The Respect Of Privacy

Why is it that people have to be so inquisitive, and place their noses into places where it does not belong!?

I am sorry.  I may not have the correct attitude here, but I just need to vent, plus it gives a little more insight as to why I tend to be on more of the private side, and what some of my pet peeves are.

A little background first...

I may have hinted at it a little earlier on, but I was brought up that family "business" (could be issues, etc.) stayed within the family.  Now, I don't totally agree with that philosophy.  For one reason, that just pushes people away who want to be there for you, in whatever the case, and causes you to be an island.  However, people do not need to know every little detail and aspect of your life either.  There has to be some boundaries.

That said...

My husband and I are getting ready to have a privacy fence put up.  One reason is obvious....we want the privacy.  My husband, not that he dislikes our neighbors, does not care to be outside when they are outside themselves, hosting company.  I believe it makes him feel like he is intruding in on their personal life a little bit, and inviting himself to the party.  I can understand.  No one wants a "party crasher".  The second reason is because we have two dogs, and one of them...well, is a jumper.  My husband even extended the height of our back gate, and the animal still jumps over!!!!!

As a side-note, we currently live in the house that my in-laws owned, and my husband grew up in.  We about 3 years ago, bought it from my mother-in-law.  My mother-in-law, when we moved in warned me that this particular woman was very...inquisitive.  The more I see of this behavior, the less respect I have for the person.  Anyways, so because we need the fence badly, we had a friend of ours come give us an estimate.  Afterwards, my husband got to talking to our "inquisitive" next door neighbor.  From my husband's perspective, he did not enjoy the conversation. During the conversation, they asked my husband if we were concerned that our children would drown in the kiddie pool we have.  My husband told her:  "No.  Momma is always right there."

We were both aggravated.  Later, my husband talked to his accountability partner, and his reaction, he said would have been:  "No, but apparently you are!!"  In other words, my husband's accountability partner not only sided with us, but he does not care for people who are just plain nosey, and it was his way of saying:  "Mind your own business."

Now, please do not interpret what I am saying in the wrong way.  My husband I love that other people love our children, and care about them, but we do not know this neighbor like we do some of our other friends.  Plus, in the past, we have been caused to feel as if we are incapable of caring for our own family, which we most certainly ARE NOT!!!!

To Our Very Inquisitive Neighbor....

I understand if you need or want friends, however, this is not the way to go about it.  PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!!