She Kicked Her New Neighbor Out Of Her House Because They Refused To Take Their Shoes Off After Coming Over For Coffee
Arguably, the best part about getting your own place is being able to make your own household rules. If you want to stock your cabinets with snacks and your fridge with wine, no one can stop you.
Or, if you’d prefer to finish all of your chores throughout the week instead of cleaning on Sundays, that’s cool, too.
In finding your own rhythm, you may even create some expectations for house guests. One of the most common household rules for guests is that they must take their shoes off before coming inside.
One woman can relate because she loves to keep her floors spotless.
“And I really hate when dirt, mud, and God knows what else is dragged through my home,” she said.
However, she recently got a new neighbor, and they didn’t exactly see eye to eye on this household rule.
It all began this week when she invited her new neighbor over to her home for coffee. Upon arrival, she also asked if her neighbor could take off her shoes. Yet, her neighbor flat-out said no to her request.
She offered to give her neighbor four different kinds of slippers and “house shoes” to wear while inside her home. On top of that, she even tried to give her neighbor a little bag to cover her shoes.
“But my neighbor just kept trying to push through the door, saying that her shoes aren’t that dirty and that I’m being overdramatic,” she revealed.
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“And she even drove the point home by taking her shoe off and rubbing it on her clothes?”
By this point, she was extremely annoyed, too, and didn’t even want to have her neighbor over anymore. So, she wound up just yelling at her neighbor to go home!
This caused her to get some insults hurled back at her, and her neighbor screamed them loudly – which led to some of their other neighbors overhearing the argument.
Nonetheless, she just slammed the door in her neighbor’s face since she didn’t want to deal with the drama anymore.
Since then, some of their other neighbors who heard the whole situation go down have also been sending her angry messages – berating her for being “hostile” to the newcomer.
“In hindsight, I definitely could have handled the situation better,” she admitted.
“Even the neighborhood granny says I could’ve just scrubbed the floors afterward.”
So now, she can’t help but wonder if kicking her new neighbor out of her house for refusing to take their shoes off was really an overreaction.
Do you think guests should follow their host’s rules? Or should she have made an allowance for her new neighbor? What would you have done?
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