Weird neighbors

[Doodad]

I am really getting tired of the strange behavior.

We moved here 15 years ago and they were all ready in the house behind us. I know them by name and sight. Mind you we are all on 3/4 acre lots and there are numerous trees and a creek dividing us over a distance of probably 150 feet or more.

They keep all their blinds open facing us, but watch us constantly. If I step outside on the deck or even out the window I can often see them watching us and then they step back from the window or move to another one. Yesterday playing in the snow confirmed something I have suspected and that is that the guy is using binoculars. I could see him and he saw me see him and immediately disappeared. I have a sneaking suspicion based on times of day and an upstairs window on their house being wide open that he is watching my wife in the bathroom. We have curtains so you could see no more than an outline, but damn!

I replaced the curtain with a heavier one this morning and feel like putting FU (name) in small letters on the outside.

[MuseCafeChris]

Just shoot him and get it over with.

[pickaguitar]

Take pics of them!

[yoda0ne]

Yikes. Maybe plant a hedge.

[CAJUN]

Put up a small privacy fence around the deck to block their view!

[Doodad]

Originally Posted by yoda0ne

Yikes. Maybe plant a hedge.

With the downslope to the creek and the distance I would need full grown trees.

The wife is even weirder about it. I have seen her peeking from behind a curtain looking at me walking the dog.

I just mind my own business whether grilling or chilling, I just find it strange as hell.

[JPF]

Try getting a photo of them staring at you (even better if they're using binoculars!), have the photo blown up to near-window size, and run off enough copies to tape onto the outside of each of your windows.

Leave them up for a couple of days. They'd be nuts to continue.

[teleman1]

Why don't you use binoculars to see them? Maybe you will catch them with their pants down,ahyeeeeeee. One way mirror film on the windows might work. Check them out. Maybe they have been arrested for perversion.

[yoda0ne]

What are the Peeping Tom laws?

[zep41]

I honestly would say something to them -- just try to embarass them about it. "Hey Mike, I have seen you and your wife multiple times throuh the window with binoculars while I am outside -- what are you guys some kind of bird watchers or do you just like looking at me?"

Just bust his balls about it, I guarantee it will stop.

[pickaguitar]

Well..whether you like it or not, uncomfortable or not...if they aren't breaking any laws then what can ya do? They are allowed to use their eyes

It is weird though. Maybe they are enamored with ya?

[Doodad]

Originally Posted by teleman1

Why don't you use binoculars to see them? Maybe you will catch them with their pants down,ahyeeeeeee. One way mirror film on the windows might work. Check them out. Maybe they have been arrested for perversion.

Well it is really if we are in the back on the deck or such more than anything. They freak out if they can be seen and then watch what we are doing. Which is nothing interesting.

I only really noticed the bathroom thing since I am home in the morning now and used to leave before my wife. Very interesting that as soon as the bathroom light comes on in the evening or morning, he is suddenly at his desk in the upstairs window. Mind you I can see this because they leave every freaking blind or curtain in their house wide open day and night and the shorter days.

[HammyD]

Maybe something like this....

[Stike]

Nothing like Doodad's but I have a bit of an odd one. Retired/disability older guy (mid 60's) that almost lives on his screened in back deck, often hunched over in his chair asleep. One day I was taking my dog out and he asked me if I knew anything about setting up stereo equipment, I said I could handle something basic. Turns out he was fishing to see if I'd spend an afternoon in his crawlspace snaking wires for a surround setup. I don't mind helping the guy out as he's not really mobile, I take his trash and recycling out for him but crawlspace time is beyond being neighborly.

[Doodad]

Originally Posted by pickaguitar

Well..whether you like it or not, uncomfortable or not...if they aren't breaking any laws then what can ya do? They are allowed to use their eyes

It is weird though. Maybe they are enamored with ya?

I could not care less except for the bathroom thing. That chaps my ass.

I just find it bizarre and it seems to affect the whole family. Even the son will get up from his chair to come look out the window if I am on the deck.

F'n nuts. They built a hot tub and this elaborate screened porch several years ago. I have never seen them use the hot tub (which has no privacy screen) and if they are on the porch and I walk out they immediately head inside.