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May 25, 2020
Living with a neighbor in quarantine
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Living with a neighbor in quarantine
This is a semi attached house, which means I have an attached next door neighbor. 5 years ago, when the first time I saw this house, I loved it so much. This is a peaceful quiet small town, people around here seems so nice. There is a beautiful garden and a small lovely back yard with my house; I’m the one who loves gardening like crazy. I made decision to buy this house within 3 days. My husband, me and my little boy, we moved here on a sunny day. I still remember this first time my neighbor said, “Hi” to me, she said, “Nice to see you guys moved here, hope we can live together much longer”. Sounds so nice, I told my husband about the neighbor said that to me. However, after two weeks, we understood that why the original owner sold this house after this neighbor moved here 6 months. We couldn’t sleep well during the night, even during the early morning like 1 am/2 am, we still hear the loud voice from neighbor’s TV, music and talking or laughing. They were so noisy every single day. I tried to talk with them, but they didn’t care…