Last Thursday I was sitting at the house. My wife was working with her Halloween display in our front bay window. We live on a dead end street up a hill with mostly family or in-laws. Well it was pouring the rain. It had been for a while. My wife said you would not believe what I am seeing. Seems out neighbor's son decided to go "off-road" in his truck ON MY PROPERTY. I have been taking care of an cleaning off a 500 ft by 100 ft or so section of property this year that had grown up when I was working 7 days a week. Well now that I am officially retired I started working on it some last year and finished clearing 90% of it this year. I keep it mowed and weed eated.
So this dufus that only comes in from TN 4 or 5 times a year decides to go off the concrete driveway and RUT my property with his 4x4 truck.
Fast forward to Friday afternoon. I go out and buy a plastic 2 x 3 sign board and put on it: Do not drive on the grass. I keep it up not you. Well there is only 2 other families past the sign and all hell broke loose. I told the man and woman (they are not married and he is a freeloader that doesn't work but rides his ATV all day) who bought our old house on top of the hill it was nothing to do with him and her as he helps keep the brush cut on the ditchline side of the driveway. Also my sister and her husband came down the hill and I told them it was NOT aimed at them.
Fast forward to Saturday morning. My daughter refereed a soccer game. My sister comes up and starts chewing her out for me putting the sign up. She starts getting upset saying the boy who went off the concrete just wanted to have some fun in the grass. She also said his excuse was to make a rut in the grass for the water to flow down the hill in. My daughter, who is 18, did not hold back and let her have it with everything in her. Told her how hard I had worked to clean it up and fix it. How I mowed it and took care of it all without asking for help. Ant then the big one: How it was MY property and not theirs. My sister said she knows that and was tired of hearing it. I have no clue what she meant as I never say anything about it.
It is going to take a little work to fix this so my riding lawn mower will cut it smooth again. The rut or tire ditch is about 300 foot long. I will have to haul dirt in from another place to fill the rut in. My wife is afraid they will try to damage our stuff. But I have enough video cameras around we should be able to catch them if they do. I will not even go to their homes or across their property without calling or messaging and asking them first.
So now the question. Should I have just said nothing?
Sorry for the long rant. But it hurts to work hard while they play and let their stuff deteriorate and go down hill.
So this dufus that only comes in from TN 4 or 5 times a year decides to go off the concrete driveway and RUT my property with his 4x4 truck.
Fast forward to Friday afternoon. I go out and buy a plastic 2 x 3 sign board and put on it: Do not drive on the grass. I keep it up not you. Well there is only 2 other families past the sign and all hell broke loose. I told the man and woman (they are not married and he is a freeloader that doesn't work but rides his ATV all day) who bought our old house on top of the hill it was nothing to do with him and her as he helps keep the brush cut on the ditchline side of the driveway. Also my sister and her husband came down the hill and I told them it was NOT aimed at them.
Fast forward to Saturday morning. My daughter refereed a soccer game. My sister comes up and starts chewing her out for me putting the sign up. She starts getting upset saying the boy who went off the concrete just wanted to have some fun in the grass. She also said his excuse was to make a rut in the grass for the water to flow down the hill in. My daughter, who is 18, did not hold back and let her have it with everything in her. Told her how hard I had worked to clean it up and fix it. How I mowed it and took care of it all without asking for help. Ant then the big one: How it was MY property and not theirs. My sister said she knows that and was tired of hearing it. I have no clue what she meant as I never say anything about it.
It is going to take a little work to fix this so my riding lawn mower will cut it smooth again. The rut or tire ditch is about 300 foot long. I will have to haul dirt in from another place to fill the rut in. My wife is afraid they will try to damage our stuff. But I have enough video cameras around we should be able to catch them if they do. I will not even go to their homes or across their property without calling or messaging and asking them first.
So now the question. Should I have just said nothing?
Sorry for the long rant. But it hurts to work hard while they play and let their stuff deteriorate and go down hill.