Dear Lissa,

“Well here is another neighbor problem. What do you do with a neighbor who is just too much into your business? I mean they insist you get to know each other. Invites you to lunch, phone calls everyday, showing up at your front door unannounced. Peeking in your windows if you don't answer the door or phone. Asking personal questions about you during lunch like, "do you have piercings or tattoos?" Just general stuff that makes you dodge this type of person when you see them. It is too much. How can you get a nice message across that you think they are great, but I don't want to be buddies, just neighbors who wave in passing?

This is so distressing I want to move and we just moved here, spending our life savings on our home. I am so sad this neighborhood didn't turn out to be an older generation with kids in college like me. There are tons of little kids screaming, bouncing basketballs on the concrete until 1AM right by our bedroom window, music by the parents blasting across the neighborhood, playing football in our yard without permission, etc. If you can figure out how not to hurt very nice people then you are the queen of solving problems.”