I once had a very nosy neighbour whose main aim in life was to find out every little detail about everyone around her. She had no sense of tact and simply asked whatever she wanted to know, no matter how personal or intrusive it was.
I wanted to tell her to mind her own business. I wanted to
make her understand that her constant prying was not only annoying but often very offensive.
But, being a polite British person, I just avoided her as much as possible and,
if she managed to waylay me, I feigned deafness and answered her questions with
remarks about the weather.
When I moved house I was so relieved to find new neighbours
who were friendly but liked to keep themselves to themselves.
But my nosy neighbour obviously stayed in my subconscious
because she popped up again some years later – in one of my stories. It was a
new genre for me that I really enjoyed writing, a mystery story that may (or
may not) involve a murder!
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And it is now available as an ebook from Alfie Dog Fiction
for a mere 39p.
