We’ve been moved into our new house for 3 weeks now and things have been going quite well so far. Its definitely been a total life adjustment compared to where we previously lived in the country. The only issue I’ve found I’m having a tough time adjusting to is having neighbours up in my grill all the time. We have a middle unit townhouse, which has a mirrored entrance to our neighbours. That inherently isn’t a big issue. I mean that is the very nature of townhouses. The issue I have with our neighbours is that there are 4 adults who live there who all smoke out on the front porch. There just always seems to be someone out there on the stoop sucking on a cancer stick. To me this is just irritating. Personally I don’t like people seeing our comings and goings or what we might purchase going into the house.

Now don’t get me wrong, they aren’t bad people. I don’t have a beef with smokers really. If there is one thing I really dislike in the world, it’s awkward conversation. I just really have no interest in getting to know them on a level more then “hello” or “how’s it going?”. I have no real desire to get to know the guy down the street who keeps his cats on leashes on the front lawn either. Is this just me or does anyone these days really go out of their way to get to know their neighbours? Or am I just being a snob for not wanting to do it?