Can’t we all just get along…with our neighbors?

Unfortunately, the answer to that question is a big, fat NO.

And here we go again, folks!

We have two next door neighbors who can’t get along. It starts with a complaint and escalates quickly.

Check out how this person handled a neighbor who tried to pull a fast one on them.

Why trim the branches when you can cut down the whole tree?

“One day I came home and my mom told me the right-side neighbor talked to her.

Neighbor claimed a city official came over while we weren’t there, stopped by her house and asked her to pass along a message: the tree on our side of the fence is too unruly, and a few branches are getting too close to the neighbor’s house.

The city will fine us if we don’t cut down those branches.

This sounded fishy…

So the city was going to fine us without an official notice?

I was certain that the neighbor either got the warning herself or was lying for some free gardening.

It was our tree, so we would have done it if they had asked properly, but my mom and I decided to just cut it down so it didn’t become an issue again.

Oh, really…?

She sent me over to let the neighbors know, and after some pleasantries I told her of our decision.

Her expression immediately darkened. “The tree is in a perfect place to cover my bedroom window from the (SoCal) sun, and it give me plenty of privacy. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to trim it?”

Cue malicious compliance to the “city warning.”

I told her with a concerned face that we’re anxious about the city’s fine, and that if we had to keep trimming it, it would be costly and a huge headache.

At that point some slight panic seeped into her voice, and she offered to pay for the trimming herself; in other words, we wouldn’t have to do a thing nor pay a single penny.

A better man would have said yes.

Sorry, too late for that!

But by this point, I was a bitter man.

I kept a concerned face and told her if I ever left (no plans to because of my mom’s health) my mom would have to deal with it, and I wouldn’t want her to have to keep checking in with the neighbor for fear of a fine.

At the end of the day: our tree, our fine, our decision. I left shortly after.

The tree came down that weekend. And so did the neighbor’s blinds to her bedroom. A few years since then, and as of yet I still haven’t seen them go back up.

And to think, if she had just asked nicely, we would still be trimming those branches at no cost to her…”

The neighbor probably regrets making up the story about the city fine, assuming that’s what she did.

Let’s see what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person spoke up.

Another reader shared their thoughts.

This person spoke up.

Another individual weighed in.

And this reader didn’t hold back.

Some people just don’t know how to be good neighbors…

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