I live in a apartment building and often when I say hi to neighbours the only response I get is silence. I’m really only on good terms with my next door neighbour.
It’s like they can smell something is wrong with me and they tell me that I’m not worth knowing. At least that’s what it feels like. I just find it a bit strange, I mean it’s common courtesy to respond when someone says hello. I gotta admit it’s starting to get to me. It’s a bad feeling when you give and get nothing back. Lately I have stopped saying hello to anyone except my next door neighbour. I tried to say hello to someone today, but got nothing.
Anybody else feel like they get treated like this?
Some ppl are like that, not social. One of my neighbors just replies hi when he is in the mood for it. The other neighbor always says hi even if I don’t. Its not your fault.
That’s really common where I live. Immediate neighbours might say hi, everyone else pretends you don’t exist. Unfortunately that’s just how it is. I wouldn’t take it personally.
that’s kinda how i am, if my neighbors say hello i do say hello back but don’t like to get into conversations with them. one less funeral to go to later in life.
Yeah, I’m not really looking to get to know people, it’s more like I want to have a positive tone with them. But many are avoiding me like a leper. I guess I just have to stop saying hello so I don’t bring myself down.
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. It’s like people don’t want to have anything to do with others. They’d rather post things on facebook instead of having a quick word with someone face to face even when they know who they should adress. Yet somehow people were able to give each others messages before internet
In my old house, the people who lived behind me were just like that. And my neighbors all thought my former husband and I were doing something illegal because we bought the house at 23 years old. The lady across the street called the cops to say that, literally. So crazy.
A few weeks ago I was riding my bike and there was a man and woman talking across the street.
I said hello to the man on my side, but not to the woman as she was farther away. She proceeded to yell at me as I rode by, “what am I? Chopped liver? Hello!” Everyone says hi In my small town. I’m learning…
Yeah, I guess this phenomenom with not saying hi, is probably more likely to occur in big cities where everybody is to busy with their own lives to stop and give a thought about others. I never lived in a small town, but I guess there are pros and cons with everything.
People ignore me also but i thought its because my outlooking and race but i think it s because i m sick.thank you for this topics and replies.its helped me lot
