about 2 years, since before we moved to this house. They asked me to keep a set of keys for them just incase one of them got locked out.
Tonight they have asked for the keys back ....!!??   Apparently, someone let themselves into their house when one of them was in the bath with their daughter.       It appears they seem to think it might be me!! Strange.....

They are both women, a couple and they have a young daughter together. One of them is very domineering and can be very pushy even towards other people and so a few days ago when they knocked with their child and wanted to come in for coffee I said it wasn't the best time ...... maybe I have put their noses out of joint, but I don't do people droping in when they feel like it. Especially when I'm trying to cook dinner and their daughter is a destructive little 2 year old spoilt terror.
It also seems they like to stir the pot and talk about others behind their backs too so I have always kept my business my business.

I find this behaviour very odd though. I'm begining to wonder what they are saying about me now !

Kate.

[Gryphon]

A very wise person once told me "It's none of my business what other people think of me."

If they are trouble makers, pooh on them. Keep doing what you do and ignore them and their evil karma.  

[Shadow]

Yeah, I gotta agree with Gryphon on this one.

Of course I wouldn't be as nice as you or Gryphon are about it. I'd simply tell them, in no uncertain terms, to never darken my door again. But that's why men like me let the women handle things like this: until the other side fails to take the hint, of course.

Yep, "just ignore" them is probably the best advice you're going to get.

[Lark]

Something I always try to remember is that we cannot control what people decide to think about us, we can only control how we present ourselves to the world.

If you continue to present yourself as someone who is trustworthy, neighborly, kind, etc. then no matter what your two neighbors decide to say people will doubt the truth of it.  And since this is a pattern for them, it is unlikely that anyone will take what they say too seriously.

-Lark-

[Still Kate]

I Think you are all right with what you have all said.

You've all put a few things in perspective for me ...... Thanks.

I haven't heard or seen them since.  It strikes me that they seem to be quite lonely but thats possibly their attitude.

Jon said he'd be quite happy to drive a JCB through their patio doors and tell 'em "Now we're in your damn house!"

Best wishes
Kate.

[Zenon]

I agree with what Shadow, Lark and Gryphon said.

Don't worry about what THEY say, the truth may be completely different, and truth can't be hidden.

I've had that sort of experience with crazy neighbors before, and I live in a building which means neighbors are always a step away from my home!

I can't control other people's opinions, sometimes they might be wrong, but I myself know my own truths.  "I would know myself in all my parts" is a daily prayer I do.

The times I have had trouble with other people's opinions it was because, well, at the time I thought their opinion was important, not mine.    If you're pretty sure about who and what you are then it's easy to ignore other people's crap.