Woman Finds Herself in a Dispute with Her Neighbors After Failing to Add 1 of Them to a Facebook Group

A woman said that her neighbor has “stopped speaking” to her after she didn’t invite her to join a Facebook group with her other neighbors.

The woman explained on the community forum Mumsnet that she left her neighbor out of joining a private Facebook group she created for her residential area.

“My next-door neighbor who lives next to me has stopped speaking to me now as, from what I gather, she and her partner were annoyed that I didn’t invite them to join the group,” the woman said.

She admitted that she “did ask my other neighbor next door to join” and that “most of my neighbors are on it” and she is now receiving the cold shoulder from her neighbor as a result.

“Yesterday, we got back at the same time in our cars and I could tell they didn’t want to acknowledge me or say ‘hello’ as they just sat in their car until I had gone in,” the woman recalled.

Following the awkward incident, the woman added that the neighbor she excluded from her Facebook group “would also take my bin and parcels, but has stopped” in retaliation.

Readers in the comment section wondered why the woman didn’t invite her neighbor to join the Facebook group and called her out for being “rude.”

“Well, she is taking her cues from you — you were rude and didn’t invite them, despite her doing you favors (bin and deliveries) and chatting/engaging with you,” one person wrote. “I wouldn’t give you the time of day, either, as I would assume you wouldn’t want me to.”

“You were mean by excluding them and assuming they wouldn’t want to join. They now are behaving as expected,” a second user said. “Why would you expect them to be friendly when you have made them feel excluded from their own area?”

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A third person suggested that the woman apologize to her neighbor for not inviting her to the group.

It’s one thing to choose not to join in, and another to be excluded from a street wide group … profusely apologize and send them the link,” the person suggested. “It was very thoughtless of you and they’re right to be mad.”