One of the responsibilities that comes with owning a home is maintaining the lawn to an acceptable level.

What are you supposed to do when you are out of town for an extended period of time, and your neighbor starts cutting part of it for you?

That is what happened to the guy in this story, let’s check it out.

Want to mow part of my grass while I’m on active military duty? Have fun repairing your lawn mower!

So this happened starting around 2008.

My(then)wife and I purchased a small starter house.

I was in the National Guard in a state that stays busy with natural disasters, therefore I stayed busy.

My neighbor was a crabby old man that was retired and had too much time on his hands.

He wasn’t very friendly so I just kept to myself.

Well, it is still your job to have your lawn cared for.

While I was on active duty, my wife would stay with her parents so the yard would grow tall when no one was there.

When I would get back home, my neighbor would spitefully cut one path of grass in my yard to let me know it needed to be done.

After a few of these occurrences, I told him he can either cut the entire yard or he can stay out of my yard.

He’s not wrong.

He griped that I don’t cut my grass enough.

Once more, I came back home from active duty with one path of grass freshly cut.

Cue petty revenge.

My neighbor’s mistake in all of this is that he always cut the same path of grass down the side of my fence.

Wow, that really is petty.

The next time my grass got even remotely tall, I went out late one night and laid down long strips of bale wire (approximately 10 20 ft strips) in the spot he always spitefully cuts.

A week goes by, the grass gets taller. Neighbor takes the bait.

The morning after, I see him under his carport with his mower lifted by a chain having to cut all of that wire tangled in and around his blades loose with cutting pliers.

He never touched my yard again!

I’m not sure why this guy is so proud of the fact that he didn’t maintain his lawn.

Let’s see what the commenters have to say about it.

This commenter makes some excellent points.

Yeah, it isn’t hard to keep your lawn mowed.

Exactly what I would do.

Meh, I’ll plant some flowers for the bees.

I wish they were my neighbors!

Just keep your lawn mowed!

Otherwise you’re bound to have beef with your neighbors.

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.