05-08-2025
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'I gave my new neighbours gifts - but what they said behind my back was awful'
'I gave my new neighbours gifts - but what they said behind my back was awful'
The Reddit user shared how a gesture of goodwill towards their neighbours was met by some less than friendly comments
The Reddit user said they were 'annoyed' by the 'hurtful' comments (stock image)
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A Reddit user has revealed how a generous gesture spectacularly backfired after they overheard what their neighbours really thought about them behind closed doors. Writing on the popular chat forum, the user, known as Boring_Cupcake293, shared details of what happened.
They started by acknowledging they are "probably taking it too much to heart", but confessed it had "annoyed" them, reports the Mirror. The user then explained how their neighbours had moved in eight months ago and "seemed a nice enough couple". Boring_Cupcake293 added: "They have a little dog which is adorable."
The Reddit user revealed that several weeks earlier, their friend had lost her dog and handed over "a bunch of his things", including toys, beds and accessories. "She told me to give them to someone I know or contact a charity for her as she wasn't in any fit state to sort it out," they explained.
"Most of the toys were brand new or barely used so I thought I'd kindly see if my neighbours wanted them for their dog. I put the stuff in my garage and figured I'd ask them next time I saw them. The other day I was heading to my garage to tidy it up but ended up stopping to pick up some leaves on my drive. As I was doing so my neighbours pulled in to their drive."
The Reddit user then entered their garage, opened it up, and decided to approach the neighbours about whether they'd appreciate the dog toys as a present. "They seemed grateful and took a few bits from me," they said. "They headed indoors, and I carried on with what I was doing in my garage."
The Reddit user was gifting the leftover toys out of kindness (stock image)
However, later that day, Boring_Cupcake293 says they went into their garden and overheard the neighbours talking. "After a while (obviously they didn't realise I was out there), they started talking about the toys I gave them.
"Firstly, saying it was nice of me, but then I heard them say that it was funny that I was obviously 'hanging around' my drive waiting for them to arrive and how 'sad of me' for doing so. Then they both started to laugh and making really rude comments about me 'lurking around' and that now they were going to have bets to see how may times I end up 'conveniently' bumping in to them!".
The Reddit user explained to fellow users: "I should have said something over the fence to the but I was so embarrassed and angry I felt it best I walk away. I obviously wasn't hanging around for them and I don't lurk outside my own property or have any desires to bump in to them on purpose.
They said overhearing the 'rude' comments 'hurt' (stock image)
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"In the eight months they've been there I've only seen them a fair few times. We live next door, we both go in and out, so of course we'll bump in to each other! What a ridiculous thing to even say! I genuinely thought they were nice people but now I feel uncomfortable around them."
At the end of the post, the user asked: "Do I even address it with them what I heard or leave it! ? I know I'm probably being too sensitive but overhearing someone make false comments about you is hurtful!" Numerous individuals in the comments offered the Reddit user messages of comfort and encouragement, advising them to ignore the negativity.
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One person responded: "Consider yourself lucky that you know what they really are." Another commented: "At least you know how they are. They are your neighbours and not your friends. You weren't expecting their negative attitude towards your kindness."
A third recommended: "Leave it and let it go. Your goal is for them to understand you're not a creeper lurker. Confronting them will have the opposite effect. Just keep them at arms length. Their loss." A fourth declared: "You are a kind and good person."
