Honouring shared living areas, preventing karaoke parties at midnight on a Monday, donating a cup of sugar, or preventing goods from being stolen. But what if your neighbours expect you to modify your entire lifestyle for their kids? So, when a self-proclaimed “heavy smoker” wanted to know whether it is okay for her to smoke in her backyard? Read the story and let us know what you would do in such a situation.
Source: Reddit
I [f27] live in a house with my husband.
I’m a heavy smoker but I don’t smoke in the house because my husband doesn’t like the smell and I don’t want him breathing secondhand smoke (he’s a non-smoker).
I usually smoke cigs in our backyard.
One of our neighbors slid a passive-aggressive note through our letter box last week, saying something along the lines of:
“MY CHILDREN JUST WANTED TO PLAY IN OUR BACKYARD. THANKS FOR EXPOSING THEM TO CANCER, I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY.”
I had no idea which neighbor this was, none of our neighbors had talked to us about this. I decided to ignore the note and continue to smoke in my backyard.
Then 4 days ago, one of our neighbors knocked on our door and complained, and said I shouldn’t smoke in my backyard because their kids play in their backyard.
I think my neighbor is being unreasonable. Our backyards are pretty large, and I smoke right in the center of my backyard so the smoke has more space to disperse. I think my neighbor is only complaining because they can see me smoking over our fence. I need some advice on if I’m wrong.
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