I want cruel witch to pay for insults
HUBBY’S SECOND ‘FAMILY’
I HATE my next door neighbour. She’s a vicious gossip and a troublemaker.
Over the years, she’s said some truly horrible things to me. Now she’s upset me again.
Dare I get my revenge by telling her that her husband has another woman and a child in the next town?
Does she need to hear that I’ve seen them out in a pizza restaurant playing happy families?
I’m so tempted to turn her whole world on its head because I’m convinced that she goes out of her way to spread misery.
Tears
The other day I was dragging shopping in from the car. I was hot and bothered. I could see her watching me and I made a throwaway comment about having a tough life. Well, she went for me like a rottweiler.
She said I needed to try working for a living. She said I have the easiest life of anyone she knows and I should be grateful that I’m a stay-at-home-mum and my husband is the breadwinner. I fled inside in tears.
The fact is that she has no idea how under-employed and depressed I feel. She’s right – I’ve never achieved anything in life.
But that’s that doesn’t make me spoilt or lucky. No one is more aware of my failings than I am. But how dare she say I can never complain?
From the outside it looks as though I lead a charmed life. I have money, a nice house and a good marriage. Loads of people have it so much worse than I do, and I accept that, but it doesn’t stop me from feeling a failure.
Now I’m so tempted to rub her face in the dirt. I know where her husband’s other love lives because my mate is two doors down. The secret child is in her daughter’s class at school.
JANE SAYS: As tempting as it is to stoop to your neighbour’s level, I’d advise you to keep your mouth shut.
You don’t know the truth. You think you do. You’ve seen your neighbour’s husband in a restaurant.
You’ve put two and two together and come up with five, but this situation could be far more complicated than you had ever imagined.
Back off and forget your pathetic neighbour’s jibes because she’s clearly bitter, angry and jealous of you.
She needs to sort out her own problems. As for your mental health, it’s vital that you get the support and help you require. There’s no shame in talking to your GP about how you feel.
Perhaps you do live a charmed life to a certain extent, but it doesn’t make you immune from depression.
It would be wonderful if you could find something to interest and stimulate you.
What about exercise, sport, charity work or even retraining for a paid job?
Confide in trusted friends and relatives and start to live your best life.
Don’t allow your negative neighbour to steal your confidence or your energy.