Imagine living in a suburban neighborhood, but you don’t have a basketball court or park nearby.

If you wanted to get in some basketball practice and if you lived on a quiet street without much traffic, would you think it would reasonable to play in the street?

In this story, one young man does just that, but his neighbor’s reaction really bothers him.

He’s still not sure if he messed up somehow or if she was just being creepy.

Let’s read the whole story.

AITA? Neighbour recording me while i’m playing basketball infront of my house at night

I want to know if I’m a jerk for what happened last night, and it still bothers me even after coming back from school.

So i was outside my house just playing some basketball on the road and dribbling (around 10:30 pm, a bit late i know, but there weren’t any parks near me and it was late but i had to get some practice in) .

I wasn’t bothering anyone and completely minding my own business just dribbling the ball between my legs here and there.

There weren’t any cars since i live in the suburb area of the city but even if there were, i moved out the way without any issues.

Nobody really was bothered by my presence my entire 15-30 minutes outside, except for 1 lady just 2 houses ahead of me.

The lady started to creep him out.

She was a middle aged (presumably white) woman.

At first she was constantly looking at me from her window but i didn’t really mind it too much.

But then i got a bit nervous and started looking towards her direction more to figure out whats the issue.

She then went inside.

I was slightly weirded out but didn’t think much and continued to dribble and practice (ONCE AGAIN, minding my own business, bothering nobody at all).

He tried to ignore her.

5 seconds later she comes out with her phone pointed directly towards me while i’m playing.

Now at that point i was not only extremely nervous, but got scared as well.

I wasn’t on her property or anything like that if thats what you’re thinking. i was on the public street.

I continued to do my thing, knowing i did nothing wrong and that she can record me all she wants, post me in her little facebook group and frame me with whatever false / made up nonsense she believes will get her a couple likes and attention online.

He’s not sure what to think.

I went back inside after 10 minutes and saw she was still recording me, but didn’t care much and went inside. flipped her little camera off though before i went in.🖕

I just want you guy’s thoughts and opinions as to whether i did the right thing or not cuz i KNOW for a fact these scenarios always have the OP in wrong in some way, so i’m completely open to any criticism on my own side! i might in the wrong so i’m completely open to all sorts of thoughts on this matter!

I know this is a long rant but i really want some thoughts on this other than my own to know where i stand 🙏

Really appreciate any comments i receive 🙏🙏

That is so weird! Why would that lady record her neighbor playing basketball outside his own home?

Let’s see what Reddit thought of this story.

This person points out that he was on a public street, so he doesn’t have a right to privacy.

Another person points out that a basketball isn’t exactly quiet.

Here’s a similar comment.

It would’ve been less creepy if the neighbor had just talked to him.

Hopefully he’ll find a more reasonable hour to practice basketball.

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