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My special needs neighbor won't leave me alone! How do I not be mean about this?
My neighbor has special needs and has an aide to take care of him. They go out for walks every day and that's how we met. The first time I was about to leave for work and he asked me for my number. I didn't want to give it to him (I never give out my number) but I was also running late, so I used that excuse. The next day he saw me again and I was leaving to the mall with my boyfriend. He asked for my number again and I didn't want to be mean so my boyfriend wrote it down for him. Not even 20 minutes later, he called me to ask where I was, what I was doing, and when I'd be home. Because of his disability it's very hard to understand him, so this conversation took a while. When I got home he called me at least five times. I finally answered (10:00 at night) and of course couldn't understand him so his aide got on the phone. Apparently he wanted to come over. I'm not one for ANY kind of company and told the aide that we were settling down for the night and the calls stopped. Today he called 11 times and knocked three times. How do I make this stop without hurting his feelings? Shouldn't his aide be stopping him from calling so much and inviting himself over? I understand he's a bit slow but surely this isn't ok???
5 Answers
- she whoLv 67 years agoFavorite Answer
Just have a word with his aide and tell him/her that you are not open to a friendship with your neighbor at this time. Just say that your boyfriend gave him your number out of guilt because you didn't know how to handle the situation and you didn't want to upset or be mean to him.
Let the aide know it is not appropriate for him to call you 11 times and knock on your door 3 times and that you don't know how to handle this situation.
He needs to learn that you wait for an invitation before going to someone's house and that calling repeatedly is not polite.
- ?Lv 57 years ago
Change your number or get caller I.d talk to his aide and explain what he is doing and that it has to stop or you will have to talk to the company who employs the aide. I would just change my number and see who is knocking at my door before you answer it.
- ?Lv 77 years ago
Get a new number. Ignore him from now on. Talk to his care giver to explain to him proper etiquette, ie, what is proper and what is not proper.
Or put up with it for as long as he or you live there.
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- Anonymous7 years ago
Put out just once and take it from there