Mind your own damn business

Isn’t it funny how people can mind other people’s business when they are not minding their own? I have two sons ages 12 and 13. My neighbor has a 13-year-old grandson that she is raising. Her grandson and my oldest boy are best friends. I find it interesting that there is times when I am saying something to my son she jumps in my shit. I make it a point not to get into other people’s shit especially concerning their kids. Yet, she gets into my shit and seems to think that what she says overrules what I say to my son. This is something that is getting on my nerves. I try my best to be a good neighbor and I don’t want to cause a riff. I have to live on the street with them and I want us all to get along.

This is one of the few times that I have not spoken up and put a stop to something. When it happens I am usually angry and don’t want to say the wrong thing. Nevertheless, I feel that it is time to put a stop to what is going on. At this point I don’t too much care about how she feels about it; I care about how I feel. I am not trying to have my son think he does not have to do what I say and get away with it. I am tired of people trying to run my house and they are not paying my bills or raising my kids. I am not interested in running some else’s house. I have a hard enough time running my own house.

Are their times when you are minding some else’s business?

Do other people constantly meddle in your business?

What do you do about these situations?