There’s nothing worse than feeling unsafe in your own home. Especially if there are threats from neighbors.
So what do you do if the person living above you not only complains about the normal noise in the apartment, but also publicly threatens to destroy your belongings?
In today’s story, a woman faces this very situation.
Here’s what she did:
About a month ago, one of my friends came to visit.
We were having a good time, but he seemed nervous enough that it bothered me. I had to ask what was wrong with him. And my life changed from there.
He showed me a Facebook post from my upstairs neighbor (we live in an apartment). The post said she was going to break into my apartment and destroy all my electronic devices because it was “too loud.”
One of the big complaints I have about this apartment complex is the steel-like walls between apartments on the same level.
My neighbor might be having a party, but I have no idea.
Neighbors expect silence, but that is not possible.
However, the ceiling is paper-thin and conversations can be heard verbatim.
I once lived in a dorm room where the perimeter of the room was surrounded by the same type of material: ceiling, floor, and walls. I’m already used to it.
However, the neighbors have too high expectations for living in an apartment complex.
When we first moved in, they were always commenting about how they heard our conversations and how they knew what TV shows we were watching.
It was kind of funny at first, but the comments turned into complaints.
They were in no condition to move at that time.
My husband told his male neighbor (friend) that there was nothing he could do but leave the house.
This is out of the equation as we are waiting for the construction of our house (new build) and we are refusing to break our rental contract and move to another apartment for several months just to live in the house .
I hadn’t heard much about it until last month.
The Facebook post was absolutely shocking and made me angry. What else can I do if this woman threatens my property in public?
She confronted a female neighbor.
I faced this situation and told her to resign from her position.
She said horrible things to me, so I told her that my request is simple, that she should not go on social media to address the issue, and that she should not address her concerns to those directly involved. I told them that I needed to tell them.
Anyway, my husband’s aunt is a lawyer. She helps us with legal issues when needed and is a great help to other relatives as well.
Over Christmas break, I told her about the situation and explained how unsafe I felt.
This woman has a history of drug abuse and violence and I cannot trust her.
Thankfully, the state provides her with special protection.
Also, I’m currently 7 weeks pregnant and want to protect myself and my baby.
My lawyer then told me that because of my profession as a public servant, this threat and any future attacks against me would be a third-degree felony in my state, punishable by two to five years in prison if convicted. I pointed it out.
I was completely shocked that I was entitled to the special protection of that law. My lawyer then suggested that I write a letter detailing the possible legal actions this woman would take if she decided to take any action against me.
This is the current situation.
The letter was delivered today. I think she probably called her husband to complain about me because I heard a lot of “shit shit” from upstairs.
I sit downstairs and deal with my life.
After all, I battle morning sickness 4-5 times a day and will soon be responsible for my life.
Even if it’s temporary, you really need to be careful about what you say on social media.
See what Reddit readers had to say about this.
This is too interesting!
It’s true that most people don’t allow their posts to be made public on Facebook.
Maybe it was a good point, or maybe I was just angry at that moment.
There is someone who directly advocates for the protection of public servants.
She went a little too far.
Perhaps if she didn’t have a lawyer in the family, she would never have thought to send the letter.
If you thought this was an interesting story, here’s what happened when a family offered their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for a babysitter, but things took a turn when they didn’t keep up their end of the bargain. Please check.
