War of the Fences

Have I mentioned that I can't stand my neighbor!!! My Dad sent me an email and it was a picture of a for sale sign that said, "For sale by owner...Because my neighbor is an asshole" I NEED THAT SIGN!

So rewind a little, we are getting a privacy fence next week (mainly because of my neighbor, mind you) and it just so happens that the people behind my neighbor are also getting a privacy fence next week (shouldn't that tell him something??) Anyways, he keeps bugging me about where we are going to put the fence and I know why...He wants our fence to match up with the fence to the neighbor behind him. Bill (my neighbor) was saying that he's already spoken to the fence guy and he said he could make it happen no problem. Well of course Bill wants that! He already has a fence on one side...This will be the two other sides he needs to get a fenced in back yard for FREE! All he'll have to put up are the gates in the front.

Today I'm bringing in groceries in the rain and he stops me and asks AGAIN where we are putting the fence. And finally I said, "Bill, I am not worried about whether my fence connects with the other guys fence! I think it is great if you get a free fence out of this but I am not going to go out of my way to make it happen." And all of a sudden he says, "Well you know those branches to your trees are over on my side of the yard and Aaron has begged me not to cut them. If I have to put a fence up myself then I may just have to cut them." I immediately cut him off and called him out on it and told him that Aaron would not be caught dead begging him to do anything! If he wants to cut our branches on his side then go right on ahead! I told him though that if he wants to play games, I can play games! I told him it was War!! And I said how about this, "You go right on ahead and cut those branches....We don't care! But you know what, all of a sudden I'm not feeling so nice anymore so I don't think I'm going to let you connect the front of your gate onto my fence. How does that sound for games...." He then asked me when Aaron would be home. I told him and he said he'd talk to Aaron and walked away.

What an Ass! I'm sorry...This man knows just the right buttons to get my blood boiling! And this fence can not come soon enough!! I think we need to put up a sign on our fence that says, "Beware of Bill" instead of Beware of Dog....