A very lovely traditionally middle class couple who I am
friends with were incensed recently when their equally middle class neighbours
put up a fence that they say encroached on their land and blocked the sun from
their much loved and very well manicured lawn and plants.
Garden wars alert!
Now I do sympathise and agreed that some dialogue needed to
take place, but try as best as I can to keep out of other peoples
disagreements. I had a feeling this would spiral though, knowing how strongly
they followed the maxim 'An Englishwoman's home is her castle' (Did I mention
they were strong feminists as well?).
It all came to a head though and I was forced to intervene
when I called round earlier and found them all outside, shouting and screaming
at each other, almost foaming at the mouths. They had, as they say, 'lost it',
and I felt they were going to come to blows so I had to tell them all to just
stop and calm down.
For goodness sake I said, is it worth it over a simple fence?
Honestly, it was bordering on wisteria!
Thank you
