She Was Excited To Move Into Her New Home, But One Overly-Helpful Neighbor Has Her Very Worried
by Ben Auxier

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Moving to a new place can be exciting, but it can also come with all kinds of new things to make you nervous.
For instance, that one neighbor you just can’t quite make sense of…
What would you do if you had a neighbor who was so friendly that you found them creepy?
This person is wondering if she overreacted.
Let’s read the whole story to decide.
AITA for not answering my door
I feel like I may have overreacted and would like an outside opinion.
I live in a city.
I recently moved from a high rise apartment to my very first home.
I LOVE my home and neighborhood, but it’s my first time living in a house by myself.
Then came the too-eager-neighbor.
Since moving, there’s been one man that’s made awkward statements that range from impressed that I can change my locks, offering to detail my car, helping me with my trash cans, and warning that people may steal my plants off my porch.
I try to remain polite, but he seems too friendly and I just get a weird vibe from him.
I just don’t like it.
Nothing but an absolute emergency would justify this level of trying to get your attention.
Last night, starting around 10:45PM he rang my doorbell and then knocked on my door and window for about 10 minutes.
It was late, I was home alone, and it FREAKED me out.
My doorbell camera is older. So, it’s not one I can speak through.
When he knocked for a while and then came back I called the police.
This doesn’t count as an emergency.
He was trying to tell me that I had packages at my front door.
I knew this.
I left packages at my front door as a booby trap because someone stole a bag of potting soil earlier in the day.
Did this person overreact?
I feel silly for calling the police.
Should I have handled this differently.
Most of my friends understand why I was freaked out, but I’m sure my other neighbors hate me…..
The neighbor really needs to back off!
Let’s see what the comments had to say on Reddit:

Yeah, this isn’t normal behavior at all.

Better safe than sorry.

You’re not the one in the wrong here.

Maybe an upgrade to that doorbell is in order.
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