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We got into a dispute with our neighbor yesterday after Steve got home and I am so upset

Sigh. As you know, our septic tank failed a couple of months ago and we had to dig into his yard to connect on to the city sewer. When Steve told him we were going to have to, he said he wanted us to put gravel in his car port. We thought he meant if we had to dig in his carport he wanted us to repair it with gravel, which sounded reasonable. It ended up that we only dug a hole in his side yard and as soon as it got inspected, we refilled the hole and I offered to re-sod the area, but his wife said not to worry about it. It has since all grown over with grass again.

So yesterday after Steve got in, Steve went and mowed and the man approached him and said “When are you going to put the gravel down in my car port?” Steve was so stunned he just said “Hold on” and came and talked to me about it. Apparently the guy wants us to gravel his car port as “payment” for allowing us into his yard to connect on to the city pipe!

I told Steve we weren’t obligated to gravel his car port!!! We didn’t even have to have his permission back there, because we had a permit from the city to access that main!

I’m so upset because the man isn’t in his right mind...he’s elderly, a drunk, and has a shotgun. Not a good combo, you know?

Well, when Steve went back out to finish mowing, the man wasn’t there anymore, and so he didn’t have to deal with it. But I have a feeling this is going to get worse before it gets better.