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Old Jan 16, 2011, 09:38 PM
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Location: Massachusetts
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An recent event has left me feeling violated and furious, with revenge fantasies I don't want to have. I posted about this but still need to work it through. It may sound petty, but a neighbor across the street had his driveway plowed after last week's storm, and pushed a huge amount of snow onto my property, and blocking my view of oncoming traffic as I'm exiting my driveway. He did this last winter, and I confronted him. And he did it again. He doesn't want to damage his landscaping, but cares nothing about mine. I have a long, sloping driveway that's dangerous enough. I spoke to him today about it, and he was near silent, just looking blankly at me, with some hostility, I felt. He claimed he didn't know the name of his plow guy, and said, "I'm not talking any more", and closed his door. That was it. He offered nothing by way of apology or explanation, and would not agree to stop dumping snow on my property. I'm so enraged at being treated this way, and hate feeling impotent. Police said there's no law against this. In my world, people are fairly cordial and reasonable. I believe in the Golden Rule, treat others as you want to be treated. I'm really caught by this, just seething and feeling powerless. I don't want this anger in my body. I can't afford to hire a backloader to dump the snow back in his driveway, but I'd love to. Somehow, it feels like a lesson in karma and letting go. I'm flunking the course.