I’ve been on my own since I was 18. Being 29 (whoa, granny), I have lived is several different places. I can’t think of one place where I had bad neighbors. Now that I think about it, I probably wasn’t the best neighbor. Oh, I was friendly but I loved my music and I loved it loud. What college kid doesn’t, right? I’ve had many a notes on my door asking me to control the volume. At the time, I couldn’t believe someone would fuss about such a thing. Well, now I feel pretty ignorant. You live and you learn right? It’s funny because now I live between two older couples and I think they might be hard of hearing. Where were they when I was twenty?
Are you having trouble with your neighbors? Are they blasting the music non-stop? Are they letting their dog go poopy in your yard? Are they constantly having parties and creating traffic? Are they stealing your morning newspaper? Some of us have lived next door to that terrible neighbor. Yep, it kinda makes you want to move, uh? Don’t move, get even. No, I’m just kidding. Retaliation will only make things worth and it might end up being a full-blown “neighbor war”. Here are some things suggested to make peace with your neighbors:
First, if you live next to college students I would like to go ahead and apologize first. If your neighbor throws an occasional party here and there, cut them some slack. Remember at one point in your life- you wanted to have fun right? If people start popping fireworks or running through the neighborhood naked then we might have a problem. If things the parties continue…think about calling in a noise violation. Eventually, they will probably get a ticket.
Next, try to be nice to your neighbors. You know, kill them with kindness. Maybe you can even come up with a sad story like “Hey, my baby is sleeping and she’s sick”. It’s none of their business that you don’t really have a baby. Try to play nice with anything that is bothering you about your neighbor. If their trash keeps ending up in your yard go over and visit and at the end of the conversation say “Well, ya’ll have a goodnight and oh by the way, next time you put trash in my yard I will eat your dog!” Okay, not really. Politely tell them what is going on and see if that works.
Then, if nice doesn’t work go and buy a pack of 12 roll toilet paper and roll their yard. Okay, don’t do that unless you are in high school. That’s not cool. It’s been suggested that you should get a mediator. There are dozens of mediators in Baton Rouge that you can call on. I know it sounds cheesy but you want to solve the problem right? Taking matters into your own hands can get sticky. The mediator will call your neighbor and will set up a meeting for everyone to discuss the issues. If this doesn’t work, take’m to Judge Judy!
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