My family and I have lived in our home for over 8 years. It was a new developement when we moved in, and it continued to be built after we moved in. We were the last house built in the particular phase that we purchased. When the house next to us was built, everything seemed fine with the new family moving in.
Little did we know what would come of these seemingly nice people. I grew up in the midwest, and now live here in California. I was taught to treat your neighbors with respect, and the "Do unto others" rule. My children and I would take cookies and soda to all the new families moving into the developement.
My oldest son was only nine when we moved here. He was a very skinny little kid. When the NFH moved in, their kid was only 7, but he easily had 40 lbs. on my boy. Everyday, this kid and the kid that moved in next to our NFH, would beat the tar out of my son. Then they
started beating both my boys.
I had always taught my boys not to be bullies, and to think of others first. WHAT A MISTAKE! I should have, "Let my boys be boys!", quoting my neighbors.
These kids have stolen from my children. "Borrowed" things from my kids, and when asking them to return things, the parents will stand there and lie saying that they had bought the items in question for their kids. (Which, in and of itself, seems impossible, since the items in question were gifts from a family member that lives on the east coast, and were items bought in the 70's when these people didn't even live in this country.)
Two years ago, one of the parents of these 'wonderful' children forced his way into my home and threatened to kill me and my children. The 911 operator was screaming to me, "Maam! Does he have a gun?" I was just trying to protect my kids and get him out of my home! I am not a small woman, and he threw me completely out of the way, against the wall.
When the police did finally arrive, I pointed out the child who had started the problem, and explained how the father forced his way into my home and how I feared for my family's safety. It was obvious to me that this man was under the influence of something. The police went down and spoke to this man, who by this time had the other two NFH talking with him, and he said his piece, and the cops came back to talk to me.
This is what they said: "FIRST of all, you need to understand that SOME people take offense to being pointed at!" ( I asked are we in kindergarten? You asked me to tell you what happened and to show you who was involved.) Then I heard this: "That doesn't matter! You need to take that into consideration. Then SECOND of all, you need to go into your home and call it a night!" Call it a night???????? This man forced his way into my home and threatened to kill me and my kids!!!
I asked the officer about that little issue, and he again told me that it didn't matter, and that I needed to go into my house and call it a night! I tried to explain that it was on the 911 operator's tape, and he told me that it didn't matter, just go inside. My son, then 15, and quite a bit larger by this time, 6 foot 2 and still growing, was angry and asked why this man could do this to his family and nothing be done about it. The cop then told him that if he didn't go into the house he would be arrested and thrown in jail. For what? I have no idea.
A few months later, during the summer, we took a 3 day trip up the coast to spend time together as a family. When we came home after a 6 hour drive, my son was the first one in the house. He immediately came running out asking where I had put some of his things that he had left on the dining room table. I explained to him that I hadn't touched them, and that right at that moment, all I wanted to do was to get the car unloaded and take care of feeding my family. My son then realized that I was not joking and went running back into our house, only to discover that our house had been broken into.
They vandalized my home. Took most of my children's posessions, and then sold them or gave them to other kids in the neighborhood! Only three kids were ever charged, even though many more were involved. The ringleader was the cousin of the kid who's father had forced his way into my home earlier in the year. Since that kid was only visiting, and lived in the next county over, our district attorney decided to let his D.A. file charges if he saw fit. Yeah right! I am going to waste my taxpayers money to prosecute a crime that was committed elsewhere!
The sad thing is the NFH next door got away with it! His mother admitted it to me and another neighbor, and I also witnessed her son carrying our property out of their house, and she still got away with it! In fact, those FACTS never even made it into the police report! The officer investigating the crime had the nerve to stand in my home and tell my husband and myself this, "You know, the story that I am hearing from all parties involved in this case, is that your family is the trouble makers in this neighborhood."
I looked at him in amazement and asked this, "And you are investigating my kids for burglary, right?" He just paused and looked at me as if he didn't understand, which I am sure he didn't.
That same night he went down and tried to speak with the father who had forced his way into my home. He, the officer, was then threatened by this man, as he became belligerent, but the cop only left!! If that had been my husband, he would have been in jail! Because, we don't have enough skin pigment to get away with that in our Politically Correct city.
I could go on and on! Things are still the same. Our cars have been vandalized. Our house as well. These 'lovely' children threaten to have my kids shot, but the police keep telling us the same thing, "There is nothing we can do!"
Certainly there must be something?