Woman Backed for Being Purposely Unfriendly to New Neighbor

Commenters online applauded a woman who shared in a now-viral post that she'd recently been an "a**hole" to her new neighbor.

Posting in Reddit's "Am I The A**hole?" (AITA) forum under the username u/OddBag408, the woman said her neighbor dropped by unexpectedly and "peppered" her with questions. Eventually, her neighbor suggested they hang out sometime, but the woman declined the invite.

The post has garnered more than 9,300 upvotes and over 1,100 comments from supportive Redditors who slammed the neighbor for being "nosy."

Nosy Neighbors

Of course, u/OddBag408 isn't the first person to be approached by a nosy neighbor. According to "The Nosy Neighbor Survey" conducted by Homes.com, people all across the country are forced to deal with intrusive neighbors. Some respondents even admitted to being nosy themselves.

Roughly 73 percent of those surveyed admitted to peeking through their blinds to see what their neighbors were up to. Further, nearly 45 percent said they've listened in on a neighbor's conversation, and over 42 percent admitted to eavesdropping on neighbors' arguments.

Respondents also reported witnessing a neighbor stealing a package from their doorstep and said they'd experienced neighbors peeking their heads over their fences to chat, much like Wilson in Home Improvement.

Am I The A**hole?

At the beginning of her post, the woman explained that she and her husband live near the edge of their housing complex.

"Neither of us is very social, so we keep to ourselves. The rest of the people in our area tend to do so as well," she said.

Two days ago, she received a knock at the door, so she answered, thinking a package had been delivered. When she opened the door, however, she found her new neighbor staring back at her.

"She introduced herself as the new neighbor and started talking a mile a minute. She told me that she had three children, was a stay-at-home mom [SAHM], was new to the area, and some other stuff that I don't really remember. Then she started peppering me with questions and seemed to get more and more disappointed as I answered," the woman recalled.

"She asked if I had children (no), did we plan on having children (no), do I know any of the social activities in the area (no), do I know any local mom groups (confused no), do I every babysit (hard no). You get the picture," she continued.

The Redditor told her neighbor that she might have better luck meeting people near the school located in the center of their neighborhood, but the neighbor insisted that they should be friends. Then, her neighbor offered to have her over for coffee sometime, but u/OddBag408 declined.

"I thanked her politely but was honest and told her it didn't seem like we had much in common and I couldn't really see us being friends, but that I was sure she could find a good mom group at the playground towards the center of the neighborhood," the woman wrote.

"She got visibly angry and asked if my husband was as big of an a**hole as I was and I thought for a moment then said yeah. She stomped off," she continued. "AITA?"

Redditors React

Commenters said she had every right to be upfront with her "entitled" neighbor.

"NTA [not the a**hole]," u/razzlemcwazzle commented. "You seemed genuinely helpful with telling her where she could find groups more suited to mom-based stuff, and she kept pushing and pushing and not wanting to get the hint. She seems entitled, and not someone I'd want to spend time with, either."

"NTA. This wasn't a friendly new-neighbor introduction, it was an interrogation. Sure, you were a bit brusque and direct, but IMO she was rude first by asking inappropriately personal questions (are you planning to have kids? jeez that's invasive) to someone she'd never met," u/fizzbangwhiz wrote.

u/bubbyshawl added: "Inappropriate questions, insults, and an inability to read social cues makes her the a**hole."

Newsweek has reached out to u/OddBag408 for comment.

Other Viral Moments

On Friday, Redditors sided with a man who told his sister-in-law that it was a "good thing" she can't have children.

Meanwhile on Thursday, a woman was praised for barring her husband and mother-in-law from entering the delivery room while she was giving birth.

And last week, Redditors applauded a mom who used her savings to stop her daughter's class trip from being canceled.