A 24-year-old woman sought financial security by purchasing her first home. However, she started to question the move when strange things involving her neighbors began to occur.
Her First Home
The woman, a 24-year-old homeowner, was thrilled to have bought her first house. She knew it was young to own property, but she’d always wanted the financial stability of working towards owning something rather than renting.
An Absolute Steal
She got a great deal on a one-bedroom house that had mostly wooded surroundings, and it was a lot cheaper than the other nearby houses that cost over $300k.
They Refused to Sell
The house was an old one, and it was developed around because the elderly couple who lived there refused to sell to the developer who was building more luxurious large houses up and down the street. The woman thinks it was also cheap because after the couple passed away, their daughter wanted to sell the house quickly.
Her Perfect Home
The house was already an odd one out, but the things that made it unappealing to other people made it perfect for her. She didn’t plan on having kids for a long time, if ever, and she didn’t have a relationship either, so one bedroom was perfect for her.
A Fairy Tale
She loved the trees, the proximity to work, and the old brickwork that made the house look like a cute little fairy tale cottage. It was old and weathered and surrounded by nature but warm and homey and adorable.
Normal Neighborhood Things
The woman had been living there for a while and had done a couple of things that, in her old neighborhood, nobody would have blinked an eye at.
Her House, Her Jobs
She parked her old beater car in the driveway because she didn’t have a garage, put an outdoor sofa on the front porch, put a hammock between two trees, built a fire pit with stones from around the property, and had fires, had friends over and hung out on the porch, worked on her friends’ truck and bike in the yard, and did woodworking in the yard to make herself a new bed frame.
The Neighbors Were NOT Happy
However, some of her neighbors weren’t happy with her lifestyle and criticized her for not matching their standard of living. The woman kept saying that she didn’t have the budget they did and couldn’t match their lifestyles.
“You Are Not Ready To Be a Homeowner!”
But that made two of her neighbors quite mad, and one of them even said condescendingly to her, “Young lady, I do not think you are ready to be a homeowner. You should have stayed in your college town until you gained some maturity and were financially ready.”
Living Her Own Lifestyle
The woman thought it was so rude. She was trying to be financially responsible by not blowing money on rent anymore and not buying more than she could afford. But she was getting judged for not spending on things she couldn’t afford. She felt like her neighbors were trying to impose their lifestyle on her, which was unfair.
Overstepping Boundaries
The woman was confused and wondered if she was in the wrong or if her neighbors were overstepping their boundaries. She felt like she was being judged for not having a nice-looking car, not keeping her car inside, not keeping her woodworking in an indoor shop area, making a rustic fire pit instead of getting nice landscaping done, and getting an “ugly” sofa instead of stylized outdoor furniture. So she turned to the internet for their opinion.
The Internet Responded
One commenter wrote, “None of that stuff is weird? And even if you did weird stuff, as long as it’s on your property and not illegal, you’re entitled to do whatever the hell you want.”
More Internet Responses
This person didn’t agree and said, “When I was in college, sofas on porches were notorious for starting house fires. Smoking plus old sofa plus drunk people passing out…. yikes.”
A Final Comment
Lastly, this person strongly stated, “I’m sorry, but the outdoor sofa is tacky and is a legit eyesore. It screams frat house or hillbilly. The other stuff is fine, but a show of goodwill would be to keep sofas indoors. You can get an outdoor seating arrangement that looks nice for cheap as hell.”
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