YOU’VE nodded for years, but finally you’re getting to know your neighbours. Here are five reasons why you will regret that:
The favour-askers
They’ll open with an act of kindness, then you’re picking up a few bits for them, then it’s every time, and before long you’ll be driving them to the airport with a rolled-up carpet making muffled screams in the boot. It never f**king stops with these people.
The flag flyers
Camouflaged during World Cups and painfully obvious the rest of the time, these are the neighbours you pretended weren’t there during the summer of 2016. No matter what the subject, it will lurch without warning into ‘political correctness gone mad’ and from there, well. You surely know.
The swingers
We’re all bored and horny, but it’s not a safe time for experimenting with new friendships, let alone new sexual configurations. Give the couple in satin robes the cup of sugar they came for and send them on their way.
Nauseating do-gooders
Say ‘Hi’ once in passing and soon you’ll be part of a Neighbourhood Watch WhatsApp group and taking committee notes about the street’s recycling situation. Keep them at a distance by burning tyres in your garden for no apparent reason.
The girl next door
Don’t let this beautiful female archetype tempt you as she brushes her hair by her bedroom window. You don’t have anything in common anyway, plus you’ve been married with children for 12 years.
