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Woman Says a Neighbor Walked into Her Home Uninvited to Ask a Question: "I Felt Really Uncomfortable"
A woman says she felt 'really uncomfortable' after a neighbor walked into her home without being invited
She explained that while her 12-year-old son answered the door and called out to let her know that the neighbor was there, no actual adult had invited the other woman inside
The woman detailed her experience on a popular community site, where a number of people said they thought she was overreactingA woman says that a neighbor entered her home without being invited in by an adult, and she's wondering if she's 'unreasonable' to 'find this rude.'
The woman detailed her story in a forum on the U.K.-based community site a place where women can seek advice about interpersonal dilemmas. In her post, the woman says that her new neighbor has a son who her own 12-year-old son plays with in a communal garden area outside their homes.
She says that recently, the other mom — whom she calls 'Nadia' — came by 'to ask me something.' The woman explains that her son was the one who opened the door for Nadia, and that he then called out to let her know Nadia was there.
'By the time I'd got to the hallway, she was inside my home, almost in my lounge!' the original poster (OP) says, adding, 'She entered my home without being invited, and I felt really uncomfortable, as I've only met her once before, shortly after they moved in a few weeks ago.'
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'Am I being unreasonable to find this rude?' she asks at the end of her post, before asking for 'advice' on 'how to tackle this.'
A number of commenters said that they thought the OP was overreacting, and some even said that her instinct in the situation — aka, leaving a neighbor out on her doorstep — would have been the ruder scenario.
'You might consider that it would have been rude of your son to leave the mother of a playmate outside as though she were an unwanted door-to-door salesman,' one person said.
'I don't think that's rude,' said someone else, adding, 'If a child you know opens the door, you go in and shut the door behind you so the child is not hanging around the open doorway.'
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Someone else said, 'Meh. It's not as if she opened the door herself and walked in. Your son opened the door. I mean, you could argue that it's a teensy bit cheeky, but not to the point that you need to 'tackle' it.'
Others said that while they did find Nadia's behavior a bit forward, they also wouldn't bother doing anything about it.
'Personally, yes, if I was 'Nadia', I would have waited for an adult to come to the door and invite me in. However, if I was the OP I would absolutely not tackle Nadia (what the hell would you even say to her!) and I certainly wouldn't be steaming mad about the whole thing."
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